They Breathe
Short description
They Breathe is a short journey into the depths of a forest filled with water. As you swim deeper, it's up to you to figure out the rules of an insidious ecosystem where nothing is as it first seems, and where everyone is after the same precious resource – oxygen!
- Developer
- The Working Parts
- Publisher
- The Working Parts
- Release
- Fri, May 23, 2014
- Price
- $1.99
- Reviews
- 971
- Positive
- 87%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 100K – 200K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Features
- Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Trading Cards, DualShock Controller Support, Partial Controller Support, Remote Play Together
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $1.84, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $1.99 launch price. That is 8% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
Tracking started Aug 10, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
252 data points going back to May 1, 2014 lie outside the 90-day window of your plan. Plus shows the complete history.
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