$19.99Depth Shark or diver, hunt or be hunted
Stalk divers through dark wrecks as one of seven sharks, or grab treasure and fight back with bought guns in tense underwater PvP.
Is Depth worth it?
Depth is worth it if…
- you want an asymmetric shooter where the two sides genuinely play differently
- you enjoy tense cat-and-mouse combat in dark, cramped spaces
- you like PvP games you can also play offline against bots at your own pace
- you have a group of friends to dive (or hunt) with
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Two very different ways to hunt
One side of every match swims, the other walks. As a shark, speed and senses are your weapons: you circle the divers in the dark, pick your moment, rush in, grab someone and try to get out before the guns turn on you. Each of the seven species plays differently, from the Great White to the legendary Megalodon, and evolutions unlock new abilities mid-match. As a diver, you explore sunken wrecks for treasure, spend it on spearguns, pistols, underwater assault rifles and explosive sea mines, and try to keep your team alive long enough to escort STEVE to safety. The two sides feel nothing alike, and both are fun.
The dread of the deep
This game is built on one feeling: something is out there in the dark and you cannot see it. Dynamic lighting and shadows turn every wreck and murky corridor into a place where a shape might be waiting. The tension is real on both sides of the fight. As a diver, you hold a dark room and wait, knowing the sharks are circling somewhere outside. As a shark, you are the thing in the dark, stalking prey across the whole map. The atmosphere is one of the game's strongest points, and it holds up even after ten years.
Can you play it without other people?
Can you play it solo?
Yes. Every mode and map works against AI bots, with several difficulty settings, and the bot AI is well made on both sides. If you like turning a PvP shooter into a singleplayer experience, this is a genuinely good way to play it. The catch is that bots lack the tension of human opponents, so most people treat them as practice or a fallback.
How does online play work these days?
Matches happen, but full lobbies mostly form at peak times, and the player base is small after ten years. The community that remains is friendly and forgiving to new players. Bringing friends is the most reliable way to get a good game, and playing shark solo against veteran divers can be rough.
Is the shark side hard to learn?
It has a steeper learning curve than the diver side. Divers play like a familiar shooter, just underwater and in three dimensions, while each shark species has its own style and some suit certain maps better than others. Try a few species before settling, and expect to lose while you learn the timing of an attack.
What actually happens in a match?
In the standard mode, divers collect gold from treasure, buy better weapons between respawns and escort STEVE, while sharks spend earned points on evolutions to hunt them. Divers win by getting STEVE to safety or running out the shark tickets; sharks win by stopping them. Matches move quickly in short, frantic bursts.
