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Sonar Shock

Sonar Shock

Submarine’s haunted! Hunt and be hunted in this horror dungeon crawler inspired by the decay of the Soviet Union (and immersive RPGs from the 90s).

Released May 24, 2024 Developer Raphael Bossniak Platforms Windows · Linux AdventureActionFPSRPGAction RPG
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.

80.7%positive238 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game is not without its frustrating parts, mainly respawning enemies, framerate drops and the issue of getting stuck inside geometry. While all of these make the limited save system more frustrating than it need be, the saves are still far less limited than you might think,…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Very cool indie fps/dungeon crawler/immersive sim obviously inspired by system shock, including the obtuse control scheme with no mouse look. Gets very difficult at points, and the control scheme and limited resources (including saving) make things very tense. I thought the…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“For such a punishing game, this amount of fps drop should be criminal.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

31achievements
9.5%median completion
0.6%rarest: Roguelike
75.5% of players 47.1% of players 44.7% of players 34.7% of players 33.6% of players 29.2% of players 23.9% of players 19.8% of players 17.3% of players 17.0% of players 16.3% of players 15.9% of players 13.2% of players 12.1% of players 11.6% of players 9.5% of players 8.3% of players 7.5% of players 7.5% of players 7.5% of players 6.3% of players 4.6% of players 4.1% of players 4.1% of players 3.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.2% of players 1.5% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 75.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
75.5%Submarine's haunted! — Hidden achievement
47.1%You've blubbered your last breath. — Kill 10 blubber creatures.
44.7%Very Nice! — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Roguelike — Finish the game without saving once.
0.6%Speedrun — Finish the game in under 45 minutes.
0.9%Average Batumi tourist — Eat 25 Khachapuri egg breads.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$7.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US7.99 USD
EU7.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia11.99 AUD
Canada9.99 CAD
Japan920 JPY
Brazil26.49 BRL
China33.00 CNY

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

China≈$4.9 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$9.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Nov 26, 2024
New beta live for Sonar Shock

A new beta version for Sonar Shock is live, now using a newer engine version (Godot 4.3.). I am looking for feedback, how this affects performance. You can find more information here .

Aug 29, 2024
Version 1.5 live

- New extra death sprite for the Liquidator enemy - Added the option to disable the slow-mo effect for critical hits - You can now access older version of Sonar Shock via the Steam 'Beta' panel - Slig

Jul 07, 2024
Version 1.4 live

- Fixed a rare softlock in one of the endings - New sprites for Tashinyan - Lighter now can't get obstructed by geometry - (Hopefully) fixed game crashing after the intro cutscene on some hardware - R

Jun 11, 2024
Version 1.3 live

- Added pathfinding option in Gameplay menu. Lowering this will make NPCs calculate their pathfinding less often and may improve FPS when encountering enemies. - Fixed an exploit allowing you to compl

Jun 05, 2024
Hotfix v2 live

Hotfix to fix some smaller issues: - Fixed exact health being visible without choosing the matching perk - Fixed beserk syringe visual effect not resetting after dying or reloading

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsAdventure · Action · FPS · RPG · Action RPG · Immersive Sim · Dungeon Crawler · Survival Horror · Lovecraftian · Exploration · Horror · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements31
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 Storage: 800 MB available space Additional Notes: Graphic Card Support for Vulkan 1.2 necessary