The best underwater indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 16 underwater indie games on Steam, holding 1,039,714 reviews at an average of 89% 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 338,617 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Subnautica · 338,617 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
2. Raft · 321,118 reviews · 93% positive · 2022
3. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
4. Subnautica: Below Zero · 98,838 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
5. Stranded Deep · 43,449 reviews · 74% positive · 2022
6. ABZU · 21,892 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
7. Feed and Grow: Fish · 20,439 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
8. Another Crab's Treasure · 16,488 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
9. Cat Goes Fishing · 15,243 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
10. Iron Lung · 10,017 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
11. FAR: Changing Tides · 5,011 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
12. Megaquarium · 3,748 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
13. In Other Waters · 2,069 reviews · 87% positive · 2020
14. Dreamcore · 1,860 reviews · 89% positive · 2025
15. Liminalcore · 737 reviews · 83% positive · 2024
16. Crab God · 321 reviews · 83% 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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