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We Need To Go Deeper cover art

We Need To Go Deeper

Deli Interactive LLC · 2019-08-01

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 08, 2017 (Mac), Feb 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.

We Need To Go Deeper is a $3.99 Action, Indie and Simulation game released in 2019, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (86% of 6050 reviews).

11
playing now
86%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

We Need To Go Deeper trailer thumbnail

BACK INTO THE DEEP! | We Need To Go Deeper

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 150 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 151k–363k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,047 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2026-01-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26626620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4612026-09-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 32 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1340Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2017 — avg 36 · peak 93Aug 2017 — avg 29 · peak 63Dec 2017 — avg 34 · peak 114Apr 2018 — avg 31 · peak 93Aug 2018 — avg 35 · peak 80Dec 2018 — avg 112 · peak 279Apr 2019 — avg 39 · peak 102Aug 2019 — avg 104 · peak 265Dec 2019 — avg 47 · peak 121Apr 2020 — avg 58 · peak 125Aug 2020 — avg 30 · peak 82Dec 2020 — avg 48 · peak 124Apr 2021 — avg 44 · peak 115Aug 2021 — avg 56 · peak 128Dec 2021 — avg 55 · peak 143Apr 2022 — avg 37 · peak 98Aug 2022 — avg 102 · peak 340Dec 2022 — avg 42 · peak 145Apr 2023 — avg 29 · peak 103Aug 2023 — avg 83 · peak 393Dec 2023 — avg 29 · peak 98Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 97Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 93Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 82Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 62Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 53Dec 2025 — avg 22 · peak 68Apr 2026 — avg 13 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 95
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$2.392017-02-082026-08-242017-02-08 — best price $7.992017-11-22 — best price $7.492018-06-22 — best price $6.492019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-10-28 — best price $10.712020-02-08 — best price $9.912020-08-08 — best price $14.292020-08-23 — best price $14.292020-09-07 — best price $14.292020-09-22 — best price $14.292020-10-10 — best price $14.292020-10-25 — best price $14.292020-11-09 — best price $15.992020-11-28 — best price $10.712021-01-04 — best price $14.292021-01-18 — best price $15.992021-02-02 — best price $15.992021-02-17 — best price $15.992021-03-05 — best price $15.992021-03-18 — best price $14.292021-04-02 — best price $14.292021-04-17 — best price $14.292021-05-02 — best price $14.292021-05-17 — best price $14.292021-11-24 — best price $7.992022-08-01 — best price $10.712023-06-29 — best price $9.592024-01-15 — best price $10.712024-08-11 — best price $7.992025-02-21 — best price $3.992025-07-14 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $6.392026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-24 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Getting Your Feet Wet"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-08-01, latest 2022-12-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6730%37
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

2DPvECo-opActionSteampunkSubmarineHand-drawnRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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