Is Swordquest: Waterworld on Steam?

No. Swordquest: Waterworld 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 Swordquest: Waterworld on?

Swordquest: Waterworld is available on Atari 2600.

When did Swordquest: Waterworld release?

Swordquest: Waterworld was first released on August 1, 1983.

Swordquest: Waterworld

Aug 1, 1983PuzzleAdventureAtari 2600

Swordquest: Waterworld — frequently asked questions

Is Swordquest: Waterworld on Steam?: No. Swordquest: Waterworld 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 Swordquest: Waterworld on?: Swordquest: Waterworld is available on Atari 2600.
When did Swordquest: Waterworld release?: Swordquest: Waterworld was first released on August 1, 1983.

About Swordquest: Waterworld

Swordquest is an unfinished series of video games produced by Atari, Inc. in the 1980s as part of a contest, consisting of three finished games and a planned but never released fourth game. All of the games came with a comic book that explained the plot, as well as containing part of the solution to a major puzzle that had to be solved to win the contest. Waterworld was the third of the four games. its was based on the seven centers of chakra. It was originally released only through the Atari Club.

Summary via IGDB.

Swordquest: Waterworld on Wikipedia

Swordquest is a series of action-adventure video games developed and published by Atari, Inc. in the 1980s for the Atari 2600. It was developed as part of a contest, consisting of three finished games, Earthworld, Fireworld and Waterworld, and a planned fourth game, Airworld.

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

Game details

Platforms: Atari 2600
Developer: Atari
Publisher: Atari
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$172

Complete

$889

Sealed

$2,500

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Atari	Silver	CX2671	Extremely Rare

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

Region: NA
Released: 1983
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1
Authenticity: Low

On Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration since Nov 11, 2022 — the cartridge is now a collectibleLow counterfeit risk

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

The limited-release third Swordquest game, and a hard cartridge to fake.

Swordquest was an Atari contest series of action-adventure games: Earthworld, Fireworld and Waterworld were finished, and a fourth, Airworld, was planned. Waterworld, programmed by Tod Frye, had only a limited release. Titles sometimes appear on labels and boxes with a capital central W, as WaterWorld.

It is on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration if you only want to play it.

How it was made

Programmed by Tod Frye at Atari, Inc. as the third Swordquest game. Wikipedia dates its limited release to February 1984; our library list dates it to October 1983.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 8 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Worth knowing

$10 at KayBee, 1986. In January 1986 The Video Game Update passed on a collector's report "that KayBee Toy Stores has gotten in a pretty fair amount of Atari's WATERWORLD for the 2600 at a price of $10.00."
Contest deadline extended. Atari Age extended the WaterWorld contest: "entries postmarked by April 15, 1984, and received by the judging agency by April 30, 1984".

Before you buy

Low risk. No fakes are documented, and Atari's silver-era labels contain a thin foil layer that AtariAge's administrator describes as really hard to reproduce accurately. Check the label against a scan anyway. The box and manual carry much of a complete copy's value, so check that both are present.