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Darkwater
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Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive. From the Steam store page
282 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
163 positive · 51 negative
95% range 70–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 163 | 51 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 13 | 4 | 43 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
606 of 741 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
77% recommend · 161 yes, 48 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 209 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (931 of 1,193 positive).
Players find Darkwater a fun co-op game with strong potential, especially when played with friends. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game lacks polish, content, and variety, feeling incomplete or like a demo. [4][5][6] Some players report significant bugs, including inventory wipes and unauthorized players joining private lobbies. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
This game has potential, but it desperately needs to be redeveloped, polished, and most importantly bug fixed. My friends and I were playing in a private lobby, yet items kept disappearing from our inventories when switching between rounds. That alone was frustrating, but it got worse. Despite being in a private game, a random player somehow joined our lobby, gave us unlimited credits, and completely ruined the …
- [2]
this is an amazing game, especially with friends. its like a mix of FTL ship combat, Lethal company looting, and Barotrauma submarine vibes, all perfectly blended together. Highly recommend playing this game, it has a lot of content and replayabiliy, definetly worth the money.
- [4]
It’s a good game with a lot of potential to compete with games like Lethal Company. The problem is that even after just two hours, you can tell the game lacks polish and content, and is also riddled with bugs. The atmosphere is there—it’s pretty nerve-wracking—the naval “battles” are pretty hard to get the hang of but you get used to them, the game looks more or less nice, etc. The environments are pretty …
- [18]
A really fun game with insane potential. I beat with friends on easy difficulty in ~5 hours, and do not feel compelled to play it again on a harder one. The ideas are interesting, the ship combat is fun, but it lacks depth and replayability. The main gameplay loop is split into two sections: Ship Combat and Outpost Exploration. Ship Combat is pretty much a replica of FTL's ship combat, but you and your friends are …
- [1]
The Devs advertising accurately shows you the gameplay of this game. Much fun, especially if you like Lethal Company style games. WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!
Summarised from 34 of the 265 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 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
77% of the 209 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Darkwater. The complaint that keeps coming up: lacks content and variety in enemies and environments. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 282 · most liked firstI am very sad, so if someone wants to buy me the Games Workshop game 'Darkwater' boxed set, they should. I will still be very sad, but I would be very sad and have Darkwater.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Devs advertising accurately shows you the gameplay of this game. Much fun, especially if you like Lethal Company style games. WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edmark Valoran my beloved 🔥 From the Warhammer AoS Darkwater game
positive · AI labelView post →This game has potential, but it desperately needs to be redeveloped, polished, and most importantly bug fixed. My friends and I were playing in a private lobby, yet items kept disappearing from our inventories when switching between rounds. That alone was frustrating, but it got worse. Despite being in a private game, a random player somehow joined our lobby, gave us unlimited credits, and completely ruined the progression. We quit and relaunched the game because we wanted to earn everything…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe someday it might be worth it. It has potential. But not yet. You can't really play this game solo. You can't run the weapons system fighting another submarine and deal with water leaks at the same time. It takes at least 2 people. Second, there is no way to save. It only saves as you cross 'regions'. Example: First game, found out post. Docked. Entered. walked around for a minute, everything started bouncing up and down in the room....dead. Start again. No save. second game, Found a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And if you are looking for a dungeon crawl or ancient treasure hunt themed game, the Ruins will give you those Indiana Jones/Dragonball/Pirates of Darkwater vibes
neutral · AI labelView post →I really wanted to like it, but it is FULL of BUGs today at OCT 2025. I rather have it with half features but bugless, than its current state. The sync of objects between 3-4 players is broken. Shop breaks when one client breaks, etc, I will change my review when you fix it!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The new #WarhammerQuest: Darkwater looks interesting. An AoS game with pirates in it sounds great. Wait... What do you mean 'there's no pirates in it'! Noi J'tat!! I was hoping for Monkeybirds and more. #WarhammerCommunity #Warhammer #Pirates #ThePiratesofDarkWater
neutral · AI labelView post →Definitely worth the $12, but the game lacks content, and the combat feels tedious and awkward, particularly in melee. However, the concept and foundation are certainly present.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is an amazing game, especially with friends. its like a mix of FTL ship combat, Lethal company looting, and Barotrauma submarine vibes, all perfectly blended together. Highly recommend playing this game, it has a lot of content and replayabiliy, definetly worth the money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels more like a demo and less like a 1.0 game in my opinion. Hopped on with a friend for a bit over an hour and both the submarine fights and outpost raids felt kinda..... flat. Sub fights felt like it was just aim the guns then spend the rest of the time repairing and outpost raids were just go around, hold E on something, then go back. Not much else to say.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🟥 [LIVE] First our Morning Coffee/Gaming chat☕️ • 11AM PT - We then team up with amazing friends @taffy.bsky.social & @bird650.bsky.social to check out @TargonStudios new indie game @playdarkwater #DarkWater Can our submarine survive??! Shared Chat✅ 🔳 #Twitch / #YouTube x TheOnlyRyann
neutral · AI labelView post →I've seen a few pretty critical reviews of this game that have no more than a single hour of playtime and all their issues look to be specific to them, not the game in general. That being said, there *are* some bugs in this game that's been out for all of three days and the devs haven't even had time to roll out the first hotfix for yet, so keep that in mind for a lot of the complaints so far. Darkwater is definitely a fun game. Even and especially for $10, a friand and I snagged it and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good, it's fun, I like it. It doesn't feel complete, this should be in early access. From encountering major bugs every session such as dying or having inventory wiped on district transition with the only fix being restarting the game, to things feeling under developed, you can get portholes you can look out of but there is nothing out there but darkness and bubbles. Boarding other ships is fun and interesting but it's disappointing how often there is nothing more to loot than the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have painted 28 models this week all so I could play Warhammer Quest: Darkwater with my friends today. We had a great time, getting through a tutorial mission and the first two parts of the campaign’s Act One. It plays really smoothly, and I love that you can pause the game to pick up later!
positive · AI labelView post →It’s a good game with a lot of potential to compete with games like Lethal Company. The problem is that even after just two hours, you can tell the game lacks polish and content, and is also riddled with bugs. The atmosphere is there—it’s pretty nerve-wracking—the naval “battles” are pretty hard to get the hang of but you get used to them, the game looks more or less nice, etc. The environments are pretty repetitive, and as I said, there needs to be MORE variety. The game will soon be coming…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First minis done for Feb and Darkwater with a quick job on the Mire Kelpies and game tokens. #AgeOfSigmar #PaintSlam26 #1MillionMinis
neutral · AI labelView post →Until This issue is fixed, I can't recommend the game. I feel sick when playing due to the player camera pacing being different from the world. Simply move around and you will find out. If this is the effect you want to give your game sure, But it's nauseating for some of us. Here's a discussion about this: 1.0.0.1 doesn't fix this. https://steamcommunity.com/app/619540/discussions/1/686369066286348247/?tscn=1775235747
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably the best "Lethal Company"-like game on the market right now. More entertaining, with more to do for each individual. We did three runs and kept running into new stuff. Game looks super promising, definitely grab it if you're on the edge of buying it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Blight Templars mark the end of the common enemies; just boss and hero characters remain. #Warhammer #WarhammerQuest #Darkwater #WarhammerCommunity #MiniPainting
neutral · AI labelView post →The first round of “Cursed City.” The game is really great fun. We'll probably skip “Warhammer Quest: Darkwater.”, though. It just takes us too long to paint everything and get it ready to play after release. 😅 #Warhammer #WarhammerQuest #AoS #AgeOfSigmar #nerdlings
negative · AI labelView post →Tried solo, didn't make it past the first room, tried with 2 people (me and a friend) cleared a couple of outposts then kept dying repeatedly. Couldn't find a third person to attempt with but the two of us agreed this game is not balanced around anything less than a 3 player crew. Also the store page videos are misleading, you don't actually "pilot" the submarine, you just click on a destination and it consumes fuel and goes there instantly. More Horror, less Barotrauma.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are proud to announce our partnership with Targon Studios for the upcoming release of @playdarkwater.bsky.social 🌊 Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Take command of your own custom submarine and survive the icy depths of an alien moon. ❄
neutral · AI labelView post →Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Take command of your own custom submarine and survive the icy depths of an alien moon ❄
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is not worth getting if you're by yourself. It's extremely repetitive and there's not much to do. However it's decent enough with friends.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the session I played with friends, was a lot of repetitive stations with coral-infested enemies, I assumed it was early access, but surprised to see it was 1.0 and considered "content complete".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tomorrow at 7:30pm CST! We return to another spooky underwater game with @otbblaze.bsky.social, @sapmelon.bsky.social, and ochivt.bsky.social! 🐟🎉 #vtuber #darkwater ▶️ twitch.tv/iob0t ▶️ youtube.com/live/0tw3Zqn...
neutral · AI labelView post →Mulgoth the Cleaver done. Only one more boss to paint then the alternate heroes. #Warhammer #WarhammerQuest #Darkwater #WarhammerCommunity #MiniPainting
neutral · AI labelView post →I convinced my family to play Warhammer Quest: Darkwater with me and just finished the models for the first encounter. Hopefully I can corner everybody this weekend to play. #Warhammer #WarhammerQuest #Darkwater #WarhammerCommunity #MiniPainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 1502 of the #hobbystreak and I started to assemble the heroes for Warhammer Quest: Darkwater tonight. Been waiting for this release for awhile, as I lost my original copy of the game many decades ago. Now to find some fellow players... #warhammerquest #ageofsigmar #warhammer #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Another miniature-heavy dungeon crawler board game in the Warhammer Quest series is on its way - but will GW make enough to meet demand? Find out more ⬇️ #warhammer #darkwater #boardgames #tabletopgaming #miniatures #warhammercommunity www.wargamer.com/warhammer-qu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Steam Next Fest is here, and two of our upcoming games have demo's available to play right now! Darkwater: Co-op Extraction Horror Little Problems: Cozy Detective Game If you love unwinding with a cozy mystery or diving into intense horror with friends, there’s something for you to try!
neutral · AI labelView post →Early divers catch the (tube) worms! Darkwater is available now in Steam Early Access! Grab it during launch week for a discount: store.steampowered.com/app/619540/D...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight, me @lunargabriel.stream @gravevt.vtubers.social and @ai-42.bsky.social from the #theGremlinSquad are all going to be playing Darkwater tonight at 9pm EST. Come watch us survive this underwater horror game or at least watch me epicly fail at helping my fellow Gremlins.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bugs galore. Progress constantly holted or lost. Items being removed for no reason between districts
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well we failed to cleanse the swamp on our first run of Dark Water. Poor Bren Tylis spent most of the game suffering from Splat and Splattered #warhammercommunity #warhammer #warhammerquest #darkwater #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Very bare bones. Lacks fun or diverse gameplay. Not that is is marketed explicitly as 3D Barotrauma, but it certainly seems to be riding on it in the main game image, enemy design, and general aesthetic. Just "Baro", no "trauma"... maybe more like "Ba" in the amount of content it has :P
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My hopes for WHQ Darkwater - * Ruleset that is straightforward to pick up. *expanded roleplay book like WHQ of old. *expansion sets with minis, board tiles and quests. *stats for heroes from regular AoS to be featured in time. *A genuine wider interest in the game than the minis.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is just very repetitive and not that fun. Basically just a loop of unsatisfying exploration of abandoned bases that mostly look/feel the same and not very engaging sub battles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, mini painting this last weekend: I have finished the Pestigors for Darkwater. I didn't like painting them and they aren't good. But they are done and that gets me closer to playing the game! Second image is my various Hasslefree minis for Frostgrave. I love them.
negative · AI labelView post →It's a fun enough game with people you can talk with, but i found the lack of meta progression between run to be lack luster and i love games that give permanent progression. This game only unlock different submarines so aside from casual fun there isn't much to do. It's a good game, just not my type.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as much as I wanted to enjoy this game I cannot.. AT ALL. The gameplay IS fun, the ideas presented are enjoyable but it's absolutely hampered by ridiculous lag, frame drops and issues which caused not only the game to crash, but also my entire PC to have literal aneurisms as performance across my system tanked, even after the game was closed out, I had to force close my PC at least once. Even writing this review has taken me 10~ minutes because it caused such bad problems for every…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking Up A Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale Lover's Enigma Darkwater What video games are you playing this week?
neutral · AI labelView post →This is where i would put my Review of the Game... If i were able to play it! Now that this unfunny comedy is out of the way, here's the problem: I am unable to play the game, because all of the interface just shows the word "Missing" and clicking on anything does not do... anything. I've uninstalled and re-installed the game twice. I even manually deleted every file from the directory, to no avail. And the thing is: this bug persisted from when i first bought the game, right after the Next…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After watching GMG let's play of Darkwaters, it does look like underworlds quest. Disappointing, but could be open for using underworld crews in the game. Simple rules do equal easy to convert house rules. #nerdling #underworldquest #darkwater
negative · AI labelView post →Bought this game just to play it with a couple of friends for spooky Halloween vibes and I have to say that it really surprised me how fun this game is! You can tell that it's still sort of early development and there could really be a bit more variety in the enemies and enviroments you can encounter but with a couple of patches I think this can become a really awesome and in depth multiplayer game. Obviously very much inspired by Lethal Company and copies a lot of gameplay mechanics from it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you have SIX whole minutes? Come watch my new video about Darkwater, thanks to Targon Studio and @playstack.com! The devs don't seem to mention this, and I wish I knew why (I'm trying a new style so let me know what you think!) youtu.be/V-BB859uOVU #vtuber #gaming #indiegames #review
neutral · AI labelView post →Divers, the icy depths are open for Steam Next Fest! 🌊 From February 24th to March 3rd, dive into the Darkwater demo and explore TWO districts in our cooperative extraction horror game. 🔗Try the demo now & wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/619540/D...
neutral · AI labelView post →Good concept but it feels rushed, cheap and empty. Probably should have spent some more time in early access because it feels like this got released too early.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun game with insane potential. I beat with friends on easy difficulty in ~5 hours, and do not feel compelled to play it again on a harder one. The ideas are interesting, the ship combat is fun, but it lacks depth and replayability. The main gameplay loop is split into two sections: Ship Combat and Outpost Exploration. Ship Combat is pretty much a replica of FTL's ship combat, but you and your friends are physically on the ship, doing repairs and minigames manually. It's quite…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is definetly fun with friends and has insane potential, but it needs more content More enemies especially, and a whole new array of random encounters and choices I really hope this doesn't fall into the 'abandoned child' category that so many of these kinds of games end up in, where theyre updated once and then forgotten about
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun with friends, mid alone. The gameplay loop is basically Lethal Company but with a cool battleship twist. Managing the ship while getting spammed by torpedoes, hooks, and mines is chaotic in a good way. Constant repairs + fighting back = actually pretty engaging. Looting though? Kinda disappointing. Way too many fake-out spots like rows of lockers where only 1–2 are actually open. Feels lazy. If you see something that potentially looks lootable, chances are it’s not. But I guess with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good gameplay loop, needs a greater variety of maps, submarine encounters and enemies. Also needs more loot and a reason to keep pushing forward but currently the struggle seems somewhat hollow. Very lethal companyesque but lacking some of the elements that keep you engaged. I will keep an eye on this as it has the potential to be a really fun game to pick up with friends but at the moment you will probably only get a few hours of enjoyment before it gets stale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly pretty underrated, if you're at all interested in the game you should pick it up
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game literally got updated a year, then support dropped completely. Lmao. Don't waste your money on this game, the combat is awkward and so are most features that just feel lackluster. Just get lethal company twice
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute shame that more people aren't playing this game. I found it accidentally scrolling through Coop games, on like the 100th page. 10/10 wonderful game. Great Coop game with friends. Better than most Coop games out there and for $9.99 is a steal.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everything is there, but basic. I’d love to see more variety when clearing outposts, since that’s where the game really shines right now. Maybe add more ways to deal with different monsters or environment.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today marks the launch of @playdarkwater.bsky.social Steam Early Access 🌊 If you are a fan of playing horror survival games with your friends, you should absolutely check out Darkwater! Ready to take command of your own custom submarine and survive the icy depths of an alien moon?
neutral · AI labelView post →PLEASE FIX THE WATER TEXTURE ITS INVISABLE AND I DONT KNOW WHEN IM 4 FEET DEEP IN WATER OR NOT
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though it is supposedly at full release, this game is still very much an early access title. In its current state the game is still full of glitches and bugs, especially after its most recent update(at time of posting this review Sep. 6. 2026) which causes the frequent crashes of the game host. Aside from this new bug, there are still numerous unaddressed glitches that have carried over from early access, to name a few; Players randomly dying when transitioning districts(the games…
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