You are lost at the bottom of an unknown oceanic planet, surrounded by dark water, hostile creatures and resources that must be recovered if you hope to ascend back to freedom. From the start of the game, you move in a diving suit through an underwater maze where every turn can bring you closer to a useful material or an unforeseen danger. You explore, you fish to improve your chances of survival, you pick up what can be used to progress, then you decide whether it is better to continue your descent or return to a less risky area. The tension comes mainly from oxygen, which forces you to constantly monitor the time spent under pressure, while darkness makes some areas even more threatening. When a monster appears, advancing at random is not enough, you must keep your cool and react quickly to avoid losing all the advantage you have accumulated. As you explore, you learn to read the environment, to recognize promising passages and to avoid those that look like traps. Some sequences push you to speed up to flee a threat, others force you to slow down to spot an essential resource in the scenery. You can also rely on a lamp to light the depths, a simple but decisive detail when visibility falls and the slightest suspicious movement becomes worrying. The objective always remains clear: survive long enough, collect what is necessary and find a way to escape this hostile aquatic immensity. Between risk management, collecting, fishing, exploration and dangerous encounters, each dive tells a different progression, with its detours, its frights and its last-second choices. It is up to you! Enjoy!
Use the WASD keys to move, the spacebar to dive or surface, Shift to accelerate swim speed, F to toggle flashlight, Q to fire stun gun and the mouse to rotate camera.
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