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Still Wakes the Deep
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[H1] Drowning in silence and panic [/h1] This game gave me that same kind of feeling I had while playing SOMA and Observation. Not exactly the same in terms of story, but close enough in terms of atmosphere and the way it messes with your head. First of all, this is a…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“The story is okay, but I expected something much more complex from the creators of A Machine for Pigs. It felt a bit too superficial on the narrative side, and the soundtrack was nothing special either. Also, it’s not particularly scary. The atmosphere is well crafted, it’s…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Still wakes the deep takes a deep dive (bc its on an oil rig, get it..) into lovecraftian Horror, portraying the fleshy unknown something taking over the rig in the most dreamlike yet unnerving way. Which is also one of the best aspects about this game, the atmosphere is dense,…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Horror · Lovecraftian · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Action · Walking Simulator · Singleplayer · First-Person · Sci-fi · Narrative · Gore (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · Steam Cloud · HDR available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 59 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://stillwakesthedeep.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64 bit required) with DirectX 12 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2050 / AMD RX 6000 / Intel® Arc™ A550 Graphics Card DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 9 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD recommended