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Subterrain

Pixellore Inc · 2016-01-21

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Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 24, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 27, 2017 (Xbox One)

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Subterrain is an Indie game released in 2016, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 1398 reviews).

5
playing now
76%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (349 downloads)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (308 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

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

It took longer than it really should have but by 2050, humanity has finally colonized Mars. The leader of the effort is an entrepreneur named Jeff Murray. Rather than living on the surface of Mars, People have made their homes underground. The city and all its supporting facilities are buried deep down, safe from the inhospitable climate of the surface. Dr. West migrated to Mars recently at the personal invitation of Jeff Murray. Dr. West has been working on important research which he had hoped would lead to a cure for the Alzheimer's disease which has afflicted his wife. After an accident i(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,398 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.99
Microsoft Store$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.39 at GOG (2018-10-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 7 of 62 observed days · $12.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

812026-09-15 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$4.392015-05-012026-10-152015-05-01 — best price $11.992015-11-25 — best price $13.492016-04-06 — best price $9.992016-05-20 — best price $16.992016-09-05 — best price $16.992017-01-02 — best price $16.992017-05-25 — best price $16.992017-09-25 — best price $16.992018-01-04 — best price $16.992018-07-05 — best price $16.992018-11-02 — best price $4.392019-01-23 — best price $16.992019-11-01 — best price $16.992020-01-02 — best price $16.992020-04-06 — best price $16.992020-06-15 — best price $16.992020-12-01 — best price $16.992021-03-01 — best price $16.992021-11-01 — best price $16.992022-02-03 — best price $16.992022-07-25 — best price $16.992022-11-29 — best price $16.992023-02-07 — best price $16.992023-06-30 — best price $5.092023-09-19 — best price $16.992024-01-04 — best price $16.992024-06-19 — best price $5.092025-01-02 — best price $16.992025-04-16 — best price $16.992025-10-06 — best price $16.992026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-08-30 — best price $16.992026-09-07 — best price $16.992026-09-15 — best price $16.992026-09-23 — best price $16.992026-10-01 — best price $16.992026-10-09 — best price $16.992026-10-15 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
59.6%
earned "The Prison Break"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

12 supported languages: English, Russian, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Simplified Chinese, German, Japanese, Hungarian, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-05-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2251%48
PS4 (PlayStation)3545%49
Xbox One (Xbox)2931%49

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieHorrorSci-fiZombiesCraftingSurvivalTop-DownOpen World

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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