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Barotrauma
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “chaotic submarine systems” (80 of 105 reviews) and “cooperative chaos with friends” (34); the most common complaint is “steep underexplained learning curve” (13). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
80 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Fun to play with friends, horrifying if the captain is trash”
“I absolutely love co-op games where each player is given a little 'domain' to call their own. Engineers keep the reactor going, medics keep everyone alive, the captain steers the ship, the security guard shoots things,…”
“One of my all time favourites. Especially early days, before you know a lot about the game it is one of the most panicky games I have played. And once you are an experienced captain you get to take your newbie friends…”
34 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Fun to play with friends, horrifying if the captain is trash”
“I absolutely love co-op games where each player is given a little 'domain' to call their own. Engineers keep the reactor going, medics keep everyone alive, the captain steers the ship, the security guard shoots things,…”
“Good game, truly underwater horror experience. Fun in singleplayer and multiplayer especially with friends, adding more chaos into the gameplay. Also, this game supports mods, and there's a lot of mods in the workshop…”
19 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“One of my all time favourites. Especially early days, before you know a lot about the game it is one of the most panicky games I have played. And once you are an experienced captain you get to take your newbie friends…”
“This game is like hard drugs. It has ruined my relationships with my family and i just cannot stop playing it. Help”
“Good game, truly underwater horror experience. Fun in singleplayer and multiplayer especially with friends, adding more chaos into the gameplay. Also, this game supports mods, and there's a lot of mods in the workshop…”
15 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Been thinking on how I would write this. Barotrauma is one of the most amazing video games I have ever played. It balances realism with gameplay in a way no one really has, before. I appreciate the atmosphere of this…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“Juegazo. No hay nada mejor que hacer una tripulación con amigos y vivir aventuras submarinas matando a los verdaderos habitantes de Europa (la luna de Júpiter). Muy recomendado, el nivel de detalle es maravilloso.”
8 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“its peak, it runs, except how do I get my friend to stop shooting up Seperatists outposts”
“the game is great, it is 2D ofc runs on a potato, it is a little complicated which can seem intimidating but you just gotta jump in”
“this game has wasted untold hours of my life and ruined every single friendship imaginable. it changes you, mind and body, into a twisted facsimile of yourself as the captain calls for more control, the doctors continue…”
13 of the 105 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“Will I ever beat this? No, probably not because my friend is a hater. HOWEVER, I have had a lot of fun jumping straight into Captain role while skipping the tutorial completely. Now since I haven't done it still, there…”
“♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ love this game it's so damn good it brings me so much joy I love shooting things and people sometimes and you can either have a serious playthrough or just have a short fun one it is so versatile with all it's…”
“the game is great, it is 2D ofc runs on a potato, it is a little complicated which can seem intimidating but you just gotta jump in”
12 of the 105 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Felt quite boring tbh. We started a campaign and, at least for the first 8-9h, its always the same. Same places with different name, same quests, and same events. With that, controls feel pretty clunky... maybe it gets…”
“I've played a decent bit of baro, I do agree the base game isn't the BEST and mods do help a lot, for those concerned about the 'control issues' mentioned in some negative reviews they remind me of strike force heroes…”
“Implode in a tin can with (or without) friends. Just make sure you learn how the bots function ASAP if you do play solo because the bots can help you quite a bit when used right but they also can just... not do that. If…”
4 of the 105 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is oh, so very good, getting this game gifted to me was a very good blessing. Basically, if you're looking for a cool game to remind you of old GMOD RP servers, well you found it, if you're looking for a very…”
“Great game, though only meant for consistent groups like Dungeons and Dragons”
“It's pretty fun, with the caviate that you *need* to play with a crew that's on the same page as you (assuming multiplayer) else it gets frustrating fast”
3 of the 105 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is very unique and cool. There is so much to discover and improve. I preferred playing singleplayer because I could control and order every character. The skill you develop is very rewarding and deep. The only…”
“One of the greatest RPG I've played. I admit I've played on pirate through half of the game, and I have always wanted to play it again fully. The environment, entities is potrayed very detail, in a data-driven and open…”
“great game my only issue is that it keeps giving me achievements for other people's actions i did not kill any endworms neither did i kill a molarch or wtv the only RARE acheivment i actually earned was nuclear survivor”
3 of the 105 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a great game. Best when played with friends, alright when solo, and overall very fun. Would recommend buying it on sale so the whole friend group can join in on the fun.”
“I haven't played this game for long so I don't have much experience, but this is really fun. A friend had me get the game and when I got it I didn't play anything else for a week. This game is super fun with friends and…”
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“One of the games that make me wait for the action, but when the action comes I beg that it stops”
— a player, Steam review · 156 hrs played“Got hired as medic on my first ever game captain says were doing a simple delivery mission cool. 5 minutes in hulls breached on 3 sides theres water everywhere reactors melting down and some dude is injecting everyone with random chemicals "to help" while a sea monster is…”
— a player, Steam review · 232 hrs played“fun gameplay loop and very rewarding, can be stressful especially when playing with the NPC crewmates. wish there was more customisation and stuff tho like being able to add diving suit lockers or custom posters and stuff in game would be nice”
— a player, Steam review · 93 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). 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.
Home & Harbor DLC coming on December 2
Hello everyone! The time has finally come to give our upcoming expansion a release date: Home & Harbor releases on December 2, with the free “Companion Update” coming a week earlier, on November 26. H
Adjustments to regional pricing
Hello everyone! As you may have noticed, Barotrauma has just entered a new discount period: 50% off on the basegame, the Supporter Pack and the Supporter Edition. This discount runs until the end of t
New Look, New Show - Still Daedalic
Heyho everyone, The recent years have been an exciting journey for us. We've welcomed incredible indie developers, published games across all kinds of genres, and continued to grow alongside the amazi
Hotfix for Summer Update v1.13.4.0
Hello everyone! We've just released a hotfix to address the crossplay issues in the Summer Update. This was caused by an incompatibility in one of the reworked submarines, so the hotfix fixes that as
Summer Update 2026 out now
Hello everyone! This year’s Summer Update has just been released, with five reworked vanilla submarines and several fixes, improvements and quality-of-life additions. Find the full list of changes at
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Co-op · Multiplayer · Survival · Submarine · Survival Horror · 2D · Horror · Underwater · Simulation · Sci-fi · Management · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Japanese, Korean |
| Achievements | 76 |
| Official site | http://barotraumagame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Dual Core 2.4 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB memory (dedicated VRAM or shared RAM), Shader Model 2.0+ DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: 64-bit operating system is required