The best underwater indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 17 underwater indie games on Steam, holding 1,086,632 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 379,589 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Subnautica · 379,589 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
2. Raft · 323,060 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
3. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
4. Subnautica: Below Zero · 99,295 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
5. Stranded Deep · 43,593 reviews · 74% positive · 2022
6. ABZU · 21,982 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
7. Feed and Grow: Fish · 21,703 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
8. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,780 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
9. Cat Goes Fishing · 15,412 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
10. Iron Lung · 11,242 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
11. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,065 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
12. Megaquarium · 3,783 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
13. In Other Waters · 2,088 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
14. Dreamcore · 1,861 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
15. Liminalcore · 721 reviews · 83% positive · 2024
16. Desecrators · 324 reviews · 96% positive · 2025
17. Crab God · 267 reviews · 82% 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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