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Play Overview
Submerged Hidden Depths (2020) is an adventure game where you sail, climb and explore the ruins of a sunken world. With light puzzle-solving and no combat, you discover a drowned city, crumbling skyscrapers and deserted villages. It's the sequel to the first Submerged game and takes us back to explore the world and quench the anguished, angry presence lurking beneath the waves.
Play focuses on exploration and unlocking the world by freeing it of the dark black plants. You play both Miku and Taku who arrive in the world and work to undo the curse by finding and restoring seeds to their proper place.
Unlike many other adventure games, this is an experience devoid of violence and combat. As you solve the different seed-based puzzles you can head out by boat across tranquil waters and storm-driven oceans. The islands are rich with areas to explore, climb and interact with as you collect mysterious relics of a distant past and scour the buildings for the seeds of its salvation.
The result is a Zelda-like adventure but without the combat. As you explore and discover the world and its collectibles there's a beautiful journey to go on.
Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Submerged Hidden Depths 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
Play focuses on exploration and unlocking the world by freeing it of the dark black plants. You play both Miku and Taku who arrive in the world and work to undo the curse by finding and restoring seeds to their proper place.
Unlike many other adventure games, this is an experience devoid of violence and combat. As you solve the different seed-based puzzles you can head out by boat across tranquil waters and storm-driven oceans. The islands are rich with areas to explore, climb and interact with as you collect mysterious relics of a distant past and scour the buildings for the seeds of its salvation.
The result is a Zelda-like adventure but without the combat. As you explore and discover the world and its collectibles there's a beautiful journey to go on.
Our examiner, Jo Robertson, first checked Submerged Hidden Depths 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Thom Robertson and updated 6 weeks ago.
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Play Style
Duration
Play Time: This game will take between 5 hours and 7 hours to complete. To find everything can take a lot longer.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
- Be supported to remember and visualise
- Play games with visual impairment
- Play your first platform game
- Muck about on the water
- Try out family games at MCM Comic Con
- Play games made in Australia
This game has helped players develop their Relationships as part of the following pathways:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Rated for younger players in the US. Rated ESRB EVERYONE for Alcohol Reference. This is a third-person exploration game in which players control a pair of siblings as they navigate partially submerged ruins. Players can traverse a variety of structures while searching for collectibles and diaries.
Along with the large skyscraper-sized faceless demonic-looking creature, there's a moment where the girl collapses unexpectedly. Also, the girl has a plant growing up her arm. For very young players these things are a useful extra consideration.
Skill Level
7+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. For younger players with the patience and inquisitiveness to explore and discover the world, this is a great fit. There's no jumping as the game does this for you. You do need to use the map and compass to carefully find all the items, and have the desire to complete your collections. You can co-play with a parent and a very young child where you hand the child the controller to use the telescope and find items in the world for you both to collect.
Our Game Pathways reveal how 48-year-olds play this game:
- 48-year-old: The Lapping Rhythm Of Exploration
Costs
Submerged Hidden Depths usually costs £24.99.
There are no additional in-game purchases, loot boxes, adverts or subscription costs.
The game builds on the previous title from the developer, Submerged (iOS, Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, PC). It offers a similar style experience and sets up the story of the second game.
Submerged Hidden Depths
 | Xbox X|S | £24.99 | – | – |
| Xbox One | £24.99 | – | – |
| PC | £24.99 | – | – |
 SALE | PC | £24.99 | £2.49 until 31/03/2025 | – |
 | PS5 | £24.99 | – | – |
| PS4 | £24.99 | – | – |
The game builds on the previous title from the developer, Submerged (iOS, Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, PC). It offers a similar style experience and sets up the story of the second game.
Game Details
Release Date: 04/12/2020, updated in 2022
Price: 90% Off
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Platform, Traversal (Adventure, Collecting, Narrative and Puzzle)
Accessibility: 44 features
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon, Day and Night and Open World
Developer: Uppercut Games (@UppercutGames)
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