The best underwater indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 17 underwater indie games on Steam, holding 1,052,278 reviews at an average of 90% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Subnautica with 343,137 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Subnautica · 343,137 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
2. Raft · 324,860 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
3. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
4. Subnautica: Below Zero · 99,708 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
5. Stranded Deep · 43,831 reviews · 73% positive · 2022
6. ABZU · 22,077 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
7. Feed and Grow: Fish · 20,911 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
8. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,996 reviews · 92% positive · 2024
9. Cat Goes Fishing · 16,639 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
10. Iron Lung · 10,249 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
11. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,134 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
12. Megaquarium · 3,459 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
13. In Other Waters · 2,104 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
14. Dreamcore · 1,953 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
15. Liminalcore · 739 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
16. Desecrators · 334 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
17. Crab God · 280 reviews · 80% positive · 2024

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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