Under The Waves
Skip · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$29.99Skip
On its price record
$5.74Fair
- Length
- 7.4h
- Value
- $4.05/hr
- Reviews
- 77% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 80% ($5.99)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 90% ($2.99)
- Last discount ended
- 3 days ago
Watch it for a saleSources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB/ AMD R9 290 HD 4GB, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
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 $1.49, set in August 2026. 34 discounts in the 3 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 49 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 60 percent. On the same math In Other Waters ($14.99, scores 52) and Subnautica: Below Zero ($29.99, scores 71) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
This site sampled 669 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 193 reviews written there were positive, against 77 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
73% start to 4% 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
14 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 15:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
We've been used to walking simulations for many years. Why shouldn't we have a good swimming simulation? The developer team has created a game that offers 10-12 hours of enjoyment, allowing you to explore a small, beautifully designed underwater world. There isn't much mechanics involved. A few tools can be used. A bunch of doors can be opened by solving puzzle-like challenges. Let's get to the real point. The story...
Under the Waves - Review The game is fantastic in one word - the history, the game music, and the environment all come together beautifully. At first, the game might feel a bit boring to get into, but it quickly becomes very interesting once you're in. It's not the most mouse-and-keyboard friendly experience - controlling the Seamoth was a bit hard and a little confusing at times. Overall, I'd recommend buying and...
I came for an atmospheric underwater exploration sim and got a psychological thriller. The screenshots promise crafting, survival, resource management and exploration. In practice, there is very little crafting, no survival at all, and exploration hits the limits of a tiny world: you can see everything in a couple of hours. The text description is far more honest: this is a game about suffering and loneliness. The...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
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Cite this score
Under The Waves scores 33/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1975440/under-the-wavesReviews 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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