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Sunkenland

Vector3 Studio · 2023-08-25

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

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

Releases: Aug 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

Sunkenland is a 2023 Action, Indie and Early Access game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (80% of 23922 reviews).

320
playing now
80%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
72/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
75
Nexus mods (148k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

320 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Sunkenland trailer thumbnail

Sunkenland - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈106,134 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 320 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,147 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~143/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,715 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 481k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,051 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at GreenManGaming (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.0k4.0k20232026Week of 2023-08-01: 2,042 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 841 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3,993 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 722 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,471 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,787 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,100 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 47 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k3202026-09-15 12:00 — 701 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 746 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 424 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 874 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1,150 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 456 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 531 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 850 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 561 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 872 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 822 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 472 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 454 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 841 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 689 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 435 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 819 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 608 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 347 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 879 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 830 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 329 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 465 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 320 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.5k313Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 7,504 · peak 26,116Oct 2023 — avg 3,230 · peak 8,891Nov 2023 — avg 1,994 · peak 4,807Dec 2023 — avg 2,505 · peak 7,871Jan 2024 — avg 2,820 · peak 8,598Feb 2024 — avg 1,741 · peak 3,790Mar 2024 — avg 1,479 · peak 3,753Apr 2024 — avg 993 · peak 2,081May 2024 — avg 787 · peak 1,589Jun 2024 — avg 838 · peak 2,305Jul 2024 — avg 1,234 · peak 2,963Aug 2024 — avg 739 · peak 1,446Sep 2024 — avg 713 · peak 1,810Oct 2024 — avg 1,438 · peak 3,920Nov 2024 — avg 1,316 · peak 3,085Dec 2024 — avg 1,091 · peak 2,182Jan 2025 — avg 965 · peak 2,097Feb 2025 — avg 740 · peak 1,439Mar 2025 — avg 680 · peak 1,430Apr 2025 — avg 595 · peak 1,230May 2025 — avg 750 · peak 1,825Jun 2025 — avg 590 · peak 1,260Jul 2025 — avg 617 · peak 1,334Aug 2025 — avg 821 · peak 1,703Sep 2025 — avg 706 · peak 1,524Oct 2025 — avg 612 · peak 1,361Nov 2025 — avg 493 · peak 913Dec 2025 — avg 589 · peak 1,424Jan 2026 — avg 667 · peak 1,320Feb 2026 — avg 482 · peak 929Mar 2026 — avg 432 · peak 870Apr 2026 — avg 332 · peak 686May 2026 — avg 313 · peak 817Jun 2026 — avg 563 · peak 2,025Jul 2026 — avg 1,136 · peak 2,659Aug 2026 — avg 836 · peak 1,645
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 10 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$13.992023-08-252026-08-222023-08-25 — best price $19.992023-09-03 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $17.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-01-06 — best price $19.992024-01-30 — best price $19.992024-02-22 — best price $16.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-18 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-05-30 — best price $15.992024-06-20 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-10-24 — best price $15.992024-11-22 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-07 — best price $19.992025-02-27 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-05-04 — best price $15.992025-05-24 — best price $19.992025-07-03 — best price $14.992025-07-25 — best price $13.992025-08-19 — best price $15.992025-09-05 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-08-13 — best price $13.992026-08-22 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8002026-10-01 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 12 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
5.9%
earned "Running I"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4143%107

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvECo-opSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldUnderwaterExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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