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The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human

YCJY Games · 2016-01-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 03, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2016 (Linux), Jan 19, 2016 (Mac), Jan 23, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jan 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2018 (Xbox One)

Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with Mostly Positive (75% of 527 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
75%
positive of 527 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human is a 2D metroidvania action-adventure video game. Developed by YCJY, the game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux in January 2016. Ports for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, developed by Stage Clear Studios, were released in January 2018, followed by a Nintendo Switch port in January 2019.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 527 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$5.99-40%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-01-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 75 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek 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: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992016-01-192026-10-152016-01-19 — best price $8.492016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-08-02 — best price $9.992016-11-25 — best price $4.992017-01-21 — best price $9.992017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-02-27 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-01 — best price $9.992019-05-30 — best price $2.992019-11-13 — best price $0.992020-03-17 — best price $2.492020-08-10 — best price $9.992021-02-10 — best price $3.392021-07-19 — best price $0.992021-11-26 — best price $4.992022-04-11 — best price $6.692022-09-06 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-10-20 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $4.992024-05-01 — best price $4.992024-07-24 — best price $9.992024-10-24 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-08-09 — best price $9.992025-11-11 — best price $5.992026-01-26 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 6 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
71.5%
earned "Human Race Extinct"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-03-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1861%21
Xbox One (Xbox)3363%21
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionAdventureBoss RushDifficultUnderwaterAtmosphericExplorationMetroidvania

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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