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Under The Waves

Parallel Studio · Spotlight by Quantic Dream · 2023-08-28

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 29, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 29, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 29, 2023 (Xbox One)

Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...

30
playing now
78%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Under the Waves is a 2023 adventure video game developed by Parallel Studio and published by Quantic Dream. Players control a professional diver who attempts to deal with personal trauma and a job that may compromise his principles.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,105 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$1.49-95%
IndieGala$2.59-91%
GameBillet$2.66-91%
Fanatical$2.69-91%
Gamesplanet$2.70-91%
GOG$2.99-90%
Humble Store$2.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-08-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 170 of 226 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

159152026-08-11 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 79 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 82 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 159 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 93 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 153 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 64 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 140 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 63 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 31 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 52 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 30 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.492023-08-292026-08-302023-08-29 — best price $24.592023-11-17 — best price $19.492024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-15 — best price $12.992024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-06-03 — best price $14.992024-07-17 — best price $14.992024-08-27 — best price $21.242024-09-30 — best price $24.572024-11-21 — best price $9.822024-12-06 — best price $26.992024-12-31 — best price $8.662025-01-29 — best price $10.082025-02-22 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $7.692025-05-14 — best price $8.992025-06-06 — best price $7.622025-07-12 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $7.492025-09-18 — best price $29.992025-10-13 — best price $27.272025-11-02 — best price $6.002025-11-24 — best price $3.442025-12-23 — best price $2.462026-01-24 — best price $3.002026-02-22 — best price $3.002026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-20 — best price $3.002026-05-07 — best price $3.002026-05-25 — best price $1.802026-06-19 — best price $2.292026-07-23 — best price $2.992026-08-11 — best price $1.492026-08-26 — best price $2.662026-08-30 — best price $2.66
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

166402026-05-30 — 83 pageviews2026-06-02 — 105 pageviews2026-06-05 — 105 pageviews2026-06-08 — 64 pageviews2026-06-11 — 50 pageviews2026-06-14 — 71 pageviews2026-06-17 — 64 pageviews2026-06-20 — 80 pageviews2026-06-23 — 64 pageviews2026-06-26 — 97 pageviews2026-06-29 — 102 pageviews2026-07-02 — 67 pageviews2026-07-05 — 93 pageviews2026-07-08 — 79 pageviews2026-07-11 — 58 pageviews2026-07-14 — 74 pageviews2026-07-17 — 63 pageviews2026-07-20 — 69 pageviews2026-07-23 — 52 pageviews2026-07-26 — 75 pageviews2026-07-29 — 58 pageviews2026-08-01 — 60 pageviews2026-08-04 — 55 pageviews2026-08-07 — 67 pageviews2026-08-10 — 91 pageviews2026-08-13 — 68 pageviews2026-08-16 — 105 pageviews2026-08-19 — 63 pageviews2026-08-22 — 65 pageviews2026-08-25 — 75 pageviews2026-08-27 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "Day 01: Immersion"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)5,61227%38
PS4 (PlayStation)1,64423%38
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,15114%38
Steam (Steam)1,04215%38

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

Player tags

3DIndieSci-fiAdventureCinematicNarrationNarrativeSubmarineOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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