Hydroneer
Worth it · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $4.49, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since May 2020.
- Cost per hourS
- $0.20/hr
- Reviews▼
- 86% of 28,682
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 22.9h
- To 100%
- 54.6h 2.4x the story
- Achievements
- 78
Price and sales
- Sales
- 54 on record
- Typical cut
- 30% off
- Steam low
- $4.49 May 2026
- Sale every
- 44d last November 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 366 now
- Recent reviews
- 87% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 90% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
60% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 54 discounts in the 7 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $4.49 at 70 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 4 percent. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Factorio ($35.00, scores 97) beats it on value, while it beats TerraTech Worlds ($29.99, scores 10).
More about Hydroneer
18 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2026 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 41 percent of the 1,990 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
22.9 hours to finish it, 55 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.4 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Overall I would recommend this game, with one very important stipulation playing it modded. There are some very cool logic mechanics with the option of actual logic gates. However, if I didnt know I would think this game was in early access. In my opinion this game needs a lot of quality of life improvements. One thing I found surprising there is no inventory and you can only carry 1 item at a time unless you use a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I bought this game five years ago after seeing a youtuber playing it and its been so cool to see its progression. The gameplay is awesome and I love the industrialization.
Clumsy. First I tried hydroneer years ago. Concept was fun, chill automatization game without enemies and nice water mechanics. Sure, it was quite clumsy and unpolished. Using strange hybrid of grid snapping and dropping things with only badly visible shadow to see where they land.. fine, its early acces, its probably placeholder. Now - years later, I tried again. And system is still as terrible as before - using...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Hydroneer is a mining and base building sandbox. Dig for gold and other resources to turn a profit and enhance your mining operation. Build a base of operations, forge weapons, go fishing, and dig deep!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 1 GB DirectX 11 dedicated video card, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Hydroneer scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1106840/hydroneerReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 8, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.