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Submachine: Legacy cover art

Submachine: Legacy

Mateusz Skutnik · 2023-10-13

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Submachine is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a vast network of desolate locations containing puzzles, secrets, notes and items to collect to help you along the way. Follow the story of a banished lighthouse keeper to discover his descent into ruins.

4
playing now
98%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

You are alone here. You will follow the footsteps of a banished lighthouse keeper discovering his descent into ruins of Submachine.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,460 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$18.75-25%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.75-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 30 of 47 observed days · $6.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1202026-08-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492023-10-132026-08-302023-10-13 — best price $22.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-02-13 — best price $18.742024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $18.742025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-05 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $16.242025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-26 — best price $16.242025-06-26 — best price $12.492025-08-07 — best price $12.492025-09-11 — best price $12.492025-09-29 — best price $18.742025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-10-28 — best price $12.492025-11-14 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $18.742026-01-23 — best price $18.742026-03-11 — best price $18.742026-03-27 — best price $18.692026-04-15 — best price $18.992026-05-08 — best price $24.992026-05-25 — best price $18.752026-06-25 — best price $12.492026-07-17 — best price $18.752026-08-14 — best price $18.752026-08-29 — best price $18.752026-08-30 — best price $18.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "Chapter I"
25.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)79025%28

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicPuzzleMysteryColorfulAdventureDystopian FuturisticHand-drawn

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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