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Song of the Deep cover art

Song of the Deep

Insomniac Games · GameTrust Games · 2016-07-11

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2016 (Xbox One)

From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.

Song of the Deep is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 870 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 870 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (17 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (1,262 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Song of the Deep is an action-adventure video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by GameTrust Games. In the game, the player controls Merryn, a young girl who crafts a makeshift submarine to search for her father who went missing while fishing. The game was released in July 2016 on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The retail chain GameStop published the game, under the brand of GameTrust Games, the chain's first foray into such distribution.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 870 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2018-05-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992016-06-102026-10-102016-06-10 — best price $14.992016-08-15 — best price $9.892016-09-22 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $5.092016-12-12 — best price $9.992016-12-24 — best price $9.992017-01-12 — best price $5.092017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $3.742017-11-28 — best price $14.992017-12-24 — best price $14.992018-01-25 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-10 — best price $2.992019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-06-20 — best price $3.742019-07-08 — best price $3.742019-08-29 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-09 — best price $3.742020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $3.742020-09-10 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $3.742020-12-22 — best price $3.742026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

921372026-06-01 — 51 pageviews2026-06-05 — 84 pageviews2026-06-09 — 85 pageviews2026-06-13 — 63 pageviews2026-06-17 — 55 pageviews2026-06-21 — 65 pageviews2026-06-25 — 57 pageviews2026-06-29 — 52 pageviews2026-07-03 — 63 pageviews2026-07-07 — 57 pageviews2026-07-11 — 44 pageviews2026-07-15 — 37 pageviews2026-07-19 — 70 pageviews2026-07-23 — 72 pageviews2026-07-27 — 44 pageviews2026-07-31 — 54 pageviews2026-08-04 — 58 pageviews2026-08-08 — 69 pageviews2026-08-12 — 106 pageviews2026-08-16 — 127 pageviews2026-08-20 — 105 pageviews2026-08-24 — 81 pageviews2026-08-28 — 85 pageviews2026-09-01 — 67 pageviews2026-09-05 — 84 pageviews2026-09-09 — 95 pageviews2026-09-13 — 383 pageviews2026-09-17 — 577 pageviews2026-09-21 — 191 pageviews2026-09-25 — 120 pageviews2026-09-29 — 102 pageviews2026-10-03 — 76 pageviews2026-10-07 — 54 pageviews2026-10-11 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
45.9%
earned "The Last Merrow"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-07-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,85128%10
Xbox One (Xbox)2,64134%10
Steam (Steam)1,99723%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1,40338%10

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionPuzzleAdventureSubmarinePlatformerUnderwaterMetroidvaniaSide Scroller

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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