 Kraig Kujawa of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" made it his pick for "Sleeper Hit of the Holidays" and called it "an undersea action game that adeptly combines action, exploration and resource management into one, very cool package" while Glenn Rubenstein commented in "GameSpot", "Like the movie "The Abyss", Treasures sets you in a sprawling area where you never know what will happen next - you could come upon a school of fish, get attacked from behind, then worry that your blood could attract sharks.