AquaNox 2: Revelation
AquaNox 2: Revelation
Game
Game2010
AquaNox
Developer Massive Development
The water is no longer calm. The undersea world has undergone a transformation from tranquil environment to a place of unspeakable violence, graphic murder and horrific danger. From the Steam store page
212 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
66
Fresh
123 positive · 64 negative
95% range 59–72%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 123 | 64 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
137 of 201 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
66% recommend · 127 yes, 64 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (292 of 405 positive).
Players enjoy the unique underwater setting and cyberpunk atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many note the game has aged poorly in graphics and controls. [4][5][6] The voice acting is widely criticized as terrible. [1][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [20]
The setting is certainly unique, with a cyberpunk, dystopian world set UNDER DA SEA. While conversations are far too numerous and often serve no more than cyberpunk cliche fluff (Drugs! Genetic engineering! Megacorps!), the main storyline and missions make great use of the underwater setting and world that's been created. The gameplay, however, felt slow, clunky, with little or no strategy involved. A lot of …
- [10]
AquaNox is a 3D fighter craft action simulator. In a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity now survives in the barely-restored ecosystems of the ocean floor, you play as "Deadeye" Flint, a Biont Wars veteran who's trying to make due as a mercenary since your personal submarine got stolen, just as a new menace comes forth from the depths. Pros: The setting is unusual for the genre, as you are in an underwater sub …
- [1]
Beautiful game, even though the graphics are getting dated. Lots of fun. Terrible voice acting. Okay plot. Plays mostly like a space shooter, under water.
- [3]
An awesome, FPS-like game. Underwater action, and even now, you can't call this graphic "outdated" - after 13 years, it's still not that bad on maximal settings. Game is really addictive, I've played it for the first time in 2003, in my childhood times. Now, when I play it, I still enjoy it really much. It contains a campaign with about ~40 missions, 4 fast-battle maps and a multiplayer mode, so it will give you at …
- [14]
«Yeeaaaah, that one's heading for the bottom!» - Flavio Piccolini with his probably most repeated line ever in this game I'm actually quite surprised to read so many negative reviews about Aquanox. It's one of those games I always wanted to play back in time, but never really had the chance to do so. Cyberpunkish submarine dogfights with crazy characters at 5000m under the sea, with sea monsters and ♥♥♥♥? What could …
Summarised from 34 of the 216 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
66% of the 191 Steam reviewers we collected recommend AquaNox. The complaint that keeps coming up: terrible voice acting. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 212 · most liked firstBeautiful game, even though the graphics are getting dated. Lots of fun. Terrible voice acting. Okay plot. Plays mostly like a space shooter, under water.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World of Aqua. Full of pirate scum, bionts, crawles and squids. Good targets for mercenary Emerald "Dead Eye" Flint. Fights are fast and funny. Nice stylization in green color and obviously completely awesome looking undersea environment. Attempt for new conversation system did not fare best but it's still remarkable. One Tsunami Booster please. 79/100
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good way to describe this game, would be a Post-Apocalyptic-Underwater-Minisub-Shooter-Noire. The length of this description is appropriate given the ceaseless exposition and shoe-horning of story and game world terms into the script. The game is not without charm though. I would suggest it is a good reference for the would be game writer. The problem presented is that the player's interaction with the world is almost entirely made up of flying a combat mini-submarine and shooting at…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The setting is certainly unique, with a cyberpunk, dystopian world set UNDER DA SEA. While conversations are far too numerous and often serve no more than cyberpunk cliche fluff (Drugs! Genetic engineering! Megacorps!), the main storyline and missions make great use of the underwater setting and world that's been created. The gameplay, however, felt slow, clunky, with little or no strategy involved. A lot of strafing and leading shots, and outfitting your ship often feels like just buying the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All GOG and Steam players are given the same cd-key breaking the ability to play multiplayer unless you change it in game to another legit retail cd-key (random strings don't work).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: .Fairly pretty for an old game, despite its age. .Soundtrack is hectic and enjoyable, if a bit repetitive. .Blowing up enemy craft is satisfying and fun enough to keep one playing. .Giant tentacle monsters are cool. Cons .Most light-craft enemies are almost impossible to hit, kiting your shots endlessly and zooming around outside of your vision. .Torpedoes are a joke, a bad joke. While 1-hit KO'ing most enemies, their targeting is terrible. One often has to resort to firing even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AquaNox – Underwater Flight Simulator, Shooter a spoiler-free review Release Date: 30 November, 2001 Rating: Recommended It’s the 27th century on the planet Aqua, formerly known as Earth. Nuclear war and radiation fallout have rendered the surface uninhabitable, though there isn’t really much of a surface left after the polar ice caps melted and flooded the planet. Humans still survive and even thrive in underwater stations and cities, but no one has seen the surface in centuries. - Gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An awesome, FPS-like game. Underwater action, and even now, you can't call this graphic "outdated" - after 13 years, it's still not that bad on maximal settings. Game is really addictive, I've played it for the first time in 2003, in my childhood times. Now, when I play it, I still enjoy it really much. It contains a campaign with about ~40 missions, 4 fast-battle maps and a multiplayer mode, so it will give you at least 10 hours of great gaming. Totally worth that price. Also the soundtracks…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This was one of my favourite Blue Byte published game (developed by Massive Development) and the predecessor to the Aquanox games. It's one of those free-roaming mercenary campaign games, with adventure elements, earning coin through missions, and simulation combat. Tachyon: The Fringe-ish.
positive · AI labelView post →This is a game that clearly has not aged well, unlike some games from its era. The graphics are decent, for the time period, but that's about it. You'd exepct a game that's essentially a six degrees of freedom shooter to have appropriate controls, but the controls are more like a FPS, which does not mesh well with what's going on. The story is... Confusing to say the least. I was able to determine that, after a terrible nuclear war, humanity began living underwater. Beyond that, I'm not sure…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A totally not late #ScreenshotSaturday This week was more research-heavy, and it led me down a lot of different weird rabbit holes. For example, has anyone ever heard of the early 2001 Underwater action game Aquanox? #indiedev #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →The last war will be fought beneath the waves. Even though this game has been released 12 years ago, it still manages to capture the feeling of underwater Sci-Fi Combat in a great fashion. Its graphics are very colourful and atmospheric (and some may argue better than the graphics of its darker successor because of this), sound effects are satisfying and fitting. The voice acting is mostly done pretty well, and the story is being told by well written conversations between lots of intriguing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like Descent in the water!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AquaNox is a 3D fighter craft action simulator. In a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity now survives in the barely-restored ecosystems of the ocean floor, you play as "Deadeye" Flint, a Biont Wars veteran who's trying to make due as a mercenary since your personal submarine got stolen, just as a new menace comes forth from the depths. Pros: The setting is unusual for the genre, as you are in an underwater sub rather than space. You're given some freedom to evolve, acquire new subs and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AquaNox is a first person action game. The game is undersea action game which is unusual in the shooter genre. This game originally came on one CD-ROM. The games graphics are not bad given the vintage. The voice acting is heavily compressed to fit a CD-ROM. The action is entirely underwater so the shooting is slower than usual. This game actually supports 1920x1080 from the original CD-ROM. I played this on my Dell Precision 3480 with Intel Xe Arc graphics and RTX A500 graphics. The game even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very good game from old school times there was a issue with mouse controls but there is a un-official patch that solves all the issues and makes the game 100% playable well worth giving it a go patch can be found here https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/aquanox/#silentpatch dead simple to do just download and unzip the archive and copy paste the files into the aquanox directory and load the game and have fun and enjoy the game it was a gem from way back when.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique post-apocalyptic submersible shooter. Nicely voice narrated dark cyberpunk story. Modern GPU features and high resolutions can be enabled which make this game look very good for a game released in 2001.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aquanox (2001) has native ultrawide support Elden Ring (2022) does not
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When I first saw aquanox is available on steam, I was really happy about it, another great title to play. But after I installed the game I discovered a lot of technical issues. First of all, there is no crossfire profile for this game, so if u got crossfire setup, you need to turn it off or you will get a nice flickering. Second problem comes if you choose the controllers of the game. Can be controlled by keyboard+joystick or keyboard+mouse combo. If you choose the later one and you have a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game actually. Very difficulut personally. WHile the game is fun to play and has high replay value if you like this type of game the story is interesting but not powerful and the voice acting is terrible. I mean this game is still great but just in general this is a good but meh kind of game. I would give it 8/10 for Visuals, Voice Acting: 0/10, gameplay mechanics 9/10, fun 8/10, and instructions or tutuorials a fat zero as it doesn't show you how the hell you do anything so overall…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Camera controls are a bit wonky and the voice acting is painfull, but other then that it's a damn fine game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At present, the graphics really are obsolete, but man. This game got the cyberpunk genre right. The missions are awesome, the plot is awesome, the weaponry feels nice to use, it has it all. Just...looks like a damn potato. If you can bear with it, go ahead and try it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →«Yeeaaaah, that one's heading for the bottom!» - Flavio Piccolini with his probably most repeated line ever in this game I'm actually quite surprised to read so many negative reviews about Aquanox. It's one of those games I always wanted to play back in time, but never really had the chance to do so. Cyberpunkish submarine dogfights with crazy characters at 5000m under the sea, with sea monsters and ♥♥♥♥? What could possibly go wrong? Many years later, recently, I finally put my hands on it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely short, but pretty fun. Voice acting - absolutely terrible. The concept altogether though is cool.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AquaNox, believe it or not, is a sequel to Archimedean Dynasty. The same cast of character is back from that submarine combat game, but there have been some major changes in game play which will not sit well with anyone, let alone fans of the first game. Let me ask you this question: did you ever think your submarine would control better as a first person shooter? Not a flight simulator, more like a bozo in a diving suit. No? Well the makes of this game did! All of the placed turrets to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Does not hold up over time. The worst feature is probably what was the selling point at the time; the "story", consists of terrible-to-the-point-of-obnoxious blocks of voice acted text. Even its successor, AquaNox 2, makes a quantum leap in terms of story and ambiance, but that's still more of a condemnation of how bad the original is. Both games are a waste of time when compared to playing more recent flight/space/(swim) sims.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun underwater game that holds up nicely after nearly 20 years. I like the story and the setting, the music also kicks ass. Make sure to include the SilentPatch (by CookiePLMonster) to fix the mouse issues.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very bad game. The controls are very bad. Voice is bad too. And no achievements.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. I still play it from time to time :) Note: Aquanox 1 works great with old-school ball mouse. Optic & Laser mouses tend to lag while in fights.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember when I played this way back when it was released. Good memories! It is still a lot of fun to play, but you might need to fiddle around a little to get it to work properly on recent hardware (there is a bug with the usb polling rate of modern usb mouses). Non the less once you get it to work you'll have plenty of fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a bit of a pain to set up, but the setting is very worth it. The voice acting is so terrible that it winds up being great, the music is pretty unique, and the art direction really makes this game stand out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't work too well, gotta do a lot of fiddling to get it working
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Urgh, this is hard to rate. The idea of an underwater shooter was not new when Aquanox was realeased in '01, but it had outstanding graphics for its time and I remember, me and my friend were pretty hyped for it and got it on release. I also remember that I had fun playing it back then, even if I never felt the urge to play any kind of game like this again, since I'm not a big fan of 360° shooters. To play it again 20 years later was not as much fun as I hoped it to be. The mission design and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aquanox is another member of the "childhood games I remember fondly" group, one of the first ones I remember playing over and over. Being nearly 20 years old at this point, one might be dissuaded into thinking that it's ago has long since caught up to it, and might be tempted in trying the two newer games first. Pun intended, I can tell you that this one far and above blows the other two sequels out of the water, with it's visually appealing graphics, rich characters, and a smart storyline.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hahahahaha Holy cow. Best voice acting I've ever heard in my LIFE. hahahahahahaha
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Found a game in a charity shop called AquaNox, which is an underwater FPS from 2001. Pretty cool idea, though I had to install a mod to fix mouse input. Also the voice acting is horrible and there are some... not great stereotypes. But the gameplay is interesting at least!
neutral · AI labelView post →Disappointed by bugs. A charming and very fun game! Surprised me. I overcame some (several) control issues and other such bugs, but after a certain point the game became impossible even on the easiest difficulty. Issues that I overcame included consistent game crashes caused by the resolution being too high, and the mouse controls being unresponsive early on (fixed with a file download provided by a friendly Steam reviewer). The insurmountable issue came about in a late level (and by the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you have input problems, reduce mouse sensitivity for all directions to ~10% and if that doesn't help there is a patch widely available online. Both of these things will take you up to 5 minutes and then you can enjoy the game. One of the greatest sims of old. Very simple controls when you compare it to, say, Freespace or StarLancer, but that doesn't mean the game is easy. It's a very nice, story driven experience with excellent distopian-cyberpunk atmosphere shaped by the visually pleasing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good action, ok story, great characters and dialogue, great atmosphere and setting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible game i don't understand how this got positive reviews even for coming out in 2001... i get it older games are usually hard, but come on the movement controls are barely working. When moving forward you move so slow sometimes you question if you are moving at all and trying to go higher or lower is even worse, but the worst part of the controls is the turning like you know how mice are used for precise movement in games well here no matter how slow you move the camera can still slide…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I couldn't bring myself to finish this game. I get it's an old game, it has aged, and shows its age, but gosh would you need to bring nostalgia glasses for this. Basically there are two sides to this game. For one, listening to the characters talk about more or less interesting story related stuff. Usually I am a story focussed person to get invested in the characters, backgrounds etc., but here I just couldn't bring myself to care about anything, for I just started skipping everything or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back in the era of the video game revolution, when free thinkers and free ideas created stories and worlds for us to explore, if we didn't like it? We didn't play it, was that simple. This is a game long before the SJW infected modern gaming, long before styleized hollywood infected gaming, around the time most modern gamers were born. Graphics were insane for that time period, story was and still is, incredible, and for those that whine about the voice acting? Voices in games were still a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where should I start. I played this after finishing Acrchimedean Dynasty from GOG. First of all this game still looks good IMO. Dialogues are funny, voices usually are hilarious (bad voice acting maybe?). Overall the game is definitely a huge upgrade compared to AD which showed it's age too much. Plot was ok, for those who played AD it's continuing the story from where it left off. You'll encounter some of the enemies seen in AD, with some new factions which make the story more thrilling.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While I'm not sure how interested anyone would be in picking this game up today, way back then this game was incredible. I mean, in 2001, this game looked this good. I still think the storyline is great. Maybe it wouldn't be so great if not for all the characters. This is a fascinating game, with a very interesting world. It's not all just float here, shoot this, there's a lot of dialogue between missions, all of it fully voiced, and a lot of it talks about things like life underwater, among…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so bad.... Like really bad. The controls are buggy. The voice acting is terrible. And the game is just so bland especially with its dated graphics. I'd give it a 3/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe there's an emulator or something this runs great in, so look into that if you just can't get enough of fast-paced underwater 3D FPS gaming. Is this actually worth writing an un-recommendation? I'll never know, because despite trying to look up how to fix my problems, I still couldn't get this game to play worth a damn. After spending an hour tweaking mouse dpi, vertical sync, and sundry in game settings... I can't ask for my money returned since I got this game for free, but I sure wish…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's easy to get into, easy to control, and easy to enjoy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Studios should open their old games up to the modding community. If they aren't going to update their products or breathe new life into old beloved games then at least allow the fans to do it. This game was awesome, it would be even more awesome with a graphical update, fixed controls and expanded lore. The modding community is the reason skyrim is still alive...please! Developers...by default allow modding on games 10+ years old.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good shooting game which is underwater in the very far future. I have no idea what the people are saying when they yap on in the dialogue but I understand some of what happens in the action scenes. Out of nowhere you get to fight giant squids which makes you really wonder what the ♥♥♥♥ is happening, but you should buy it if you like old shooting games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →interesting premise for the game, but I couldn't get past the HORRIBLE voice acting.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aquanox is the underdog of the early 2000-s' games. While it received only mediocre review scores, it's still one of my favourite shooters. With music inspired by the Prodigy, amazing graphics for its time, and an unusual story and setting, Aquanox is a classic in my book :) It's also not an easy game, often requiring a good amount of skill to overcome its challenges.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has influenced so much of me and shaped my thoughts throughout years, I've been a massive fan waaaay before I even got to realize it. Thanks for everything. Also shout out to Kai Walter for the music, and rest in peace Helmut Halfmann.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AquaNox, developed by Massive Development and published by THQ Nordic, is a distinctive underwater action game that stands apart from the typical space or aerial combat titles of its era. Set in a dystopian future where the surface of Earth has become uninhabitable, humanity has retreated to life beneath the waves, building cities and societies in the depths of the ocean. Players take on the role of Emerald “DeadEye” Flint, a mercenary pilot navigating the treacherous politics and dangers of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aquanox was like a dollar so I bought it as I remember it being like, the game nobody could run in the early 2000s, the crysis of it's time. And I forgot how HARD the soundtrack went. youtu.be/7uMygmmIr0E
positive · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a 2nd videograph featuring AquaNox: Deep Descent by Digital Arrow and THQ Nordic. I made a little more progress in the game. I forget where I left off 5 years ago, though. #aquanoxdeepdescent #videogames #fps #videography
neutral · AI labelView post →Heya folks, here's a videograph featuring AquaNox: Deep Descent by Digital Arrow and THQ Nordic. So, I played this game briefly when it came out, but I only made it around 5h before I stopped. I plan to finally complete it this time around though. #aquanoxdeepdescent #videogames #fps #videography
neutral · AI labelView post →I've played the demo of this game as a kid and was very excited to finally be able to play the full game. Sadly, the Steam version turned out to be an uncontrollable mess. Even on the lowest possible sensitity setting moving your mouse slighty to the left or right will end up in a turn of up to 120°. However, moving your mouse up or down seems to be much more affected by the settings. Combined with the fact that you can't save during missions (at least in the ones I've played) this is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stuff arrived and I am surprised by the sheer size of that complete-in-box Geforce 4 MX 440. It is among the very biggest of AGP graphics card boxes. Even the game CDs are still in there, so now I finally own Aquanox. Meanwhile the Phenom II means I can complete my AGP air testbench.
neutral · AI labelView post →Old, not obsolete.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit March 2026: A few years ago, I found the controls horrible, so that it was insanely difficult to play. But now, with some tweaking and even with DdVoodoo2, I found this whole game utterly unplayable. Original 2021 Horrible controls.
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