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Knee Deep

Knee Deep

When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters.

Released Jul 6, 2015 Developer Prologue Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux AdventureMysteryIndieChoices MatterFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

78.0%positive177 reviews
Recommended · 62 found this helpful

“Knee Deep is a highly entertaining and unique adventure game, set on theater stage, whee the acts play out in a typical theater fashion. You can pick from a wide variety of dialog choices and can have large consequences down the line. The voice acting is a great addition and the…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 41 found this helpful

“Knee Deep is an episodic murder mystery game following three protagonists who come together to solve the murders happening in their hometown of Cypress Knee. The setting is set on a stage and it's really surprising the first time when you see the buildings and environment being…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 30 found this helpful

“Knee Deep is a game that starts off very strong. It's fast-paced, the writing is witty and the overarching story is intriguing enough for you to go "so what's really happening here?", but that veneer quickly devolves into absurdity for the sake of absurdity. What was fast-paced…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

43achievements
12.4%median completion
1.8%rarest: Raging Bellet
30.7% of players 25.2% of players 23.1% of players 22.0% of players 21.6% of players 21.6% of players 21.6% of players 20.3% of players 18.4% of players 17.9% of players 15.2% of players 14.4% of players 14.1% of players 14.0% of players 13.9% of players 13.7% of players 13.7% of players 12.5% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 12.4% of players 12.4% of players 12.1% of players 11.8% of players 10.0% of players 9.5% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 30.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
30.7%New Girl — Finish the first three scenes as Romana.
25.2%Hometown News — Finish scenes 4 and 5 as Bellet.
23.1%On the Case — Finish scenes 6 and 7 as Gaddis.
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Raging Bellet — Jack Bellet gave lots of belligerent responses during all three acts of Knee Deep.
1.9%Playing It Safe — Post nothing but cautious reports.
1.9%Extremist — Post nothing but inflammatory reports.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 08, 2020
Return to Cypress Knee!

Knee Deep was just the beginning... In November 2012, a natural gas pipeline explosion triggered a massive sinkhole that swallowed the small north Florida town of Cypress Knee. Only a few survivors kn

Dec 01, 2016
VR support update

As we developed Knee Deep for a broad range of platforms, we took great efforts to smartly design our interfaces to be as modular as possible. With the broad adoption of the Xbox or Xinput controller,

Dec 01, 2016
VR support update

As we developed Knee Deep for a broad range of platforms, we took great efforts to smartly design our interfaces to be as modular as possible. With the broad adoption of the Xbox or Xinput controller,

Nov 08, 2016
Join the cast in Knee Deep VR!

http://i.imgur.com/NjNwTm9.png The shadowy three-act swamp noir adventure Knee Deep invites you to get up close and personal in the virtual reality experience! Today, the game launches on Steam VR (wi

Nov 08, 2016
Join the cast in Knee Deep VR!

http://i.imgur.com/NjNwTm9.png The shadowy three-act swamp noir adventure Knee Deep invites you to get up close and personal in the virtual reality experience! Today, the game launches on Steam VR (wi

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Mystery · Indie · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Third Person · Noir · Dark Humor · Crime · Story Rich · Thriller · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · VR Supported · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements43
Official sitehttp://kneedeepgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: i3 or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/512 MB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC. Keyboard or gamepad required