Single player or multiplayer: Single player | Free to play: no
In Still Awakening the Deephorror comes in many forms. Eldritch creatures stalk the Beira D oil rig on thin, very long limbs that snap from their bodies like snapping bungee cords. Human-sized pustules and bloody ribbons grow throughout the corridors, giving off a sickly cosmic glow. The North Sea is a merciless menace, crying under every step. And then there’s the rig itself, a labyrinthine industrial platform supported by delicate tension legs in the middle of a fast ocean, groaning as it crumbles from within.
Gameplay Still Awakening the Deep The Chinese Room is a traditional first-person horror film executed with elegance and expertise. His movement includes jumping from broken platforms, balancing on ledges, running down corridors, climbing ladders, swimming through claustrophobic openings, and hiding from monsters in vents and closets. Beira D has no weapons and the main character only has a screwdriver to help him break open locks and metal panels, focusing on pure survival rather than combat. The game is played in full volume, and its crew members – most of them Scottish – are incredibly charming, which makes the carnage all the more disturbing once the monsters board the rig.
Still Awakening the Deep is an instant horror classic. It’s filled with heart-pounding horror and loud dialogue, all set in a setting rarely explored in interactive media. Between stealth running, swimming, running and climbing, Still Awakening the Deep manages to tell a heartfelt story about relationships and sacrifice. – JC
