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Maneater

Maneater is a 2020 action RPG where you play the bull shark. Tripwire Interactive developed it. Steam’s list price on 10 November 2026 was $39.99, and the Truth Quest add-on was $14.99.

Maneater capsule art from Steam
Image credit: Maneater / Steam.
Maneater gameplay screenshot from the store page
Image credit: Maneater / Steam.

What you buy

Maneater puts the player in control of a bull shark that grows from pup to apex predator. The campaign is an RPG: grow through life stages, bolt evolution parts onto the body, and work through a story told by a reality-TV hunter. Platforms with store pages are Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Nintendo Switch. The $39.99 and $14.99 figures are US list prices from Steam, not a regional sale. Wikipedia’s series note cites 14 million copies across the game’s life. I attribute that sales line to Wikipedia rather than to a Tripwire press release I opened myself.

Maneater 2 is not this page

A sequel was announced in September 2026 for a 2027 release. It is not a patch for the 2020 game, and it is not Shark.io 2. If you searched “shark game 2” and landed on a cinematic trailer, that trailer is Maneater 2. The 2020 game remains the one with a current purchase button. Truth Quest is the story add-on for the original, listed as its own $14.99 DLC, not as the sequel.

Watch a round

Maneater trailer

FAQ

Is Maneater free?

No. Steam lists a paid base game. Hungry Shark and Shark.io are the free ones.

Who is the developer?

Tripwire Interactive, released in 2020.

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