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UBOAT

Deep Water Studio · PlayWay S.A. · 2024-08-02

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 30, 2019 (Mac), Sep 17, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

UBOAT is a 2024 Action, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 27,020 reviews).

575
playing now
84%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

575 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Uboat is a submarine simulator video game, released by Deep Water Studio and being published by PlayWay S.A. The game is inspired by the game mechanics of Fallout Shelter, XCOM, and also the movie Das Boot. Like other submarine simulation games, such as the Silent Hunter series, the player is put in command of a German U-boat during World War II.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 575 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,183 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~273/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 540k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.39 at GameBillet (2025-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 61 of 92 observed days · $2.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20192026Week of 2019-04-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,604 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 500 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,576 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k3562026-08-06 22:00 — 574 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 367 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 752 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 666 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 445 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 796 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 761 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 445 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 963 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 781 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 356 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 825 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 670 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 383 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 742 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 695 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 405 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,058 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,218 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 499 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 828 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,190 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 546 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,021 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,178 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 544 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 729 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,177 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 575 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$6.392019-05-012026-08-302019-05-01 — best price $25.492019-09-18 — best price $29.992019-11-08 — best price $22.492020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-05-29 — best price $29.992020-07-13 — best price $23.992020-11-21 — best price $22.862021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-04-02 — best price $13.492021-05-22 — best price $22.862021-10-27 — best price $13.492021-12-13 — best price $12.892022-03-28 — best price $11.992022-07-25 — best price $11.392022-11-15 — best price $29.992023-02-09 — best price $29.992023-05-10 — best price $29.992023-08-28 — best price $11.992023-11-29 — best price $29.992024-02-14 — best price $10.492024-04-04 — best price $10.492024-05-30 — best price $29.992024-08-09 — best price $8.992024-09-24 — best price $22.492024-11-08 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $6.892025-02-08 — best price $6.462025-04-04 — best price $6.462025-06-16 — best price $29.992025-08-19 — best price $6.462025-10-07 — best price $8.992025-11-04 — best price $29.992025-12-01 — best price $22.492026-01-31 — best price $22.492026-03-20 — best price $29.692026-05-16 — best price $29.992026-07-12 — best price $8.392026-08-29 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

261292026-05-29 — 45 pageviews2026-06-01 — 53 pageviews2026-06-04 — 48 pageviews2026-06-07 — 65 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-13 — 56 pageviews2026-06-16 — 58 pageviews2026-06-19 — 60 pageviews2026-06-22 — 133 pageviews2026-06-25 — 50 pageviews2026-06-28 — 44 pageviews2026-07-01 — 42 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-07 — 47 pageviews2026-07-10 — 33 pageviews2026-07-13 — 57 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 51 pageviews2026-07-22 — 54 pageviews2026-07-25 — 45 pageviews2026-07-28 — 47 pageviews2026-07-31 — 35 pageviews2026-08-03 — 64 pageviews2026-08-06 — 43 pageviews2026-08-09 — 64 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-15 — 70 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 54 pageviews2026-08-24 — 49 pageviews2026-08-26 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

20302026-08-26 19:15 — 189 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 185 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
33%
earned "Iron Cross 2nd Class"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6881%51
PS5 (PlayStation)882%52
Xbox Series (Xbox)740%51

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

WarNavalActionShooterMilitaryModdableRealisticSubmarineHistoricalManagement

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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