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Surviving the Abyss

Rocket Flair Studios · Paradox Arc · 2024-11-05

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Surviving the Abyss is a 2024 Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 1,083 reviews).

1
playing now
65%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Earth, 1976. The cold war is in full swing and you have been tasked to construct and direct a deep sea research facility working to perfect and weaponize human cloning. Survive against the odds in the unforgiving abyss maintaining oxygen, power, food and much more to keep your crew alive.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (367 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,083 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26726720232026Week of 2023-01-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4444Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 444 · peak 1,069Mar 2023 — avg 41 · peak 111May 2023 — avg 26 · peak 90Jul 2023 — avg 16 · peak 55Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 34Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 34 · peak 104Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 39May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 23Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992023-01-172026-08-032023-01-17 — best price $17.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-05-11 — best price $15.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-08-16 — best price $14.992023-11-01 — best price $15.992023-11-21 — best price $12.992023-12-21 — best price $12.992024-03-14 — best price $12.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-05-23 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $15.992024-08-17 — best price $15.992024-11-05 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $13.392025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-24 — best price $13.992025-05-08 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-07-17 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-03-13 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
18.4%
earned "First Steps"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13813%27

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

Player tags

3DRTSEconomyBuildingStrategySurvivalDifficultColony SimManagementUnderwater

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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