North Sea Nightmare: Still Wakes the Deep

9 March 2024

A relentless storm rages across the North Sea, mirroring the gnawing unease settling within your gut. "Still Wakes the Deep," a new narrative horror experience from The Chinese Room (creators of Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture), plunges you into a terrifying tale of isolation, encroaching madness, and the chilling realization that the greatest threats sometimes come from within.

As a lone oil rig worker, you've grown accustomed to the harsh environment and the relentless rhythm of the sea. But this storm is different. It rages with a fury that seems almost... unnatural. Communication with the mainland is severed, escape routes vanish as inexplicably as they appeared, and a feeling of disorienting wrongness begins to permeate the cramped corridors of the rig.

The Chinese Room are masters of atmospheric storytelling and psychological unease:

Nowhere to Run: The claustrophobic setting of an oil rig trapped in a raging storm amplifies the sense of isolation and helplessness. Can you find safety even within the metal confines of the rig, or is your mind itself becoming a prison?
More Than Just a Storm: Expect the chilling and the uncanny. Vanishing corridors, unsettling whispers carried on the wind, and the constant, gnawing feeling that something lurks just outside your vision. Are you truly alone?
The Mind is a Dangerous Battlefield: The Chinese Room's previous works explored themes of grief, loss, and the unreliability of memory. "Still Wakes the Deep" promises to be no different. How much of the terror is real, and how much is a manifestation of your own fracturing psyche?
Beautifully Terrifying: The Chinese Room creates hauntingly beautiful settings, even amidst despair. Expect a chilling atmosphere steeped in the stark beauty of an unforgiving ocean and the eerie emptiness of an industrial landscape.
"Still Wakes the Deep" invites you to confront the monsters that dwell within the darkest depths – both the ones lurking beneath the waves and the ones that reside within the human heart. Prepare for an unsettling journey into the unknown, where the lines between the natural and the supernatural blur, and survival depends on more than just escaping the storm.

Developer: The Chinese Room
Platforms: PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PC
Release Date: TBC 2024