The Game Census
Sub Rosa cover art

Sub Rosa

Cryptic Sea · Devolver Digital · 2021-03-25

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 16, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 21, 2012 (Mac), Aug 21, 2012 (Linux)

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer first-person shooter about tense deals, double-crosses, and the occasional high-speed car chase.

7
playing now
69%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (142 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 68k–153k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,389 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11811820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2302026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$14.992015-01-172026-08-192015-01-17 — best price $19.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-04-20 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $17.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-07-12 — best price $17.792021-05-11 — best price $19.992021-06-12 — best price $16.992021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-05-05 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-01-20 — best price $14.992023-03-10 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $19.992023-07-28 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-12-09 — best price $14.992025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-05-27 — best price $14.992025-06-10 — best price $14.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-13 — best price $19.992026-07-11 — best price $19.992026-08-11 — best price $14.992026-08-19 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSCo-opCrimeIndieActionPhysicsShooterOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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