No. Hydra 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 Hydra on?

Hydra is available on Atari Lynx.

When did Hydra release?

Hydra was first released on December 31, 1992.

Hydra

Dec 31, 1992ShooterRacingAtari Lynx

Hydra — frequently asked questions

Is Hydra on Steam?: No. Hydra 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 Hydra on?: Hydra is available on Atari Lynx.
When did Hydra release?: Hydra was first released on December 31, 1992.

About Hydra

In your super-advanced speedboat, you must deliver top-secret military equipment to various parts of the world. Fame and riches await you -- but so do pitfalls and danger!

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Developer: NuFX
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Game modes: Single player

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari Lynx · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-07

Loose

$16

Complete

$21

Sealed

$25

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1992
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

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Atari's speedboat combat racer, and a good showcase for the hardware's scaling.

NuFX developed the 1992 conversion. The premise is better than the genre suggests: enemy thieves are stealing artifacts that each hide a piece of a secret weapon, so the government issues you an experimental speedboat and you run the rivers delivering contraband. The Lynx’s hardware sprite scaling does real work selling the speed and the closing obstacles.

The cartridge carries a licensing detail worth knowing: Hydra was an Atari GAMES coin-op licensed to Atari Corporation through Tengen. The two Ataris had been separate companies since 1984, and a good share of the Lynx’s arcade library is licensed-in rather than owned — which is a large part of why so little of it can be reissued today.