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Submerged

Uppercut Games Pty Ltd · 2015-08-03

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 03, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 07, 2015 (Xbox One), Aug 05, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 06, 2016 (iOS)

Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Submerged is a third-person exploration-based post-apocalyptic indie game developed and published by Uppercut Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015, with an iOS port following in 2016. The sequel Submerged: Hidden Depths released on Stadia on 3 December 2020, with Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S versions following on 10 March 2022. The game is part of the "ecogames" genre which deal with the effects of climate change.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 121k–291k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,854 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2017-09-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 24 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-08-042026-08-302015-08-04 — best price $17.992016-01-15 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $6.792017-02-06 — best price $5.992017-09-07 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992018-05-10 — best price $1.992018-09-24 — best price $1.992018-12-17 — best price $19.992019-02-18 — best price $19.992019-06-08 — best price $19.992019-09-16 — best price $19.992020-01-09 — best price $1.992020-06-15 — best price $1.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-19 — best price $1.992022-08-23 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-03-06 — best price $1.992023-06-15 — best price $19.992023-08-25 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-04-23 — best price $1.992024-07-18 — best price $1.992024-10-28 — best price $1.992025-03-24 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-06-04 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

67242026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 672 pageviews2026-06-10 — 52 pageviews2026-06-13 — 33 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
31.9%
earned "Free Climber"
16.9%
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

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,86538%10
Xbox One (Xbox)3,75658%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1,85853%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1,53956%10
Switch (Nintendo)200%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

CasualNatureMysteryColorfulRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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