Still Wakes the Deep review: Atmosphere is best part of oil rig game

Still Wakes the Deep
The Chinese Room
PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

There is a genre of video games known, in slightly derogatory fashion, as “walking simulators”. The label has its roots in the combat-heavy nature of most video games, where pushing a button to pull a trigger provides the bulk of player engagement. As a reaction to this norm, walking simulators put the guns away and simply ask players to explore a space, perhaps with some light puzzle-solving, but mostly to…