Still Wakes the Deep

In 1975, disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. As an offshore oil rig worker, you must navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror that defies logic and reality. Amidst a vicious storm, perilous surroundings, and the dark, freezing waters of the North Sea, you must fight for survival. With all lines of communication severed and all exits gone, your only option is to confront the unknowable terror that has boarded the rig. This game contains themes & conversations around accountability, friendship, sacrifice, grief, and missing home. This game also contains many quick-time events.

• Release date: 6-17-2024
• Developer: The Chinese Room
• Publisher: Secret Mode
• Platforms: PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S

Triggers for this game

Crime

• Explosions & Bombs

  • Can't be avoided

• Fights

  • Can't be avoided

Death & Loss

• Death of Friend

  Multiple

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  Caz encounters multiple dead bodies, nearly all of them are people he knows. Sometimes he also witnesses the deaths of his friends & colleagues. Additionally, Caz speaks over the phone with a friend as they're dying, to keep them company. He also speaks to another friend dying in person.

  • Can't be avoided

• Drowning

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  It is possible to drown, and you witness others who have as dead bodies.

  • Can't be avoided

• Family Estrangement

  Caz

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  Prior to arriving on the rig, Caz fought with his wife over an action (see entry on assault) and his decision to then run off to the rig instead of dealing with it head on. The game opens with Caz reading a letter from Suze stating that she wants a divorce if he doesn't handle the situation.

  • Can't be avoided

• Suicide

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  Multiple individuals engage in self-sacrificing activities trying to help or protect each other.

  • Can't be avoided

Disturbing Sounds & Sound Design

• Clicking Sounds

  • Can't be avoided

• Distorted Voices

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Eerie Noises

  Metal creaking, phone ringing

  • Can't be avoided

• Screams

  • Can't be avoided

• Sirens & Alarms

  • Can't be avoided

• Wet Sounds

  • Can't be avoided

Drugs & Alcohol

• Tobacco & Smoking

  At beginning of game

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  In the start of the game it's common to see a character smoking a cigarette. Once the story kicks off however you don't see it at all.

  • Can't be avoided

Financial & Resource Management

• Misc. Financial & Resource Management

  Being fired

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  Caz is fired at the beginning of the game, just before the explosion that initially damages the rig.

  • Can't be avoided

Gore

• Blood

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  Players can encounter human corpses, occasionally mutilated and/or bloody. Mutated creatures are sometimes depicted with exposed viscera and bone; some environments contain bloody, fleshy walls.

  • Can't be avoided

• Body Horror

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  Decaying bodies. The creatures are still human but a lot more of some animal-like creature. They are sometimes depicted with exposed viscera and bone.

  • Can't be avoided

• Guts

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• Misc. Gore

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• Viscera

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  Mutated creatures are sometimes depicted with exposed viscera and bone.

  • Can't be avoided

Hate & Discrimination

• Hateful Imagery

  In the beginning of the game

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  If you enter Addair's room, you'll see & comment on a far-right conservative poster exhibiting xenophobia and other hate-fueled, isolationist comments.

  • Is avoidable

Horror Themes

• Chase & Pursuit

  • Can't be avoided

• Infection Horror

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  It seems to be that those who come into direct contact with something from the main creature are also turned into creatures.

  • Can't be avoided

• Jump Scares

  • Can't be avoided

• Monsters

  Creatures

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  These creatures are covered in very long, human-skin covered tentacles that can reach incredibly far. This can appear spider-like, especially if you're being chased.

  • Can't be avoided

• Psychological Horror

  • Can't be avoided

Law Enforcement

• Prison & Incarceration

  Multiple discussions of the police, the law, and possible imprisonment early on in the game.

  • Can't be avoided

Mental Health

• Grief

  • Can't be avoided

• Hallucinations

  Visual & audio

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  Hallucinations occur regularly, whether visually or in audio form. When visual, hallucinations include photos of your family or flashbacks of conversations. Occasionally, hallucinations while being chased by creatures will also change the cursor from a flashlight beam to an eyeball. When audio only, these consist mainly of Suze's (your wife) voice. There is also a major playable hallucination at the end of the game.

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Mental Health

  Unreality

  • Can't be avoided

Natural Events

• Storms

  • Can't be avoided

Non-Sexual Abuse & Violence

• Altercations

  • Can't be avoided

• Assault

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  Caz committed an assault on the mainland prior to the game's start, beating up someone hitting on his wife. This plays a major role in the early aspects of the game.

  • Can't be avoided

• Harassment

  At beginning of the game

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  Multiple individuals harass Caz about having assaulted someone on the mainland prior to the game start.

  • Can't be avoided

• Stalking

  • Can't be avoided

Phobias

• Acrophobia

  Heavy on Basophobia (fear of falling)

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  Multiple areas of the game feature you having to balance on small beams and possibly falling, complete with animation. Vertigo can push you off of thin beams, ledges, etc. As the first incident happens in a cut scene, you witness a friend fall off a high point on the rig. You fall off after him as well.

  • Can't be avoided

• Agliophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Agoraphobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Claustrophobia

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  There are many enclosed areas you must travel in and around, including hiding in vent systems and lockers.

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• Hemophobia

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  Players can encounter human corpses, occasionally mutilated and/or bloody. Mutated creatures are sometimes depicted with exposed viscera and bone; some environments contain bloody, fleshy walls.

  • Can't be avoided

• Megalophobia

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  Creature(s) can be sizable, especially the main one.

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Phobias

  Autophobia (fear of being alone, isolation), Bathmophobia (fear of stairs or steep slopes), Bathophobia (fear of depth), Climacophobia (fear of climbing), Electrophobia (fear of electricity), Gymnophobia (fear of nudity), Homichlophobia (fear of fog), Illyngophobia (fear of vertigo), Ombrophobia (fear of rain), Pyrophobia (fear of fire), Selaphobia (fear of light flashes), Thanatophobia (fear of dying), Tonitrophobia (fear of thunder)

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  Climacophobia (fear of climbing) - Climbing is a main game mechanic. Electrophobia (fear of electricity) - Caz is an electrical engineer. Several times throughout the game, he has to accomplish tasks involving maneuvering near or disabling sparking downed power cables. Gymnophobia (fear of nudity) - If you enter the showers at the beginning of the game, you will see a showering man's naked backside. Illyngophobia (fear of vertigo) - Vertigo can push you off of thin beams, ledges, etc. Pyrophobia (fear of fire) - Multiple parts of the rig catch on fire throughout the game. You're able to put out some small fires with nearby extinguishers (and will have to in order to get passed where the fire is at). Most, though, you are unable to address and are there as decor. Thanatophobia (fear of dying) - It is possible for Caz (your character) to die multiple times if failing attempts to make jumps, swim quickly, escape creatures, etc. Tonitrophobia (fear of thunder) & Ombrophobia (fear of rain) & Homichlophobia (fear of fog) - A major storm occurs during the game.

  • Can't be avoided

• Necrophobia

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  Players encounter human corpses. Occasionally, these are mutilated, bloated, bloody, etc. While not visual, Caz also speaks on the phone with a friend to keep them company as they die.

  • Can't be avoided

• Nyctophobia

  • Can't be avoided

• Ommetaphobia

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  Occasionally, hallucinations while being chased by creatures will also change the cursor from a flashlight beam to an eyeball. Some creatures & dead bodies have eye damage, missing or misshapen eye sockets, etc.

  • Can't be avoided

• Thalassophobia

  Cymophobia (fear of waves)

  • Can't be avoided

• Traumatophobia

  • Can't be avoided

Physical Health & Body Issues

• Misc. Physical Health & Body Issues

  Diabetes, access to life-saving/sustaining medications

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  Roy has diabetes, and access to his insulin plays a large part in this story.

  • Can't be avoided

• Pain & Physical Suffering

  Vertigo, bodily impact, passing out / losing consciousness

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  Vertigo can push you off of thin beams, ledges, etc. Caz takes a lot of bodily impact throughout the game, including surviving very long falls. He loses consciousness a few times.

  • Can't be avoided

Politics

• Far Right

  In the beginning of the game

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  If you enter Addair's room, you'll see & comment on a far-right conservative poster exhibiting xenophobia and other hate-fueled, isolationist comments.

  • Is avoidable

Religion & Sects

• Religion

  Very rare mentions of Christianity and church

  • Can't be avoided

Sex & Erotica (Consensual)

• Nudity

  At beginning of game

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  If you enter the showers at the beginning of the game, you will see a showering man's naked backside.

  • Is avoidable

• Sexual Commentary

  Flirtation in flashbacks

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  During one hallucination / flashback Caz has, he remembers a flirty conversation between him and his wife Suze. No innuendo,

  • Can't be avoided

Traumatic Events

• Accidents

  Explosions

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  Helicopter crash

  • Can't be avoided

• Mass Casualty Event

  • Can't be avoided

• Misc. Traumatic Events

• Structure Fire

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  Multiple parts of the rig catch on fire throughout the game. You're able to put out some small fires with nearby extinguishers (and will have to in order to get passed where the fire is at). Most, though, you are unable to address and are there as decor.

  • Can't be avoided

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