Still Wakes The Deep Looks Eerily Stunning In New Trailer

Today’s Xbox Partner Preview brought us a good look at Still Wakes The Deep, the new game from The Chinese Room, a studio known for projects like Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture.

Players are placed in the role of an oil rig navigator, which gives off a distinct horror feel. A strange, alien-like tentacled form reaches up from beneath the roiling ocean waters – seemingly the source of the oil rig’s trouble. We hear distant screams as the protagonist traverses the catwalks, beams, and other parts of the rig. After traversing several tunnels, the first-person lead drops through a hatch into the very water that seems to be the source of the strange tendrils.

It is clear that The Chinese Room wants to build tension and create atmosphere in this trailer. They will likely do the same for the full game. There’s clearly some awful threat at play aboard the rig, but its nature and what is happening to the others on board the rig remain a mystery.

Nonetheless, the first-person visuals and tense exploration are looking great, leaving us excited for the game’s launch on Xbox Series X/S (including Game Pass) in early 2024.