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Surviving the Abyss

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

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
65%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,076 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 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

712026-08-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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