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We Need To Go Deeper
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Great game, but filled with bugs that soft lock you and end runs to no fault of your own. The devs have abandoned this game entirely and there have been no updates in the last few years.”
“Very fun, very good. Can even play single player with bots if your friends aren't willing to buy the 100th co-op game you've bought because you saw one dude play it on youtube once.”
“This game is so much fun. It is definitely best with 4 players but can be done with fewer. Highly recommend.”
21 of the 76 reviews raise this.
4 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Very fun, very good. Can even play single player with bots if your friends aren't willing to buy the 100th co-op game you've bought because you saw one dude play it on youtube once.”
“Hugely fun and replayable - but playing with friends is vital. The more the merrier.”
3 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Even with low hours into this game, I'd 100% recommend to anyone looking for a "SOMEWHAT" relaxing time. Good luck not being infected, your ship taken over or blown up, or dying in a cave 2000m down...”
“Need to go deep is a hard game but fun with Friends.”
3 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I love the atmosphere of this game, especially while I play with friends ^w^”
“This game is fantastic! It's very fun and quirky, capturing the sense of amazement, visuals and explorations of Jules Verne's novels. Its gameplay is similar to Barotrauma and Lovers in a Spacetime. It's not without…”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, but filled with bugs that soft lock you and end runs to no fault of your own. The devs have abandoned this game entirely and there have been no updates in the last few years.”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“There's no tutorial, no tooltips explaining how anything is supposed to work, and no sense of what you're supposed to do. Not fun. Not even a little.”
“This game has been out for many years and I was still met with a brick wall of co-op issues, even while trying to figure things out with a friend who's played it a lot. You'd see these kinds of problems in brand new…”
7 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, but filled with bugs that soft lock you and end runs to no fault of your own. The devs have abandoned this game entirely and there have been no updates in the last few years.”
“This game has been out for many years and I was still met with a brick wall of co-op issues, even while trying to figure things out with a friend who's played it a lot. You'd see these kinds of problems in brand new…”
“One of the best games I ever played, sadly not updated anymore :(”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“There's no tutorial, no tooltips explaining how anything is supposed to work, and no sense of what you're supposed to do. Not fun. Not even a little.”
“Really wanted to like this game, and it might be fun if it explained itself at all. There is no tutorial, no tooltips whatsoever, nothing is explained, none of the sub controls are explained, and the movement is jank.…”
4 of the 76 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“play this with someone you hate”
“This game has been out for many years and I was still met with a brick wall of co-op issues, even while trying to figure things out with a friend who's played it a lot. You'd see these kinds of problems in brand new…”
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I remember years ago i was watching it on youtube Now i bought it and play with 3 friends its fun, People complain about no tutorial but for me its not that needed its small game and easily you can learn it by yourself”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“great for testing friendship. i'm the only one who can drive. i don't have my license but thats ok. it gets progressively harder to a certain point where i deadass dk what the hell is happening and all i'm getting is yelled at. uhh 5/10 cos im rounding up so i'll recommend it.…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“ALERT: ABANDONWARE COMPANY - Deli Interactive LLC Both of their games look interesting, but are abandoned. And both are in Early Access quality at release. The last update was in 2023 and it's still garbage.”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
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.
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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 | Action, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Co-op · 2D · Lovecraftian · Rogue-lite · Multiplayer · Underwater · Hand-drawn · Submarine · Steampunk · Action · Simulation · Team-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 37 |
| Official site | http://weneedtogodeeper.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or Later Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2450M Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz) or Better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1400 MB available space