Embodiments provide a MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) pressure sensor comprising a semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a stress decoupling structure adapted to stress decouple a first portion of the semiconductor substrate from a second portion of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first portion of the semiconductor substrate comprises a first buried empty space, wherein the second portion of the semiconductor substrate comprises a second buried empty space, and wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a pressure channel fluidically connecting the first buried empty space and the second buried empty space.