No. Lochjaw is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Lochjaw on?

Lochjaw is available on Atari 2600.

When did Lochjaw release?

Lochjaw was first released on December 31, 1982.

Lochjaw

Dec 31, 1982AdventureAtari 2600

Lochjaw — frequently asked questions

Is Lochjaw on Steam?: No. Lochjaw is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Lochjaw on?: Lochjaw is available on Atari 2600.
When did Lochjaw release?: Lochjaw was first released on December 31, 1982.

About Lochjaw

You are a diver in an underwater maze. Throughout the maze are valuable diamonds, and your goal is to retrieve as many as you can. In the middle of the screen is a shark cage where you begin. As you collect diamonds you need to bring them back to the shark cage in order to earn points. Swimming back and forth constantly is a deadly shark. If the shark encounters any of the diamonds, it will eat them; likewise you can also be eaten by the shark, causing you to lose a life. You have no defense against the shark, however you are immune if you are in the shark cage and the doors are closed. Somewhere in the maze the Loch Ness monster remains hidden. If you disturb the monster, it will continuously chase you unless you can lead it back into one of the caves located in the corners of the screen. This game's name was changed from Lochjaw to Shark Attack because, being the game was about an attacking shark, there was a lawsuit that the game's name was too close to the movie title Jaws.

Summary via IGDB.

Lochjaw on Wikipedia

Lochjaw, also known as Shark Attack, is a 1982 video game published by Games by Apollo and released exclusively for the Atari 2600. The game is a maze game, similar to Pac-Man, in which players take on the role of a deep sea diver who must explore a maze and collect diamonds while avoiding attacking sharks and the Loch Ness Monster. The game was initially released under the title Lochjaw, but following the threat of legal action from MCA, the parent company of Universal Pictures and copyright holders for the film Jaws, the title was changed to Shark Attack for later releases.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600
Publisher: Apollo, Inc.
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

$1,004

Complete

$1,100

Sealed

$2,000

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Shark Attack	$10	$39	$59

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Apollo	Standard	AP2005	Extremely Rare
North America Apollo	Standard	AP2005	Scarce
North America Apollo	Blue	AP2005	Scarce+

Also released in South America by Cosmovision.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1982
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: High

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereHigh counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Apollo's Pac-Man-style diver game under its first name, and the clearest example of the 2600's relabel problem.

Steve Stringfellow designed this maze game for Games by Apollo in 1982. You play a deep sea diver collecting diamonds in a maze while sharks and the Loch Ness Monster hunt you. It was a 2600 exclusive.

It shipped first as Lochjaw. MCA, the parent company of Universal Pictures and holder of the Jaws copyright, threatened legal action, and Apollo renamed later copies Shark Attack. The game is the same; the early title is what collectors pay for.

How it was made

What the press said at the time

Arcade Express		7/10
Computer Entertainer		2/4 2½/4
The Book of Atari Software		C+

“Despite Apollo's occasional tendency to lavish visual flourishes on elements that don't really figure into the game, like the diver's ship riding the ocean at the top of the screen, Shark Attack is certainly one of the company's better looking efforts.”
— Electronic Games, December 1982

“This watery (and expensive) maze game is still all wet. The originality of Shark Attack (or lack of it) is best exemplified by game variation 5, "Gobble."”
— JoyStik, December 1982

“A below-average Pac-Man clone, Shark Attack puts the maze under water and turns the yellow gobbler into a Diver. … Ho-hum graphics, low scoring, and poor joystick response make this game even more annoying.”
— JoyStik, January 1983

Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — stars in most years, diamonds in 1986–87 — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Worth knowing

A 1983 collectible. Electronic Fun's January 1983 collecting column named the original Lochjaw, which had been renamed Shark Attack, among the cartridges collectors should look for.

Before you buy

Check which label you are looking at. The Shark Attack variant is the same game in the same Apollo shell and costs a few dollars; Lochjaw costs many times as much. Because nothing but the printed label separates them, and replacement Lochjaw labels are sold openly, the label is the only evidence. Production labels are die-cut with rounded corners and are not glossy, so reject square-cut corners, a glossy finish or a clear tape layer, and ask for close photos of the label edges and the end label. Buy from sellers who state whether the label is original.