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Sub Command cover art

Sub Command

Sonalysts · Strategy First · 2006-10-26

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 26, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take charge of the most deadly modern-day submarines in the world - three distinct submarines across two unique and challenging campaigns. Utilize cutting-edge sensor and weapon technology to locate, track and destroy the enemy - even deliver Tomahawk missiles to inland targets.

Sub Command is a 2006 Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 146 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
75%
positive of 146 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Sub Command, subtitled Akula Seawolf 688(I) is a submarine simulator computer game designed by Sonalysts Combat Simulations and published for Windows systems by Electronic Arts in 2001. The player commands one submarine: a United States Navy Seawolf, a Russian Navy Akula, or a 688(I).

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 146 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-10-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 65 of 84 observed days · $1.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420122026Week of 2012-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-07-20 — best price $9.992016-04-04 — best price $2.492016-12-01 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $2.492018-02-23 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-05-20 — best price $1.992019-11-25 — best price $9.992020-05-07 — best price $1.502020-10-19 — best price $8.092021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-05-22 — best price $8.092021-07-17 — best price $8.092021-09-25 — best price $8.252021-11-19 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-06-13 — best price $9.992022-10-17 — best price $1.992023-01-18 — best price $10.762023-04-10 — best price $9.992023-08-01 — best price $1.992023-12-02 — best price $9.992024-02-24 — best price $1.992024-05-25 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $1.502025-03-06 — best price $1.502025-09-16 — best price $9.992026-01-22 — best price $9.992026-06-15 — best price $2.002026-08-28 — best price $4.992026-09-15 — best price $3.792026-10-14 — best price $2.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 3 pageviews2026-08-01 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 3 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 8 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

WarNavalRetroPhysicsWargameCold WarMilitaryStrategyRealisticSubmarine

Census log

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

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