Still Wakes the Deep

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality.

Still Wakes the Deep is a psychological horror, story rich and horror game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Secret Mode.
Released on June 18th 2024 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 5,172 reviews of which 4,642 were positive and 530 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 22.74€ on Steam and has a 35% discount.

The Steam community has classified Still Wakes the Deep into these genres:

Psychological Horror Story Rich Horror Lovecraftian Atmospheric Action First-Person Walking Simulator Sci-fi Gore Narrative Singleplayer Dark Fantasy Dark Stealth Thriller Survival Horror Survival

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64 bit required) with DirectX 12
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2050 / AMD RX 6000 / Intel® Arc™ A550 Graphics Card
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 9 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD recommended

Reviews

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Aug. 2024

Short horror game. Absolutely loved it. Story, environment, characters and voice acting, all done very well. Not too long which I appreciate due to real life commitments, so it's nice to play a story game that doesn't require hours upon hours to complete. Definitely recommend :)

July 2024

Still Wakes the Deep is a great entry into the horror genre, more specifically centered around themes such as body horror, Lovecraftian elements, claustrophobia and thalassophobia. You play a character down on his luck working on an oil rig off the coast of Scotland, before the rigs drill hits an unknown entity that sets off a chain of horrific events that results in both the crew mutating, as well as the oil rig itself distorting. While being set in an environment as industrial and bleak as an oil rig, some of the cosmic horror elements in the form of the entity itself bring a slew of strangely visually pleasing aesthetics to the game, despite being hostile and quite frankly disgusting. The story elements are well done, as is the voice acting; it’s fairly uncommon to hear British and Scottish voice actors in a game, but in a strange way it adds a level of authenticity to the games storyline in my opinion. The main character is likeable and the writing is very authentic to the Scottish. You’ll hear a lot of swearing and banter between the crew, and a lot of colloquialism that I personally really enjoy in a game. The horror elements are great, the body horror specifically is quite magnificently gross, yet you can’t help but take a look and really examine the brutal transformations that the entity causes on board. I found myself going out of my way to find most of the dead (or not dead) crew members to see their fates. Most of these dead crew members are essentially either set pieces or hazards, but there are a few notable enemies that force stealth sections. I didn’t mind them too much but some areas did get frustrating, as the enemies movements are actually very hard to predict as they moved around the areas like giant legged spiders almost. In terms of the gameplay, we’re really looking at loop that incorporates walking simulator elements, light parkour and a few stealth sections between, with some very minor puzzle elements of remedial tasks like turning switches off or moving carts out of the way of your path. At its core, it’s a pretty basic game and mostly an enjoyable horror experience, but due to this I can’t really imagine doing multiple playthroughs. Despite that, I would 100% recommend this game but only perhaps during a sale and not for full price – it’s a short experience but a good one nonetheless. Pros Excellent voice acting Original concept and setting Great visuals and weather effects Cons Not much replayability A little on the short side

June 2024

The only unrealistic part is that your flathead screwdriver doesn't slip out of screws. Otherwise 10/10

June 2024

I've seen at least a few reviews calling this game another walking simulator, a term which these days seems to just get thrown around at any game where you don't get to shoot or stab anything. To be clear, this is not a game like Dear Esther or Everyone's Gone to the Rapture, where you have little to no input beyond walking around listening to things; it has more in common with Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. Both in the sense that it does have a fair amount of stealth encounters, simple puzzles, and other horror fixtures, and that they're only ever complex enough to give you a few scares (more than Amnesia: AMFP did) and otherwise something to do along the way. If I had to lodge a complaint, it's that most of the actual encounters with enemies in the game play out pretty much the same way, with the same couple of mechanics. This game relies a lot on mechanics and encounters that are practically horror classics by now, and while they wouldn't be classics if they weren't effective, it's easy to draw parallels to games like Soma (an obvious, if extremely unfair comparison), where nearly every enemy had its own unique traits and strategies. They work great from an atmospheric and storytelling perspective, and they succeed for the purpose that they're there for, but there are just too many hiding places and too many throwable distractions for it to challenge any horror veteran, if that's all you're looking for here. I would still say that, like their previous games, this is a game that you should play for the story more than the expectation of a challenge. In that regard, like the rest of their games, the writing is as good as ever. It's more grounded and less poetic than usual, but it makes up for what has become a fairly common premise these days with great dialogue and chemistry between the cast. The voice acting sells it all extremely well, and it doesn't take long at all for you to start feeling a genuine investment in the well being of the characters -- which is good, because like most of TCR's work the game doesn't exactly overstay its welcome. The length is often a point of contention with these games, but to me I thought they did a good job of hitting the sweet spot of being short enough that it's technically feasible to do so in a single evening, but long enough that doing so is a challenge of endurance, leaving you pushing forward alongside the protagonist to see what happens next. In my eyes this is less a game that can be played in one sitting and more a game that drives you to play it in one sitting, and while I get that people like to feel like they get their money's worth from a game I think a lot of people underrate that distinction. I realized after finishing the game that it's also available on pc gamepass, and for people who are on the fence that's a more cost effective way of trying it out. Personally, though, I don't mind having paid $31 for the experience I got here.

June 2024

I did enjoy the game. It looks nice, has some good moments and the characters feel real/relatable. I cannot however recommend this game at full price as it only took me 4 hours to complete, and that was with watching the cutscenes, getting lost, exploring and dying a bunch. edit: The voice acting in this game is phenomenal btw, I should have included that originally. Definitely carries the game in a lot of aspects. If you want to 100% the achievements it'll probably be more worth it. I will recommend this game as it's a generally good game, but wait for a sale if you're strapped for cash. edit: Any game time after 4 hours is speedrunning/creating the speedrunning timer which requires the game to be open, and does not reflect casual play.

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