Action · March 13, 2023

Barotrauma (2023)

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'Work together to explore and survive, and/or sabotage one another and let the ship go down in fire and flood.' - Rock Paper Shotgun WELCOME TO EUROPA Barotrauma is a 2D co-op survival horror submarine simulator, inspired by games like FTL: Faster Than Light, Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress and Space Station 13. It’s a Sci-Fi game that combines ragdoll physics and alien sea monsters with teamwork and existential fear. EMBRACE THE ABYSS In the not too distant future, humanity has fled to Jupiter’s moon. With its irradiated icy surface, life can only be found in the ocean below. Travel through a punishing underwater environment and make friends or rivals of the four factions of the world. Discover what lies in the depths of Europa. HELP YOUR CREW SUCCEED, OR MAKE SURE NO ONE DOES There are as many ways to enjoy Barotrauma as there are ways to die in it. Work together with your crew to achieve your goals, or brace for betrayal when you have a traitor on board. Play with friends, strangers, or your worst enemies. EXPLORE, OPERATE, COMMUNICATE Navigate underwater, complete missions for the last remnants of humankind, explore the ruins of an alien civilization, flee or fight monsters. Operate complex on-board systems and devices like the sonar, nuclear reactor, weapons, engines and pumps. Communication is key! EXPERIMENT, CRAFT, CREATE Master the complex on-board wiring and the comprehensive crafting and medical systems. Create your own submarines and monsters with built-in editors to rival the standard ones. Even tap directly into our source code and mod away. Features Play with up to 16 players on board a submarine. Supplement your player count with bots as needed in either singleplayer or multiplayer game modes. 6 player classes with different skills and tasks: Captain, Engineer, Mechanic, Medic, Security officer and Assistant. Talent system: Gain experience and unlock talents to improve your character. Each class has three specialization talent trees to customize your playstyle. Faction and reputation mechanics: Choose who to ally with, help their cause, reap the benefits or suffer the consequences. Procedurally generated world and missions with multiple game modes for virtually endless replayability. Comprehensive crafting system: gather materials, craft equipment, weapons, medicines and more to help your crew survive on Europa. Built-in Submarine, Character and Procedural Animation editors. Share and discover mods directly via Steam Workshop. Most game data exposed in .xml and the game’s source code publicly available on GitHub for modding.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume75.3k Steam reviewsTop 8% in Action
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19%
Metacritic81/100Genre average 77 — top 36% of Action titles
Concurrent peak2.4k playersTop 6% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours44 h averageTop 9% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Co-op · 754
  • Multiplayer · 691
  • Survival · 661
  • Submarine · 586
  • Survival Horror · 552
  • 2D · 529
  • Horror · 522
  • Underwater · 503
  • Simulation · 446
  • Sci-fi · 445
  • Management · 363
  • Strategy · 345
  • Action · 324
  • Difficult · 304
  • Moddable · 303

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Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Turkish
  • Japanese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 75.3k reviews

70.8k positive · 4.5k negative

Metacritic

81/100 critic aggregate

Open Metacritic page

Curator recommendations

56.3k

Peak concurrent players

2.4k

Press Quotes

“Barotrauma is a bit like FTL with giant sea monsters” PC Gamer “An absolute hoot” Rock Paper Shotgun

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

44h

substantial (40–100 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

21h

Current engagement

Achievements

76

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 13, 2023
DeveloperFakeFish, Undertow Games
PublisherDaedalic Entertainment
Base price$17.49 -50%
DLC / Add-ons3 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] or [email protected]

Content Notes

Contains violence, gore, and drug use.

Editions & Packages

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