Under: Depths of Fear
Skip · Shooter · 2020
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 18, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 2h 3h to 100%
- Value
- $5.00/hr
- Reviews
- 68% of 302 positive
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What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Enter the mind of traumatized WW1 veteran Alexander Dockter and experience the terrorizing nightmare of trying to escape a sinking ocean liner while being haunted by the most terrifying entities you’ve ever come across.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GTX 660, R9 270, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
February 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $6.99. Across all 3 discounts in the 6 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 8 weeks apart.
It is less well reviewed than 76 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Ad Infinitum ($1.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Agony ($14.99, scores 1).
More about Under: Depths of Fear
4 of the 250 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to August 2026.
What players say
I had this game in my library for the longest time... and then one day I was cleaning house and MaddVlad and his YouTube show "The Outer Middle Show" was playing in the background... and I heard him get the absolute life scared out of him. Instantly downloaded it and made it the game for the stream that night. I will say I wasn't disappointed either. There was some creepy aspects in the game... and even instances...
1 more review, not recommended
As a fan of sinking ship stories and horror games similar to 'Alien: Isolation' which sees players in a remote and claustrophobic environment being chased by unkillable horrors, 'Under: Depths of Fear' sets the stage well with a truly fantastic premise: you're Alexander, a traumatized WW1 victim suffering from extreme shell-shock who's sailing on an ocean liner, only for said liner to suddenly be torpedoed...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Under: Depths of Fear scores 18/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1128140/under-depths-of-fearReviews 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 Oct 2, price as of Oct 14. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.