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Death in the Water 2
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 players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“★ ★ ★ ★ I give a 4 out of 5 Stars ★ for Death in the Water 2 I completed it with 100% Steam Acheivements in about 11 hours to post this review and it its way better than the 1st game, I am a ceritifed Open Water Diver with over 3 dozen scuba dives at West Coast, Mexico, Bahamas…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“I bought it thinking this was more of a story-horror-survival game, cause that's what the trailer led me to believe, but its more of an arcade shooter but the enemies are fish. It's not terrible by any means, and it has some great features. The movement feels very realistic, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I really wanted to like this game. The concept is genuinely unique, and there’s a lot to appreciate on the surface- especially the visuals and sound design. The underwater atmosphere is impressive, and the leviathan theme adds a really cool layer of tension and mystery. That…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:33 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
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Latest official news
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ver 1.1.14
General bug fixes and tweaks reduced the max active creatures in Survival by 1 (makes it a little easier) pressing Y on the controller to start a NG+ now works added new option to disable Fog Blur (di
ver 1.1.10
fixed training not showing the objectives window with remaining time a few other minor bug fixes & optimizations
ver 1.1.9
Fixed creatures not biting the chum grenades Prevent XP / Multiplier orbs from colliding with spears Survival Level 10 XP Achievement now unlocks when the UI shows as Level 10 (instead of 11) Fixed XP
New Game Modes, Creatures and Achievements
With the latest update, we have introduced some exciting new features. We appreciate all the feedback and comments that you have posted on the forums. Here is a breakdown of what we added. New Game Mo
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Survival Horror · Atmospheric · Underwater · Score Attack · Gun Customization · Survival · Character Customization · Shoot 'Em Up · FPS · Souls-like · Hunting · Gore (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.LighthouseGamesStudio.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 / 64-Bit Windows 10 Processor: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 7 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible