# In the Darkness of the Sea

Summer DB entity ID: c3f1e1b6\-2659\-4676\-9daa\-3a42eb395cb0

Steam App ID: 587840

In the Darkness of the Sea  is a short 2D\-narrative game set in the middle of the ocean at night\.  A boy wakes up in a lifeboat, lost at sea\. What he'll see, he will never forget\.  As its boat is carried away by the current, he'll have to avoid the sea creatures and brave a powerful storm\.  Inspired by  The Old Man and the Sea ,  Life of Pi  and Raymond Bishop's illustrations of  Moby Dick \.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Olivier Leclair

- Publisher: Olivier Leclair

- Release date: Feb 1, 2017

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/587840/ss\_1715c32366224002028d2ae12f11001685ac2c32\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1618610322, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/587840/ss\_52139bc322526ca410eed7d3c59ba7e3145e42f0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1618610322, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/587840/ss\_77ab0b36a072d1829c9fc2400f4f25aee9421de4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1618610322, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/587840/ss\_60b04864234a668a5b13ddb38fd393913727709b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1618610322, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/587840/ss\_4f4c3cf89004170c5af99fd7d9ccb3d559c855f6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1618610322

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 81

- Steam positive reviews: 64

- Steam negative reviews: 17

- Steam positive percentage: 79.01234567901234%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/c3f1e1b6-2659-4676-9daa-3a42eb395cb0/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/c3f1e1b6-2659-4676-9daa-3a42eb395cb0/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T18:57:47\.578144\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T18:57:48\.87447\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T18:57:48\.58996\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/587840/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/c3f1e1b6-2659-4676-9daa-3a42eb395cb0)