The Game Census
They Breathe cover art

They Breathe

The Working Parts · 2014-05-23

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 23, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 23, 2014 (Mac), Dec 06, 2011 (Xbox 360)

They Breathe is a short journey into the depths of a forest filled with water. As you swim deeper, it's up to you to figure out the rules of an insidious ecosystem where nothing is as it first seems, and where everyone is after the same precious resource – oxygen!

0
playing now
84%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,303 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $0.792015-03-05 — best price $2.202015-05-15 — best price $2.272015-06-22 — best price $1.992015-08-27 — best price $2.252015-10-29 — best price $0.792015-11-16 — best price $1.502015-12-03 — best price $1.092016-02-05 — best price $2.232016-04-18 — best price $1.132016-06-23 — best price $0.792016-11-01 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-02-12 — best price $1.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-04-14 — best price $1.792020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-11-02 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-05-09 — best price $2.252021-08-02 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-10-27 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
24.1%
earned "Impossible in '09"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,78814%8
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieShortActionNatureStylizedSurvivalAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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