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Sunkenland
A co-op survival game on a flooded world where friends dive for scrap, build a base and fight pirates.
Online co-op.
- Online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-opYesPlayer count not confirmed
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
The sea has swallowed most of the Earth, and you start with almost nothing. You swim down into sunken cities for scrap and blueprints, then craft tools, weapons and boats at workstations. Piece by piece you build a base on the water, with walls and traps to keep out pirates and mutants. Trading works item for item, with no money.
Friends join your world online, through an invite or from a public list of games, and you can hide your game from that list. Everyone shares the same base. You can dive, loot islands and fight raiders together. Bigger ships need a crew for steering, guns and repairs, so sea battles go better with company.
It stays calm while you build and turns tense when a raid or a shark shows up. It is still in early access, on PC only, and you can also play alone.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Fear
- Story
- Working in sync
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
Rated on our own feel scale. 8 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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- Kind of game
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- Core to both
- Building and creating
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Exploring, Tension and danger, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
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- Co-op
- Online co-op
- Online
- Crossplay
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild and life after the apocalypse. Both let you build things together.
No big difference from Sunkenland.

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What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
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- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Building and creating, Exploring, Tension and danger, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
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No big difference from Sunkenland.

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- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
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- Core to both
- Building and creating
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
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Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild. Both have long calm stretches.
No big difference from Sunkenland.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Most players online
- Not confirmed
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The game is sold for a price on Steam. The free dedicated server tool is a separate download for hosting and is not the game.
- 12
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
13 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Release status, Release date, Free base co-op, About, Kind of game, Sessions, Building and creating, Fighting, Exploring, Fear, Unlocks and progress.
- Online co-op: Key features list Online Co-op, and the Co-op section invites you to build, dive and fight pirates with friends.
- Release status: The page carries the Early Access badge and the maker's early access notes.
- Release date: The page gives 25 Aug 2023 as the start of early access.
- Free base co-op: The game is sold for a price on Steam. The free dedicated server tool is a separate download for hosting and is not the game.
- About: The text has you diving down to sunken cities to scavenge resources and old technology, and calls the game post-apocalyptic, set after water covered most of the Earth. User tags include Underwater and Post-apocalyptic.
- Kind of game: User tags include Co-op, Base Building and Open World Survival Craft.
- Sessions: User tags include Open World Survival Craft, Base Building and Sandbox.
- Building and creating: Base Building is the second feature on the list and a top user tag.
- Fighting: Fighting is a listed feature, with melee weapons, firearms, explosives and mounted weapons.
- Exploring: User tags include Exploration and Open World, and exploring sunken buildings underwater is a listed feature.
- Fear: The diving text warns of unknown danger in the depths.
- Unlocks and progress: Complex items need workstations and blueprints.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: Categories include Co-op and Online Co-op.
- Platforms: Steam lists Windows only. It shows no Mac or Linux build.
- Release status: The Early Access genre is set and the game is out now.
- Release date: Steam shows Aug 25, 2023.
- Free base co-op: Steam marks the game as not free and shows a price.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
sunkenlandgame.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Genres, About, Kind of game, Building and creating, Fighting, Exploring, Fear, Tension and danger, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead, Story.
- Online co-op: The CO-OP section asks you to cooperate with friends and survive as a group. The page gives no player cap.
- Genres: The maker calls it a Waterworld-themed survival game.
- About: Survival means gathering fruit, hunting, farming, distilling seawater, making warm clothes and herbal medicine. The page also calls the world an aquatic post-apocalypse and lists diving and exploring sunken cities.
- Kind of game: Modular base building, base defence and the CO-OP section are the pillars of the page.
- Building and creating: A modular building system lets you build a base anywhere on the water.
- Fighting: The Fighting section covers pirates, warlords and mutants, and mounted weapons against ships and bases.
- Exploring: The Exploration and Diving sections send you to sunken cities, atolls, floating bases and wrecks.
- Fear: The Survival section mentions the dark of night, lurking mutants and the depth of the ocean.
- Tension and danger: Base defence against pirate clans, warlords and mutants is a main feature.
- Unlocks and progress: Crafting needs blueprints and new materials found while exploring.
- Planning ahead: The Trading section asks you to plan trade routes and learn each atoll's supply and demand.
- Story: The Exploration section ends on finding out your destiny and the future of the old Earth, a light story hook.
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Story.
- Online co-op: The maker's FAQ answers the co-op player limit question with advice to stay under 5 for balance. It gives no hard cap, so the file has no maximum.
- Story: The 2023 FAQ answers that the game will have a story eventually.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game.
- Friends can join mid-game: Update 0.130 of 2023-09-09 adds a notice that tells players when someone joins the game. That means joining happens while a world is running. No post uses the words drop-in.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: Update v0.1.20 of 2023-09-03 adds private co-op games and joining a friend's server through an invite.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Working in sync, Fighting.
- Working in sync: The v0.8.02 post of 2026-06-27 says crewing a large ship alone means handling steering, weapons and repairs at once, and that naval battles are more fun with friends. Most other tasks can be done on your own.
- Fighting: The same post adds ship-to-ship fights with hostile boats you can sink or board.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Story.
- Story: The development update of 2026-05-30 adds a main questline of nineteen missions. The game is still built around survival and building, so story stays minor.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date, Release status.
- Genres: P136 is action game.
- Release date: P577 is 2023-08-25, qualified as early access.
- Release status: The release date statement is qualified as early access.
mein-mmo.dePress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Calm and coziness, Tension and danger, Time to hang out, Getting better, Unlocks and progress, Exploring.
- Laughter and chaos: MeinMMO review of 2023-09-09, in German. It mentions a funny bug that sent a sailboat at absurd speeds.
- Calm and coziness: The same review describes a gentle start on the first island before attacks begin.
- Tension and danger: The same review says the base is attacked regularly, and that holding the attacks off pays out valuable items.
- Time to hang out: The reviewer played in a group of three for about 50 hours and describes long stretches of decorating the base.
- Getting better: The same review says the start is harsh and that difficulty can be set in the options.
- Unlocks and progress: Workbench upgrades unlock better gear and new things to build.
- Exploring: The same review counts dozens of places to visit above and below the water.
thumbculture.co.ukPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Tension and danger, Getting better, Time to hang out, Sessions, Story.
- Calm and coziness: Thumb Culture review of 2023-10-05 says a soft piano tune plays through general play and fight music only starts when enemies engage.
- Tension and danger: The same review says enemies are dangerous and unavoidable, and can invade and wreck your base.
- Getting better: The same review calls the crafting not overly complex and the game easy to pick up.
- Time to hang out: The same review says the game is better with friends than solo.
- Sessions: The same review says there is no overall goal beyond survival, so how long you play is up to you.
- Story: The same review says there is no goal besides survival.
gamingbible.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Fear, Tension and danger, Fighting.
- Fear: Gaming Bible piece of 2023-12-23 describes the closed-in feel of dark deep water, with danger around the corner.
- Tension and danger: The same piece says this is not a peaceful survival game.
- Fighting: The same piece says there are plenty of battles.








