Adventure · May 8, 2020

Hydroneer (2020)

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Hydroneer is a mining sandbox game where you dig for gold and other resources to build massive mining machines and a base of operation. Use primitive tools, hydro-powered machines, and player-built structures to dig and evolve your operation in this tycoon-style progression system. Dig Deep! Using a state-of-the-art voxel based terrain system, you can create cave networks, quarry pits, or even mud mountains. Discover relics of the past in the depths of Hydroneer, with better rewards the deeper you dig. Forge, Build, and Create! Hydroneer features a dynamic modular system for building structures and hydro powered machinery. Create the base of operations from your own design to optimise your work. Create networks of hydro pipes, control pressure. Craft resources, weaponry, jewellery, grow vegetables, and cook soup for villagers. Hydro Powered Vehicles Large hydro powered machines used for a variety of uses, from digging resources and finding ore veins, to transporting goods. Explore the World of Hydroneer Various parcels of land await you in the world of Hydroneer, each with their own advantages. Deeper pits, attractive scenery, and closer stores. You decide where to build your base of operations.

Adventure releases from 2020

100 Adventure titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume25.1k Steam reviewsTop 10% in Adventure
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 66%
Concurrent peak374 playersTop 10% in Adventure by live player count
Engagement hours18 h averageTop 19% for session depth among Adventure

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Community Tag Signals

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

  • Base-Building · 391
  • Mining · 370
  • Automation · 362
  • Sandbox · 362
  • Co-op · 355
  • Open World · 339
  • Multiplayer · 335
  • Building · 320
  • Funny · 309
  • Resource Management · 298
  • Casual · 295
  • Simulation · 293
  • Indie · 278
  • Singleplayer · 236
  • Adventure · 217

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • Russian
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • French
  • German
  • Turkish
  • Dutch
  • Polish
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Romanian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Czech

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Swedish

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 25.1k reviews

21.9k positive · 3.3k negative

Curator recommendations

25.1k

Peak concurrent players

374

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

18h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

9h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

4h

Current engagement

Achievements

78

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 8, 2020
DeveloperFoulball Hangover
Base price$5.24 -65%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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