Iron Lung overview

Overview

Iron Lung comes from David Szymanski and is published by David Szymanski. It arrived on Steam on Mar 9, 2022, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Partial Controller Support, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Iron Lung's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 7 players at 9 October 2026 - 05:59:33 UTC, with a tracked peak near 572. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 11,061 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Iron Lung is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Iron Lung has sold up to 339,120 units and has 10,198 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,673,168. On Twitch, 1 streamers are live with around 9 total watchers.

Iron Lung overview details

Iron Lung combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Iron Lung is a short dread-driven submarine horror game from the developer of DUSK, The Moon Sliver, and Squirrel Stapler . FEATURES Experimental minimalist gameplay, where your senses are limited and anything could be lurking around you Glimpse your surroundings through the lens of a grainy still camera and navigate using an incomplete satellite map and proximity sensors Horror based around building dread and paranoia Original soundtrack inspired by the work of Aubrey Hodges (Doom 64) A short experience intended to be finished in under an hour THE GAMEPLAY Set entirely within a claustrophobic one-man submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung," you must blindly navigate an ocean of blood to take photographs of key locations, and hope whatever lives below doesn't find you. There is only a single porthole on the sub, and it needs to be closed due to depth pressure, so you have to navigate purely via an incomplete map, proximity sensors, sound, and a primitive external camera which can be used to take the pictures you need to complete your mission, or to get a grainy low resolution visual of what's happening outside. Success will require resourcefulness and patience. THE STORY Decades ago, every known star and habitable planet mysteriously vanished, along with whatever and whoever happened to be on them, leaving behind an empty universe of asteroids and lifeless moons where the only remnants of humanity are those who were on space stations or starships at the time. With supplies gradually dwindling and infrastructure falling into disrepair, the survivors have spent the subsequ…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Iron Lung is listed as a game with $3.99 (50% off from $7.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Partial Controller Support, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Adventure, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 7 players at 9 October 2026 - 05:59:33 UTC, a tracked peak of 572, and 92% positive reviews.

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