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Narcosis
Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.
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 2026-10-16.
“The first thing you'll notice about Narcosis - aside from the gorgeous graphics and insanely immersive/claustrophobic atmosphere (even without VR) - is how challenging the controls are at first. It's all perfectly apt, though, once you realise your character is encased in a…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Introduction Narcosis represents another fine example of independent game development. Even though it is the Steam debut of Honor Code, Inc. just by looking at their first game, you realize that this is far from the shy or clumsy work of a newcomer or a team whose inexperience…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Imagine repeating the same clunky combat and platforming over and over again with no checkpoints. That's this game when it's bad. When it's good it's intense and captivating... It captures the feeling of the depths, themes of loneliness, that feeling of blind and stupid terror…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
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 (2026-10-23). 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.
Introducing "AI Confidential" from Narcosis' narrative team!
And now for something completely different...: The writer and lead VO actor of Narcosis are set to spin-up an all-new, narrative-driven story set in a deceptively utopian future: AI Confidential. Watc
Pressure Rising, Price Drop: Narcosis now only $15 (U.S.)
Narcosis made its Steam debut a little over two years ago, and while the game continues to be purchased, played and streamed every day, we're eager to get it in the hands of even more players. With th
Anniversary DLC finally available!
Hello everyone, We have good news, the last update of the game finally made the DLC files available for all of you, check out the "DLC folder" launch options for the game in your steam library for an
Anniversary DLC finally available!
Hello everyone, We have good news, the last update of the game finally made the DLC files available for all of you, check out the "DLC folder" launch options for the game in your steam library for an
[UPDATE] Anniversary edition delayed
Hi everyone. Many of you reached out to us to point out that you couldn't find the anniversary DLC content that we've announced. Following on that we found out that while our internal tests ran fine t
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Adventure · Underwater · Indie · First-Person · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror · Atmospheric · Mystery · VR · Walking Simulator · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · VR Supported · Steam Trading Cards · VR Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Korean * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://www.narcosis-the-game.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (64 bits) Processor: Intel i5 or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 560 or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: Any sound card VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC. Keyboard or gamepad required Additional Notes: For VR, please refer to the recommended configuration.