Barotrauma
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Barotrauma

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

DEV: FakeFish, Undertow GamesPUB: Daedalic EntertainmentAppID 602960
UPDATE PULSEevery ~10d·last 95d ago·20 recent on record

Is Barotrauma still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

97.1
Exceptional

Elixir Rating

94% of 89,794 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 93.8. The developers have shipped 4 substantial updates in the past six months, adding 3.3.

reception 93.8·support +3.3·Exceptional

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Current price

$17.49$34.9950%

Development

Unusually quiet

Last heard from developers

2 months ago

Usual rhythm

every ~9 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

4

Current silence

5× normal

The developers have been silent for 46 days against a normal rhythm of about 9 — roughly 5 times longer than usual. 4 substantial updates landed in the past six months, 2 of them major. It is currently 50% below its usual price.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

patchAug 7, 2026

Daedalic Entertainment Unveils Rebrand, Announces August 13 Showcase

Daedalic Entertainment has announced a new visual identity alongside a live showcase event, marking what the company describes as a shift from its origins as a game developer into an international indie publisher.

The rebrand retains the studio's signature feather in its logo while updating colors, typography, and overall design toward a cleaner, more modern aesthetic. No further design specifics are provided.

What's changing

  • New visual identity introduced, centered on updated logo, colors, and typography
  • The feather element from the original logo is preserved
  • Daedalic Days — Late at Night showcase announced for August 13 at 9PM CEST / 12PM PST
  • Showcase will stream live on Twitch, YouTube, and Steam
  • Confirmed titles to be featured include:
    • Barotrauma
    • Star Trek: Voyager — Across the Unknown
    • The Curse of the Crimson Stag
    • Ghost Haunting
    • Woodo
    • Surviving Deponia
    • Additional unspecified titles
  • Promised content includes brand-new announcements, exclusive reveals, gameplay footage, and project updates

For Barotrauma players specifically, the source mentions the game will be discussed but offers no detail on what that coverage will entail — the showcase itself is the earliest point at which anything concrete may emerge.

Two years of development

substantial routine

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37 announcements · 16 substantial · 10 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

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Community AnnouncementsAug 6, 2026
New Look, New Show - Still Daedalic

Heyho everyone, The recent years have been an exciting journey for us. We've welcomed incredible indie developers, published games across all kinds of genres, and continued to grow alongside the amazing communities, like yourself. Today, we

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Community AnnouncementsJun 18, 2026
Hotfix for Summer Update v1.13.4.0

Hello everyone! We've just released a hotfix to address the crossplay issues in the Summer Update. This was caused by an incompatibility in one of the reworked submarines, so the hotfix fixes that as well as other minor issues we have noted

Community AnnouncementsJun 16, 2026
Summer Update 2026 out now

Hello everyone! This year’s Summer Update has just been released, with five reworked vanilla submarines and several fixes, improvements and quality-of-life additions. Find the full list of changes at the end of this post and dive in! v1.13.

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Community AnnouncementsJun 12, 2026
Summer Update 2026 coming next week

Hello everyone! While Europa remains frozen, summer has taken over the northern hemisphere of planet Earth. As is custom, we will soon be heading out for our summer break, but not before the traditional Barotrauma Summer Update. Summer Upda

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Community AnnouncementsApr 21, 2026
Hotfix v1.12.7.0 for the Spring Update

Hello everyone!We have just released a hotfix to address issues found since the release of the Spring Update. Please be sure to update your game to the latest version, and see the list of changes below.v1.12.7.0- Reduced how much the new we

Community AnnouncementsApr 9, 2026
Barotrauma Home & Harbor DLC first gameplay trailer and Developer diary ep. 1!

Hello everyone! The first gameplay trailer of the upcoming Barotrauma Home & Harbor DLC was just released during the Triple-I showcase! We are incredibly excited to finally be able to show you a glimpse of what to expect later this year. Bu

Community AnnouncementsApr 9, 2026
Spring Update 2026 Out Now

Hello everyone! The Spring Update has just been released, with reworked Tier 1 submarines, monster and character deconstructing, new item assemblies, plus a large collection of QOL changes and bugfixes. See last week’s preview post for a mo

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Community AnnouncementsApr 2, 2026
Spring Update 2026 and Triple-I Showcase coming next week

Hello everyone! This year’s Spring Update is just around the corner now, to be released after Easter. It will be a substantial collection of fixes, changes and improvements, with a bit of new content sprinkled throughout. Here are some hand

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 21, 2026
We have a great new bundle experience!

Heyho everyone, As you maybe already have heard through the grapevine, our friends from gameXcite have been cooking something - and it is ready for consummation: Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown was just released! Not just that - we

Community AnnouncementsDec 18, 2025
Hotfix v1.11.5.0 and new music tracks

Hello everyone!We have just released a hotfix to address issues in the Winter Update to make your sailing smoother over the holidays. See the list of changes below and be sure to update your game to the latest version.With the Winter Update

Community AnnouncementsDec 9, 2025
Daedalic presents: The "4 is a Party"- Event

Heyho everyone, As some of you already know, we try our best to bring you our titles for the best prices and because of that, often have parts of our portfolio on sale - sometimes it’s difficult to find a good reason - that’s why we make th

Community AnnouncementsDec 8, 2025
Winter Update 2025 out now

Hello everyone!The Winter Update 2025 has just been released, with a new submarine “Wallaby", and a long list of fixes and improvements. Be sure to update your game to the latest version to be able to host and join servers, and see the full

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Community AnnouncementsDec 5, 2025
Winter Update preview & DLC sneak peek

Hello everyone! As we’re closing in on the end of another year, it’s time to take a look at what Barotrauma’s Winter Update 2025 has to offer. Like our earlier updates this year, this one will also focus on fixes and improvements, with some

Community AnnouncementsOct 22, 2025
Hotfix 1.10.7.2 for the Autumn Update

Hello everyone! We have just released another hotfix for the Autumn update, focused on improving the server browser filter, to help players deal with the ongoing issue of spam servers. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for yo

Community AnnouncementsOct 10, 2025
Hotfix v1.10.7.1 for the Autumn Update

Hello everyone!The DoS attack on our servers and the spam on the server list we mentioned in the previous post is still ongoing, and we've just released another hotfix to add some more in-game countermeasures against them while working on m

Community AnnouncementsOct 2, 2025
Hotfix v1.10.7.0 for the Autumn Update

Hello everyone!We've just released a second hotfix to address issues affecting Barotrauma following the Autumn Update. Be sure to update your game, and see the changes below.v1.10.7.0- Fixed crashing when editing a beacon station's, wreck's

Community AnnouncementsSep 25, 2025
Hotfix v1.10.6.0 for the Autumn Update 2025

Hello everyone! We have just released a hotfix to address issues in the Autumn Update 2025. Find the full list of changes below, and make sure to update your game to the latest version to receive the fixes. v1.10.6.0 - Fixed contextual orde

Community AnnouncementsSep 17, 2025
Autumn Update out now

Hello everyone!The Autumn Update has just been released, with many fixes and improvements. Below are the highlights of the update, and you can find the full list of changes at the end of this post.Added new "Blueprint" type of items, which

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Community AnnouncementsSep 12, 2025
Autumn Update coming next week

Hello everyone!It's time for the next Barotrauma update. In keeping with our other releases this year, the Autumn Update is light on content, as we've all hands on deck working on the upcoming Home & Harbor DLC, but this update should impro

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Community AnnouncementsJul 1, 2025
Hotfix v1.9.8.0 for the Summer Update 2025

Hello everyone! We have just released a hotfix to address issues in the Summer Update 2025. Find the full list of changes below, and make sure to update your game to the latest version to receive the fixes. v1.9.8.0 - Fixed RegEx components

Community AnnouncementsJun 17, 2025
Summer Update 2025 out now!

Hello everyone! This year’s Summer Update has just been released, with a long list of fixes, improvements and small additions. Here are some of the highlights: Support for Steam Timeline: When you record gameplay directly within the game us

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GamingOnLinuxJun 11, 2025
Spooky 2D co-op submarine sim Barotrauma is getting a big Home & Harbor expansion

Daedalic Entertainment and developers Undertow Games and FakeFish recently revealed the Home & Harbor expansion for Barotrauma. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/spooky-2d-co-op-submarine-sim-barotrauma-is-ge

PCGamesNJun 9, 2025
Horror submarine sim Barotrauma is getting even tenser with new DLC

Imagine combining the silence of space with the crushing, seemingly never-ending weight and darkness of the ocean floor. That's the elevator pitch for Barotrauma, a co-op submarine simulator filled with multiple warring factions and giganti

Community AnnouncementsJun 8, 2025
Home and Harbor Expansion coming next year

Hello everyone!It’s time to officially announce that Barotrauma is getting a major expansion: the Home and Harbor DLC is planned for release next year, with brand new gameplay, mechanics, and story.The upcoming expansion consists of two mai

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PC GamerJun 8, 2025
Excellent subnautical society sim Barotrauma just announced its first expansion, and it looks like we'll be able to build Rapture

Nothing bad can happen in a submarine. History bears this out and, no, I won't be doing further research into the matter, thank you. So consider me excited to experience the carefree good-times that are sure to come in the upcoming expansio

Community AnnouncementsApr 29, 2025
Hotfix v.1.8.8.1 for the Calm Before the Storm update

Hello everyone! We have just released a hotfix to address a number of issues with the Calm Before the Storm update. Find the list of changes below, and remember to update your game to the latest version to receive the fixes! v1.8.8.1 - Fixe

PC GamerApr 17, 2025
Co-op submarine survival simulator Barotrauma has a free weekend on Steam, so dive in with friends and experience the most comically horrifying deaths you can imagine

Quick story about the most nightmarish death I've ever experienced in a videogame: I was playing Barotrauma, the submarine survival simulator where you explore oceans on alien worlds. I'd left the sub and was swimming around in the inky bla

Community AnnouncementsApr 17, 2025
Try Barotrauma for free this weekend!

Hello everyone! As a follow-up to last weeks' Calm Before the Storm update, we're having our first play-for-free event since version 1.0 – starting now and until next Monday, you can dive right into Europa's dangers for free! If you like wh

Community AnnouncementsApr 16, 2025
Hotfix v1.8.7.0 for the Calm Before the Storm update

Hello everyone! We have just released a hotfix to address issues with the Calm Before the Storm update. Find the changelist below, and remember to update your game to the latest version to receive the fixes! v1.8.7.0 - Fixed an AI bug that

PC GamerApr 13, 2025
'It’s about to get even darker, more disturbed, and violent': Barotrauma's Calm Before the Storm update introduces new PVP outpost and alien ruins

If you've ever wanted to perish in undersea alien ruins on one of the moons of Jupiter, now's your chance thanks to the latest update for 2D co-op horror game Barotrauma... Read more.