Death in the Water 2
Skip · Shooter · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 4.2h
- Value
- $3.57/hr
- Reviews
- 83% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.
Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.
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
The value story
The lowest price on record is $3.74, set in October 2025. Its cuts run 65 percent off as a rule. There have been 39 in the 4 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
Among the games that feel like it, Depth ($19.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Into the Radius 2 ($27.99, scores 34).
15 of the 585 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2023 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,071 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 213 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 71 percent of the 542 reviews written there were positive, against 83 percent overall, and those are 31 percent of everything written about it.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 4.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
82% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 11:01 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
It's fun and its spooky. Wish there was more direction for story mode because I hit a dead end but still very fun to play. The water sounds make me so thirsty LOL.
Very cool game for people who like underwater game, this one is stressful and creepy. Would recommend especially if you have thalassophobia :D.
Great atmosphere and cool playability. This game is very unique on its genre. Looking forward to the 3.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Death in the Water 2 scores 41/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1338840/death-in-the-water-2Reviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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