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Aquatico

Aquatico

Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

Released Jan 12, 2023 Developer Digital Reef Games Publisher Overseer Games Platforms Windows City BuilderStrategyColony SimUnderwaterBuilding
View on Steam ↗ $7.49 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

68.5%positive835 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I would not be too scared of the 'Mixed' rating this game got. It seems to me a lot of pressure is put on the game to deliver but what it is compared towards is a bit of a mystery to me -> How many undersea city building sims are there out there? As far as i know the big names…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“it been a good game so far i play about 14 hr and many more hr to go”

— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“https://youtu.be/3rYcjEoFUKs Laying pipe has never been more frustrating due to the one connection limit, while the unclear economy numbers makes planning ahead more difficult than desired.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:17 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
424-hour peak
923all-time peak
0 250 500 2023 2024 2025 2026 232 avg · Jan 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

44achievements
21.4%median completion
0.7%rarest: Lord of the sea
88.5% of players 75.6% of players 60.0% of players 49.2% of players 45.6% of players 45.2% of players 44.6% of players 43.8% of players 35.9% of players 35.0% of players 34.8% of players 31.7% of players 31.2% of players 30.2% of players 28.5% of players 27.1% of players 27.0% of players 26.4% of players 26.1% of players 23.8% of players 22.1% of players 21.5% of players 21.4% of players 20.6% of players 19.6% of players 18.9% of players 16.8% of players 14.8% of players 12.4% of players 10.8% of players 10.4% of players 10.2% of players 9.0% of players 8.3% of players 6.7% of players 6.3% of players 5.3% of players 4.5% of players 4.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 1.7% of players 0.7% of players 88.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.5%Gatherer — Build a Gatherer's place
75.6%Dome Builder — Build a Dome
60.0%Sponge-worthy I — Collect 50 sponges
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Lord of the sea — Complete the Atlantis project without building a single Trade port or Trade company.
1.7%Master of disaster — You have deterred megalodon or pirates from damaging any buildings 20 times.
2.3%Capitalist VI — Accumulate 1.000.000 credits

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.49−70% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99base price
$7.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US7.49 USD−70%
EU7.49 EUR−70%
UK5.84 GBP−70%
Australia10.78 AUD−70%
Canada8.69 CAD−70%
Japan771 JPY−70%
Brazil18.00 BRL−70%
China24.00 CNY−70%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.5 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$8.5

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 19, 2024
Steam Winter sale launched - Aquatico with 70% off

Hello everyone, It's the start of craziest time of Year, and we want everyone to be happy and in the good mood. If you're browsing Steam and all these awesome games, it might be hard to decide what to

Nov 27, 2024
New Kaiserpunk Playtest is around the corner

Hello, This week, from Friday Nov 29th until Dec 3rd , a public Playtest, second one, will be held for Kaiserpunk. This game features a full production chain city builder mechanics combined with many

Sep 02, 2024
Games from Croatia steam event started - choose your discounts

Hello Sea Mayors! Today, for the first time ever , Steam is hosting „Games from Croatia“ event! Our country may be a small one, but some awesome games originated from here in recent years. For some of

May 02, 2024
Update 1.601.0 – in search for more performance

Hello Sea Mayors! Today we’re releasing next in line of updates for Aquatico. Backbone of this update is new pack of optimizations . Since last one was added, we’ve identified few new avenues that can

Apr 22, 2024
Update on the way

Hello there Sea Mayors! April 22nd is known as International Mother Earth Day, and to mark the occasion, we’ll be rounding up an update for Aquatico. World might be devastated in our game, but in real

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsCity Builder · Strategy · Colony Sim · Underwater · Building · Futuristic · Economy · Management · Base-Building · Post-apocalyptic · Sci-fi · Open World (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Korean
Achievements44
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.overseer-games.com/aquatico
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 Memory: 10 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 560 4 GB Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card Additional Notes: Mouse with a scroll wheel