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Skin Deep

Blendo Games · Annapurna Interactive · 2025-04-30

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ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!

Skin Deep is a $11.99 Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2025, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, with Very Positive (94% of 1779 reviews).

4
playing now
94%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
10h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Skin Deep is a first-person shooter science fiction video game developed by Blendo Games and published by Annapurna Interactive, released on 30 April 2025 for Windows. The game follows an open-ended structure, heavily influenced by immersive sim mechanics, which allows players to approach missions using various playstyles. The player assumes the role of Nina Pasadena, an "insurance commando" who is cryogenically stored aboard various starships as a security measure. When space pirates hijack a vessel and trigger a silent alarm, Nina is awakened from stasis and must navigate the environment using a variety of stealth, combat, and environmental interactions to neutralize the threat.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (403 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 36k–80k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,779 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.34 at GameBillet (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 102 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38938920252026Week of 2025-04-30: 389 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1255May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 125 · peak 485Jun 2025 — avg 27 · peak 99Jul 2025 — avg 31 · peak 80Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 36Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 15 · peak 47Jan 2026 — avg 20 · peak 54Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 51May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$7.872022-08-162026-08-262022-08-16 — best price $99.992025-05-14 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $15.992025-07-26 — best price $16.712025-08-26 — best price $10.462025-09-06 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.842025-10-08 — best price $10.952025-10-20 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $12.392025-11-21 — best price $14.992025-12-11 — best price $12.992026-01-06 — best price $11.432026-01-14 — best price $19.992026-01-30 — best price $15.892026-02-20 — best price $10.152026-03-04 — best price $13.942026-03-26 — best price $12.892026-04-08 — best price $12.892026-04-13 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $13.942026-04-28 — best price $10.242026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-05-30 — best price $11.992026-06-05 — best price $19.992026-06-24 — best price $14.802026-06-30 — best price $10.112026-07-11 — best price $16.842026-07-23 — best price $7.872026-07-31 — best price $7.872026-08-09 — best price $16.842026-08-15 — best price $15.012026-08-20 — best price $15.152026-08-25 — best price $9.882026-08-26 — best price $8.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

96272026-05-29 — 48 pageviews2026-06-02 — 72 pageviews2026-06-06 — 45 pageviews2026-06-10 — 35 pageviews2026-06-14 — 36 pageviews2026-06-18 — 42 pageviews2026-06-22 — 35 pageviews2026-06-26 — 49 pageviews2026-06-30 — 32 pageviews2026-07-04 — 48 pageviews2026-07-08 — 81 pageviews2026-07-12 — 59 pageviews2026-07-16 — 45 pageviews2026-07-20 — 45 pageviews2026-07-24 — 48 pageviews2026-07-28 — 60 pageviews2026-08-01 — 44 pageviews2026-08-05 — 54 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-13 — 46 pageviews2026-08-17 — 48 pageviews2026-08-21 — 49 pageviews2026-08-25 — 69 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews2026-09-02 — 27 pageviews2026-09-06 — 37 pageviews2026-09-10 — 51 pageviews2026-09-14 — 44 pageviews2026-09-18 — 47 pageviews2026-09-22 — 46 pageviews2026-09-26 — 41 pageviews2026-09-30 — 32 pageviews2026-10-04 — 54 pageviews2026-10-07 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
89.9%
earned "CSS Wobbegong"
28.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-04-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,57813%17

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSSpaceActionSci-fiSandboxShooterStealthTacticalImmersiveFuturistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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