
Barotrauma confidently hits its marks as a quality Action/Strategy title.
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Verdict
94%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (94% positive from 84K reviews)
Healthy player count of 4,688 concurrent
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
Still in Early Access — content may be incomplete
Barotrauma is a survival-horror role-playing submarine simulator developed by Finnish studio Undertow Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment. Following an early access beta phase that began in 2019, the game was released for Windows, macOS, and Linux in March 2023.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
this is the best game ever and me and my dad have never ben closer I played from 8 pm to 2 am for the past 3 or 4 weeks
Such a freakin' good game! Barotrauma is all about having fun with friends with jankyness, science and everything going from calm to sh1tstorm in just a few moments. - Can you steal fentanyl from the doctors, shove the stolen fentanyl into your friends' skull and watch them vomit everywhere on your ship? You can! - Can you drink unidentified liquids you find in a random trashcan hopefully it won't kill you? Sure! - Can you sneak a zombie virus onto the submarine, and watch as the plague you created wipes the whole squad? Of course! - Can you actually take the game seriously and go on adventures with your crew, getting richer, battling more and more dangerous enemies and upgrading your sub? Go for it! - Can you make improvements like circuits that even Jensen Huang would be jealous of? Hell yeah! The game also has different classes who contribute to the success of the missions in their own different way, and it is quite easy to find a class that you vibe with. If you like to drive and/or lead be the captain. If you dont like to think, just want to shoot stuff, be the security officer. If you actually like to think and are at least borderline autistic, be an electrician. If you are not, be the mechanic. If you always wanted to be a saviour, be the medic! If you want to be the lil b1tch to the crew, be the assistant (just joking, assistans are also very helpful). All in all, this game has it all. Even if you want to fk around with your friends, or even if you want to take the game seriously and actually advance in the campaign. The game HAS DEPTH (pun intended). The only thing you'll need are friends.
Sadly its not really meant for single player and none of my friends are even remotely interested in playing. The bot AI needs some improvement so solo players can rely on them more.
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