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UNDERWARD

INTENSE · 2025-02-04

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Feb 05, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

UNDERWARD is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Investigators must carry «TEST-SUBJECT» monsters from a deadly underground abandoned hospital ward.

UNDERWARD is an Action, Adventure, Indie title released in 2025, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 665 reviews).

5
playing now
74%
positive of 665 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (252 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (279 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 665 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.59 at Steam (2025-02-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 10 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19419420252026Week of 2025-02-05: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1802026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3573Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 357 · peak 2,184Mar 2025 — avg 88 · peak 509Apr 2025 — avg 40 · peak 259May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 165Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 162Jul 2025 — avg 18 · peak 79Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 64Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 251Oct 2025 — avg 25 · peak 154Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 76Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 80Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 78Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 51Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 35May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 28Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 27Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$5.592025-02-052026-07-092025-02-05 — best price $5.592025-02-18 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $5.592025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-05-26 — best price $5.592025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $5.592025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-09-24 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $6.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-16 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-28 — best price $12.992026-02-04 — best price $6.992026-02-18 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
25.6%
earned "Welcome to UNDERWARD"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-06-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)2440%37
Steam (Steam)720%38

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

Player tags

LootFunnyActionDemonsHorrorStealthZombiesThrillerExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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