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Under The Waves
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I ran into this game quite by accident and decided to take the plunge (literally). It turned out to be a delightful underwater adventure with a sweet story and a lovely environment to explore. The story opens with Stan – a man in the midst of a personal crisis who has chosen to…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“Higly recommended for people who loves deep story games. Good story and good under water world to explore. Being allrounder gamer sometimes playing different kind of game feels good. No killing no violence just pure deep story. Also i saw some negative reviews saying it has bad…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Can't really comment on the story, but these are some of the worst swimming controls ever made. Let alone one where the game takes place under water. I'm playing on controller and I could swim forward for 5 minutes and not go anywhere. They should've just made the swimming…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:57 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
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Latest official news
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Nominate us for the Labor of Love Steam Award!
Hello divers, Under The Waves celebrated its first anniversary this year and we cannot thank you enough for your support! If you enjoyed your time exploring the depth of the North Sea with Stan, you c
The Under the Waves DEMO is available now!
To all divers! Under the Waves is celebrating its one-year anniversary, and with it, you can have a free taste of this gorgeous underwater world with the exclusive demo, available now! We hope you wil
Under The Waves Patch note 01.09
Fixed crashes occurring when ending some specific dreams. Fixed crashes occurring during level transitions. Fixed random Niagara crashes occurring when wandering in the open world. Fixed some loot zon
Get Under the Waves for 50% off this week!
This week get ready to immerse yourself in Under the Waves and enjoy a 50% off discount. Under The Waves invites you to dive into a gorgeous underwater world, brought to life in a poetic blend of cine
Patch 01.07
Greeting divers! A new patch is available for Under the Waves ! Patch changes : Some crashes have been fixed during transitions. Fixed Stan playing air guitar. Updated credits.
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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 | Adventure · Underwater · Exploration · Story Rich · Indie · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Third Person · Sci-fi · Submarine · 3D · Narration (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin Am… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 38 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.UnderTheWavesGame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 4th Gen/ AMD Ryzen 3 4100 4 cores 3.8 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB/ AMD R9 290 HD 4GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 10 GB available space