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Stranded Deep

Beam Team Games · Beam Team Publishing

Quick read

Stranded Deep is a raft-and-island survival: sharks, crabs, and a horizon. You drink, you craft a still, and the wreck is homework you swim toward.

What kind of game is it?

Open-world survival craft on water. You raft, you dive, you place a camp on a rock. The island is optional homework. The ocean is the threat. Raft shares the shark and then lets friends expand a floor you already own together.

Who is it for?

For players who prefer a raft, an ocean, and the next island they can see.

With friends

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How it plays

Loop: Surviving hordes
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: A world that stays
Players: Solo or co-op
Structure: Sandbox
Tone: Tense · Challenging

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression80
Estimate
Social55
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 17 Aug 2026.

Release

early access

2022-08-10

Review score

74%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

47,763

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Store price

€15.99

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Yes

Players

Single-player and co-op

How many people play Stranded Deep?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

1.2M – 2.6M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55. For a free game: players, not sales.

All-time peak players

5,984

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

262

Peak that month: 454.

Median playtime

17.1 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 5.4–36.5 h. 10% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English33%
Russian20%
Simplified Chinese13%
Turkish9%
Portuguese (Brazil)5%
Spanish (Spain)3%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

You craft a still, swim a wreck, and place a camp on a rock while sharks and crabs keep the horizon.

Core mechanics

Crafting

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: Open World Survival Craft.

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Sources

Store price checked 17 Aug 2026.

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