Submerged
Skip · Narrative · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $8.33/hr
- Reviews▼
- 76% of 4,860
- Critics
- 47 players 29 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 51% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 2.4h
- To 100%
- 5.3h 2.2x the story
- Finish
- 25% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 10
Price and sales
- Sales
- 94 on record
- Typical cut
- 90% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 October 2017
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 6% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 54% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
32% start to 25% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 94 discounts in the 11 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, A Short Hike ($7.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Isle of Jura ($4.99, scores 12).
More about Submerged
The press gave it 47; the people who bought it give it 76 percent. A 29-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts 25 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Of the 604 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 50 percent of the 1,065 reviews written there were positive, against 76 percent overall, and those are 25 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 2.4 hours. Doing everything runs 5, 2.2 times as long.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 2.4 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 12 days ago.
- 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
Speedboat around, climb some buildings, and... you're done! I played this game a while ago, played again to refresh my memory for a review. This game is SHORT! My recent playthrough clocked the story finished at about 2 hours. In terms of gameplay, the story is simple enough, told through collectible diamonds, picturing events as a series of pictures. There is the MC's story, unlocked through story progression, and...
2 more reviews
Fun game, easy to play, simple puzzles, and interesting story. No dialogue, just pictures and characters actions. It's laid back and open to interpretation.
This game is not long. I hundred-percented it in 5.6 hours. But I loved every minute of it. Like a lot of people say, you have to know what you are getting into. It's entirely exploration, atmosphere, and finding collectibles. This game is a piece of art to be enjoyed and experienced. There's not a lot to the story but I found it captivating and even though I will probably never play through it again it was worth my...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce 9800GTX or ATI Radeon HD 4770, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Submerged scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/301860/submergedReviews 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 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.