Crit

Hydroneer

Buy86%

Very Positive · 29k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Foulball Hangover · Base Building · May 8, 2020

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
78
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
19
Full audio1 of 19
Subtitles19 of 19

Should I buy Hydroneer?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 100 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 29k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
17% of themes are praise8% are divided75% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
100 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Hydroneer is a pure sandbox that leaves all goals and motivation entirely up to the player.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The visuals are good enough to make building and exploring enjoyable without distracting from the main gameplay.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay100 reviews
Graphics15 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
50% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
20% still recommend
Multiplayer
52% still recommend
Performance
48% still recommend
Co-op
37% still recommend
Story
50% still recommend
Optimization
77% still recommend
Crashes
54% still recommend
Bugs
55% still recommend
Controls
33% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

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

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

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

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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