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Still Wakes the Deep

The Chinese Room · Secret Mode · 2024-06-18

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 18, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jun 18, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

103
playing now
88%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
6.2h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

103 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Still Wakes the Deep is a 2024 psychological horror video game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Secret Mode. The story follows an electrician named Cameron "Caz" McLeary, who is trapped on a damaged oil drilling platform in the North Sea in the 1970s, having no way to escape while being pursued by mysterious monsters under harsh weather conditions. Played from a first-person perspective, the game does not feature any combat system, and players must rely on stealth and solving simple puzzles to survive. As the player continues the story, the oil rig will gradually evolve and change, though the game itself is largely linear.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 103 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~395/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 255k–575k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,770 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$7.49-79%
Steam$7.63-77%
Gamesplanet$8.47-76%
GamersGate$8.75-75%
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.22 at GameBillet (2026-02-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 126 of 172 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20242026Week of 2024-06-01: 1,381 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 921 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

133142026-08-07 00:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 45 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 67 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 52 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 47 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 46 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 38 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 60 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 52 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 83 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 105 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 69 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 133 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 103 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$5.222024-05-072026-08-262024-05-07 — best price $29.072024-06-13 — best price $31.492024-07-02 — best price $33.242024-08-02 — best price $34.992024-09-26 — best price $26.222024-10-22 — best price $22.642024-11-04 — best price $34.992024-11-29 — best price $20.852024-12-20 — best price $22.742025-01-01 — best price $20.382025-01-24 — best price $30.792025-02-07 — best price $20.992025-02-28 — best price $22.742025-03-28 — best price $17.502025-04-20 — best price $15.402025-05-03 — best price $16.262025-05-28 — best price $17.502025-06-12 — best price $13.992025-06-24 — best price $13.492025-07-21 — best price $25.202025-08-15 — best price $10.252025-09-04 — best price $34.992025-10-06 — best price $11.722025-10-30 — best price $12.242025-11-23 — best price $8.332025-12-05 — best price $5.242026-01-17 — best price $7.592026-02-09 — best price $8.742026-03-10 — best price $8.752026-04-07 — best price $7.422026-04-30 — best price $34.992026-05-28 — best price $34.992026-06-20 — best price $32.482026-07-16 — best price $8.742026-08-09 — best price $5.242026-08-25 — best price $7.492026-08-26 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.9k3312026-05-14 — 4,938 pageviews2026-05-17 — 1,039 pageviews2026-05-20 — 878 pageviews2026-05-23 — 532 pageviews2026-05-26 — 662 pageviews2026-05-29 — 603 pageviews2026-06-01 — 521 pageviews2026-06-04 — 539 pageviews2026-06-07 — 576 pageviews2026-06-10 — 585 pageviews2026-06-13 — 531 pageviews2026-06-16 — 448 pageviews2026-06-19 — 370 pageviews2026-06-22 — 432 pageviews2026-06-25 — 449 pageviews2026-06-28 — 598 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,035 pageviews2026-07-04 — 466 pageviews2026-07-07 — 415 pageviews2026-07-10 — 409 pageviews2026-07-13 — 437 pageviews2026-07-16 — 543 pageviews2026-07-19 — 517 pageviews2026-07-22 — 450 pageviews2026-07-25 — 425 pageviews2026-07-28 — 446 pageviews2026-07-31 — 443 pageviews2026-08-03 — 566 pageviews2026-08-06 — 404 pageviews2026-08-09 — 481 pageviews2026-08-12 — 335 pageviews2026-08-15 — 373 pageviews2026-08-18 — 331 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11702026-08-26 19:15 — 75 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 69 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
90.5%
earned "All Beans and Forgiveness"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudHDR available2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)20,4432%59
PS5 (PlayStation)12,1547%60
Steam (Steam)4,8275%59

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DarkGoreActionHorrorSci-fiStealthNarrativeStory RichAtmosphericDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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