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As an oil-rig electrician trapped in a 1975 North Sea disaster, climb, swim, and evade an unknown horror to reach safety.
Released 18 Jun 2024
Climb a Sinking Rig
Swim Flooded Corridors
Hide from Mutated Crew
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 in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.
Developed by The Chinese Room · Published by Secret Mode
In 1975, electrician Caz is working on an offshore rig near Scotland when disaster strikes and an unknown horror appears. With the rig breaking apart and communication cut off, he must try to survive and find his crewmates.
Move through the rig’s cramped corridors and exposed decks on foot, climbing and swimming through damaged, flooding sections. Along the way, interact with equipment and overcome hazards as the layout changes around you.
Caz has no weapons or special powers: encounters call for hiding, evasion, distractions, and flight. The story follows a guided route, with optional route markers and a Story Mode that reduces the threat.
Players who enjoyed the game often point to the isolated oil-rig setting, tense atmosphere, detailed environments, and expressive sound and voice performances. Some also praise the crew and emotional story. Other reviewers found the experience too short or linear, with limited gameplay, and some reported performance problems or wanted more explanation from the story.
Winner of three BAFTA Games Awards: Best New IP; Performer in a Leading Role; Performer in a Supporting Role
STILL WAKES THE DEEP is a return to the first-person narrative horror genre for The Chinese Room, creator of critically acclaimed games such as Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, and Dear Esther.
You are an offshore oil rig worker, fighting for his life through a vicious storm, perilous surroundings, and the dark, freezing North Sea waters. All lines of communication have been severed. All exits are gone. All that remains is to face the unknowable horror that’s come aboard.
Search for your crew and help them survive if you can. Run, climb, and swim through the flooding corridors and storm-lashed outer decks. Face a terrifying, unrelenting foe. And pray that, one day, you get to see your family again.
The Chinese Room – with its reputation for world-class world-building, audio, writing, and acting – delivers a symphony of action, trepidation, tender emotions, and awe.
An immersive disaster story aboard a stunningly realised North Sea oil rig, starring an authentic cast of Scottish actors. Experience the beauty and ferocity of the sea as it rips apart one of humanity’s strongest structures and its steadfast crew.
No weapons. No powers. Just your wits and determination. Struggle for survival on an unstable oil rig, where one wrong step could be your last.
Something has turned your home into a nightmare, where the familiar becomes threatening, and where a noise in the dark fills you with dread. Resist the urge to turn back. Confront the unknown.
Explore an authentic oil rig in 1970’s Scotland that evolves throughout the story
World-class visuals, audio, and writing from award-winning studio The Chinese Room
Star-studded cast of voice-actors: Alec Newman (BAFTA winning role), Karen Dunbar (BAFTA winning role), Michael Abubakar (BAFTA nominated role) Neve McIntosh (Golden Joystick Award nominated role), and more
Haunting soundtrack by BAFTA winning composer Jason Graves
Updated with new features including Chapter Select, Yellow Markers toggle, and Silver Screen cinematic filter
Optional Story Mode available for players who wish to reduce the threat
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 59 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 77/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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