Submerged: Hidden Depths
Submerged: Hidden Depths
Game
Game2015
Submerged
Developer Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Submerged is a third-person exploration-based post-apocalyptic indie game developed and published by Uppercut Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2015, with an iOS port following in 2016. The sequel Submerged: Hidden Depths released on Stadia on 3 December 2020, with Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S versions following on 10 March 2022. The game is… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
196 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 12, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
136 positive · 43 negative
95% range 69–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 136 | 43 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,574 of 2,011 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
76% recommend · 141 yes, 45 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (3,691 of 4,859 positive).
Players describe Submerged as a relaxing exploration game with no combat, focused on boating and climbing in a flooded city. [1][2][3] Many find the game short, with repetitive climbing and limited gameplay depth. [4][5][6] Some reviewers appreciate the beautiful visuals and soundtrack, while others find the story lackluster. [1][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
You know those climbing segments in old school games where the character slowly scales a wall? Maybe it's a vine wall like in Ocarina of Time. Maybe it's a ledge you shimmy along like in the early Tomb Raiders. Imagine if that was the whole game. It's all just shimmying and climbing with painful, mind-numbing slowness. Now imagine there's no danger whatsoever. No skullwalltulas to interrupt you. No low-poly …
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(+) Points 1. Nice Soundtrack . 2. Awesome Visual Locations 3. Simple Game-play 4. Nice World Build 5. Playable on Low specs PC. (-) Points 1. Short Story. 2. Small Map but nothing to bother. Verdict : Its a very nice game to play for chilling . Rating : 8.5 / 10 .
- [3]
Submerged is a relaxing open world game where you drive around in a boat exploring a flooded, over grown city. You dock and climb up buildings gathering collectibles around the world. The game is peaceful with no way to die. A good game to play when you just want to relax and unwind after a busy day.
- [2]
Its as if Shadow of Colossus and Tomb Raider had a child. Delicious and relaxing game, no deaths, no fights or dialogues... you just explore the scenery grabbing things
- [7]
Submerged is a short - 4ish hour - game, with a beautiful sound track, and nearly wordless story. Your character seems to be (as there isn't any time limit within the game) racing against the clock, to save her younger brother who is badly injured. Miku, has to scale buildings, searching for supplies to aid her in caring for her brother, with secrets along the way that hint toward what has happened, to the world …
Summarised from 34 of the 203 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Submerged talk about relaxing and stress-free experience with no combat; those who didn't talk about repetitive climbing and exploration. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
IGN awarded it a score of 6.8 out of 10, saying "Submerged is a non-violent, sometimes beautiful exploration adventure set in a strange, mysterious future."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 196 · most liked firstDEMS, YOU WIN THE ATTENTION GAME WITH CONFLICT AND CRISIS AND WE ARE SUBMERGED IN BOTH YOU JUST REFUSE TO TALK ABOUT IT
neutral · AI labelView post →And one more thing for now: Submerged - Teaser for a TBA Broadside Beach VR game. #Shipwrecked64 #BSBVR #HI09
neutral · AI labelView post →very good video-game-ass room in NG2 Submerged ruins in a cave, just cool ass environment I wanna vibe in 10/10 Fuck that boss though
positive · AI labelView post →I've just watched the first season of the BBC's 'Vigil' - which was very good - and now I've got a million ideas for a game on a submarine. I already wrote a post-apoc submarine game called 'Submerged'. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
neutral · AI labelView post →(+) Points 1. Nice Soundtrack . 2. Awesome Visual Locations 3. Simple Game-play 4. Nice World Build 5. Playable on Low specs PC. (-) Points 1. Short Story. 2. Small Map but nothing to bother. Verdict : Its a very nice game to play for chilling . Rating : 8.5 / 10 .
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its as if Shadow of Colossus and Tomb Raider had a child. Delicious and relaxing game, no deaths, no fights or dialogues... you just explore the scenery grabbing things
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know those climbing segments in old school games where the character slowly scales a wall? Maybe it's a vine wall like in Ocarina of Time. Maybe it's a ledge you shimmy along like in the early Tomb Raiders. Imagine if that was the whole game. It's all just shimmying and climbing with painful, mind-numbing slowness. Now imagine there's no danger whatsoever. No skullwalltulas to interrupt you. No low-poly dinosaurs nipping at your heels. Not even a stamina system. Nothing. That's this game.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i actually played the second game first and really enjoyed it too no combat, no urgency, just pure exploration. sailing through the flooded city and climbing overgrown ruins and finding secrets feels peaceful but kinda eerie too. the story doesn't throw itself at you it just lets the world do the talking. building puzzles and collectibles make it even better, giving you that little extra reason to explore without feeling like a chore. visually it's pretty everything looks alive in its own quiet…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Linktober 2025: Underwater/Submerged #linktober #windwaker #legendofzelda #hyrulecastle Love the sunken Hyrule Castle in Wind Waker, I need to play this game again!
neutral · AI labelView post →Submerged is a beautiful game.
positive · AI labelView post →Submerged for the first time at a speedrun event! Excited to derust and showcase this hidden gem of a cozy game. 😊
positive · AI labelView post →A couple dozen new screens added to the PSO2, Once Human, and Black Desert galleries, as well as made a Submerged gallery but no one really cared for that game. www.deviantart.com/marconeantel...
negative · AI labelView post →Has potential, but ultimately does not deliver: The movement feels floaty and the exploration does not really offer a lot (all buildings feel kinda same-y and the only thing you can collect are little images as "story" bits). Would have expected more from it, to be honest. The naturalist achievement is also really annoying to get as the humanoid creatures are really hard to spot (because it's buggy, not because they are hidden very good).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a very relaxing exploration game with no combat or worries that you will fall to your death that I very much enjoyed. I love old decayed buildings so it made it even better. and the little bit of music there is its lovely. There is a few things that I wish the game would have: - a sprint button, - more stuff to collect and explore (you can’t explore all the buildings), - the ability to go inside of buildings, - being able to set a checkpoint on the map so you could orient yourself a tiny…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think it's a good game but you really have to know what you're getting into. It's literally all exploration, meaning boating around and climbing ledges. Movement speed is decent, but there's a lot of ground to cover. Movement in early game is slow because the boat doesn't go far yet. There's no puzzles, except maybe figuring out how to reach a secret. What you do in the first 30 minutes is basically what you do for the entire game. I enjoyed it, especially after finding out the lore.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you are going to spend your money, buy the follow up game Submerged: Hidden Depths. That one is great, this is just too much of the same scenery and climbs making this more of a memory game (Have I been here before? No, that was an entirely different building that somehow looks exactly the same...). I bought this with a discount and even that hasn't been worth the little money and time spent.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Submerged is a relaxing open world game where you drive around in a boat exploring a flooded, over grown city. You dock and climb up buildings gathering collectibles around the world. The game is peaceful with no way to die. A good game to play when you just want to relax and unwind after a busy day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Submerged is a third-person non-combat exploration game. You take on the role of a young girl searching a desolated and flooded city for supplies to treat her wounded brother. Story's a bit lackluster, ending was meh. You have a small fishing boat you use to navigate the flooded waters to ruined buildings for you to climb. There's no platforming through, everything is completely on rails; there's fixed paths you take and you just press the direction keys for your character to climb, descend,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For $2, it was worth the 1.6 hours while I watched critical role on the other monitor. I would never recommend paying more than that for it. One of those games i wish had a neutral or scaled review. My reflected playtime (1.6 hours) is how long it took to beat the "campaign". Would likely double or triple if i went for all collectibles. I'd describe it as a "unwind" game, with relaxing music and no actual thinking involved. Search for an obvious location with an objective flag on it, scale…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →YOU You play as Miku, a young girl who looks to be about 12 years old. You have a younger brother with you, Taku, who is unconscious and injured. The world has been flooded, and you and your brother are arriving at a building (the shrine) in your boat. You carry your brother in and lay him down. Now the game begins. SUPPLY BOXES You have to collect 10 supply boxes (food, clean water, bandages, medicine, bug spray, etc) from around the city. To do this, get back into your boat, ride over…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyed Submerged. It's one of those games that are very much in the "all games are going to have AI, you won't have anything to play" boat of... there are so many underrated games from before genAI that need played. Anyway, play it, and it's sequel! It's about 3 hours long. Recc!
positive · AI labelView post →Cannot recommend. Especially at that price. Buy on sale, if this type of game really floats your boat. The world design and music are lovely, but that's it. The gameplay is boring and sometimes tedious. If it wasn't for the collectibles which do pretty much nothing (they unlock some lore and give your boat a speed boost), you would finish this game in less than an hour.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Def not worth the 20 euro. I would say 2-4 euro because it's SO short.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A break from uncertainty and stress, a great palate cleanser. Submerged plays differently than your typical game. It removes every variable of exploration and lets you enjoy the simplistic gameplay and the extremely interesting environment around you. You can't drown, you can't fall, you can't run, and you can't jump. There's no danger posed against you. There's no dialogue, and the story is told through drawings. Every point of interest is marked automatically on your map whenever you find…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I feel bad for this game because it has potential but doesn't deliver the experience I expect from a game of it's kind. The graphics are good, the environment and atmosphere are well done. However, with the emphasis on exploration, it quickly feels repetitive with you pretty much climbing in the same environment throughout the whole thing and was never really a sense of progression gameplay-wise. While it's fine as it is, I feel like it's a first chapter to a game with more things ahead rather…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3589259474 A nice story, simple puzzles, and 60 items to find Don't expect any action, any combat, or else Just enjoy a sunken city and the atmosphere
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good looking game but very limited gameplay and almost nothing driving you to complete it. You will most likely drop it or not enjoy finishing it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't say that I enjoyed to 100% this game. I really really wanted to, and I had bigger expectations that sadly weren't met. I was really bored most of the time, but hey, if you like climbing, and climbing super slow, then maybe this is a game for you. I usually love exploration games, this game just didn't hit it for me. However, I was intrigued by the story of the game, and curious to find out what will happen in the sequel... I guess that I will give it a go if I can get it on a sale `:-D
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gorgeous exploration game. No stress, just good music and steering your boat around while mutated (but beautiful) sea creatures accompany you on your journey. Save your brother at the same time, but there's no rush. Great for people who want a brain break in a beautiful environment. Looking forward to the sequel!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a 34 yo father, probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my Son, who is 14 now. My son got this game for Christmas from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 24 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just, watching YouTube. So i decided to make a Steam account and get this game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, fun, emotional story. This is ART.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels very poorly made. Repetitive gameplay and assets, is not well optimized, buggy at times the story is nothing new, the mechanics are those of a water down ps2 platformer not even the ui is good. if you want to play a similar game that actually does things right and tries to hit the same emotional beats, i recommend 'Brothers : a tale of two sons'
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →haven´t played it much yet, but so far: the gameplay is flat and the visuals don´t make up for it. interaction with the game environment is extremely limited and there seems to be only single-path advancement in which the player can´t even fail because the game won´t allow falling off structures etc. story guidance is non-verbal, consisting of cards with little more than cave drawings. relaxing? yes. interesting? well, only up to a point... i´ll probably get back to it, maybe it gets better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New game alert!🚨 Cold Abyss from @kowloonscurse.bsky.social - Solitude in Submerged Serenity.
neutral · AI labelView post →From the intro video it seems so promising and looks fun, however it was painful to play in so many ways. You spend half of the time driving around in boat which sounds fun and is at first but then it gets very repetitive and boring. The only other thing you do is scale buildings which is clunky and haphazardly. Half the time you can't tell if you can use a ledge or not. Or go around a corner or not. It's literally this over and over and over. Don't get me wrong, I was super excited to explore…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'd rather be listening to the under-appreciated track "(The) Submerged City / Sunken City" from Konami's 1991 hit video game Super Castlevania IV, composed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System sound chip by Masanori Adachi.
neutral · AI labelView post →I really like it. Buy it on sale though, it's expensive for such a short experience in my opinion.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seeing all the other reviews, the game might be tedious and boring for some, but I enjoyed it. Going through a submerged city overtaken by plants and oceanic wildlife on a small motorised boat is a fun little puzzle to solve as your task is to ascend the sky-high buildings and the ruins of the ages past looking for secrets and supplies to help your injured brother to heal. With some small annoyances of a smaller studio project it's still a well made adventure for an evening or two to relax…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple and relaxing game with good controls and a nice story. Collecting all the items was also really satisfying. If you enjoy getting all the achievements in games, this is a good one for that. They are quite easy to get. But I don't know is this worth with the full price, maybe a little bit too much. The game lasts around 4-5 hours if you collect everything like I did. So wait for the discounts. 7/10 <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a very relaxing exploration game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Submerged is a short - 4ish hour - game, with a beautiful sound track, and nearly wordless story. Your character seems to be (as there isn't any time limit within the game) racing against the clock, to save her younger brother who is badly injured. Miku, has to scale buildings, searching for supplies to aid her in caring for her brother, with secrets along the way that hint toward what has happened, to the world around you. The game involves no combat, but lots of climbing. With beautiful…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this on sale, and found it to be a very interesting game. It's like you're interactively part of the storyline, although it's strictly a story-driven game, with no combat, just puzzles, and I found it very unique looking and feeling, with a perfect soundtrack that really sets the mood. Definitely a nice relaxing experience I'd recommend. Just watch out for the whales, LOL.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, really enjoyed this one. Very chill, non-violent gameplay; you can't die either. The city is so much fun to explore and buildings are great to climb. Loads of stuff to collect including these little pictures that tell the story of the city and people who lived there. As well as a separate set that tells your character's own story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reminds me a bit more of an old game called Submerged
neutral · AI labelView post →Submerged follows a simple premise narrative of a sisters love for her brother to find him a cure. The open world exploration sandbox isn't too overwhelming to get from point to point via boat navigation. Very much a done in one. Worth a playthrough 7/10 Average completion time: 6 hours Number of achievements: 10 Difficulty: casual Replay-ability: done in 1 playthrough Online playerbase: N/A
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It´s nice game but 19.50 € ? I completed the game in 1.8 hours . Sure , not all collectibles but still - it´s not worth .
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes BUT I wish I could put neutral. I got this game from a Humble Bundle ages ago and I can't say its something I would have picked up otherwise. The environment is beautiful but the story is lack luster. Minimum audio, no voice acting but I don't think it needs it. I really liked that there was no falling while climbing, no drowning and no enemies. Just a story game told through pictures. Its a very short game, roughly 2 hours if you don't plan to 100% it. Am I glad I played it? Sure.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm trying to play this game but it keeps showing me where to go and playing cut screens that are almost longer than each scenario, instead of just letting me play the game and explore. I didn't want a movie, I wanted to play a game...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Submerged is one of those games where it feels like it’s made for players like me. Players who enjoy exploration, collecting things and more. I was very excited to play it initially but my excitement got tempered over time. The game feels like a mix of Zelda The Wind Waker (in terms of travelling with a boat) and Uncharted (in terms of climbing) but it simplifies those elements into one game. The story telling is the Journey kind where you’re not told what’s going on but you’re supposed to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found a beautiful looking adventure game "Submerged: Hidden Depths". Then I realized that it is a sequel. You don't have to complete the first game to get into the story, but I wanted to know how it started. So here we are. Made by Australian indie developers, this game offers a simple and relaxing gameplay loop of parkour puzzles and exploration! On the other hand the game seems amateurish with shallow gameplay and repetitive game design... Depends with what mindset you get into it. Wish…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tedious grind with janky controls and unskippable cutscenes. Repetition sets in fast. I finished half the objectives and couldn't summon the will to continue. The mood and setting work, but the graphics are glitchy and ugly in spots - especially the water, which looks like it's the year 2005 again, which is ironic, as the whole setting is a water-world, and I'd imagine you'd get at least that right... The worst part: this plays like a short film someone forced into game format. "The game"…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Submerged, developed and published by Uppercut Games Pty Ltd, is a serene and melancholic adventure that trades action for atmosphere and conflict for contemplation. It is set in a hauntingly beautiful post-apocalyptic world where the remnants of civilization lie half-buried beneath the ocean’s surface. You play as Miku, a young girl who arrives by boat with her wounded brother, Taku, seeking shelter and survival among the drowned ruins of a once-great city. From the opening sequence, the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not very good at all. I got it on sale for $2, and I could see paying $7 at the absolute max for this, but $20, plus an extra $9 for the OST, is like asking for a kidney as payment for a white bread BLT at a sandwich shop. It runs fine, the controls are fine, and the sound and visuals are more or less fine. The issue is that even though everything functions perfectly well, there's no substance to anything. -The core mechanic is "platforming," but it's on rails with the most difficult…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels super cheap. Looks like a PS2 game and plays awkwardly. I encountered bugs where my boat wouldn't move unless I barely feathered the controls. Jumping and climbing all felt archaic. == tried again on the steam deck == The deck didn't save this one. Again it just feels very cheap and outdated.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →chill and beautiful little exploration game, great music as well! Badly optimized though and with some unfortunate graphical glitches
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Raw emotions upon playing this game are of frustration and boredom. Those short climbing sections from Uncharted where there isn't a wrong answer? That's this whole game. Literally there is no other gameplay other than aiming the controller stick/arrow keys in the direction that you want your character to climb in. You cannot fail. You cannot die. Stakes are non-existent. The story is simple, meaning there's extremely little to chew on as you engage in the simple gameplay. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this puzzle platforming exploration game. It features good characters, story and world building.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks for letting me know I have thalassophobia.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6/10 Cool indie game for a laidback chilling experience. The story is interesting and cleverly brought, and I hope that the sequel maintains this strong and promising basis. The graphics are okay, but the overall visuals and experience of evolving in a post-apo world is terrific. 'Submerged' is made for players who enjoy adventure and wandering searches. Even if it is short, the games is quite repetitive : you climb up a monument, get some stuff, then go back home just to realize that you need…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you, Magic Texas Billionaire Boss! #Submerged #MondayActionMovie
neutral · AI labelView post →
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