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The Underground Man
Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“A tedious, sadistic experience created by people that hate humanity. That being said, I was proven uneducable twice after being told to pick up a bunch of cans, and the game ended. This game is an example of the weird world of indie Russian games. It's not meant to be played,…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“I don't know, exactly, what The Underground Man is. See, with something like-- for instance-- LISA: The Painful, I can identify a common theme running straight through the center of the game: come face-to-face with ugly realities, truths and facts of life and humanity we prefer…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Read the reviews: this game is barely a game. It's hard to tell whether this is a scam or a joke but this game is essentially the world's slowlest text speech with gameplay that will send you back to the very start (pre-tutorial) no matter how far in you are. Saying this is a…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement 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
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
UNDERGROUND MAN SEQUEL
Haven't you heard of him yet? There he is: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1486950/The_Underground_Man_2/ Trailer: https://youtu.be/-Gayh8aTU4Y Don't miss out ːsenpaiː
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Story Rich · Indie · Memes · Post-apocalyptic · Adventure · Atmospheric · RPG · Great Soundtrack · Classic · Singleplayer · Survival · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows Processor: Pentium 4 Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD4000 Storage: 204 MB available space