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Water Planet cover art

Water Planet

The Revera Corporation · 2017-10-05

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Water Planet is a single-player first-person adventure set in a distant blue world. Gather resources to fuel an interstellar ship as your on-board A.I. Gemini guides you through sunken ruins and ocean depths while listening to the music of VIRGO.

78%
positive of 63 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)

"Upon entering the atmosphere of a distant blue world, you are awoken from cryosleep to gather resources to fuel your interstellar journey onward. With the guidance of your on-board A.I., Gemini, hunt down crystal shards amid sunken monuments and alien flora. When intermittent energy surges disable the link between you and Gemini, encounter a lone cybernetic jellyfish named Aqua. Travel through portals, dive to the depths of the ocean and fly on a hover transport that connects the ruins of a lost civilization. Enter the world and music of VIRGO on Water Planet before you launch back into hype(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 26,098 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 63 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2021-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172025Week of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-10-072024-03-212017-10-07 — best price $19.992017-11-13 — best price $15.992017-11-20 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $11.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $7.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRIndieAdventureSimulationWalking Simulator

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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