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UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.

Early AccessApr 30, 2019
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)81.5% (positive) / 81.5%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)79.8% Top 25% / 79.8%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)15.5K  Top 2% / 16.5K  Top 2%
Curators111 reviews  Top 5%
Median Play Time48.5 hours  Top 2%
Play Time per Dollar1.6 hour  Top 15%
Followers110.8K  Top 1%
Owners± 537.9K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 488.4K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 8.3M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of UBOAT steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows UBOAT's Steam rating and reviews from April 2019 to December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 85.7% (April 2019) and 77.6% (October 2019).

With 16.5K reviews Top 2%, UBOAT is definitely a major AAA level success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for UBOAT and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of UBOAT's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (45%), followed by German (15%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 28 languages represented. The game has been translated in 13 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying UBOAT percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in UBOAT depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The reviews during the game's time in Early Access are visible too. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 138 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.8 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some UBOAT players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 62 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Micro-management at its finest
  • Freely walk around the entire sub
  • Detailed simulation
  • Reasonably accurate to history
  • Options for realism and micro-management
  • Fast-forward through the down-time
  • Unique crewmembers with abilities and troubles
  • Maintain discipline and crew welfare
  • Precisely modeled submarine
  • Tutorial lack
  • Gets boring when played for long
  • Ugly glitches here and there
  • Needs a lot of work

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 81.5% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of UBOAT's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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