DEATH FROM BELOW
DEATH FROM BELOW is a 1-4 player co-op horror game where you and your crew hunt for sunken relics on a steam-powered trawler: navigate cursed waters, operate your ship's steam-driven machinery, and sharpen your harpoon. Beware of the eldritch creatures guarding their treasures beneath the surface.
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Aye, the sea’s been restless as of late. Folk say something stirs beneath the waves, something as old as the tides themselves. Me, I don’t pay such tales much mind, but even so, I’d keep that harpoon close at hand. There’s good money to be made... for crews that make it back.
WORK TOGETHER OR SINK ALONE
This is not a solo voyage. Your ship is a complex system that demands coordination. One crew member manages the boiler pressure, another navigates through the fog, while someone else scans the depths for what lurks in the dark. No single player has the full picture.
MASTER A LIVING, STEAM-POWERED SHIP
Your vessel is not a menu, it’s a machine. Every module inside the ship is physical, interactive, and interdependent: open valves to redirect steam, pull levers to operate the crane, and load ammunition by hand. The ship is your greatest tool… and your greatest liability.
AN UNFORGIVING OCEAN
You’ll cross the seas as a trespasser, never as its master. Navigate treacherous waves, avoid hidden hazards, and manage limited resources as you push further into the unknown. Odds may seem dim, but fortune favors the prepared.
WHAT STIRS BELOW
Something moves beneath the surface. Massive leviathans and the cursed shadows of drowned sailors will test your crew at every turn. These aren’t simple fights against bullet-sponge behemots, each encounter demands strategy and coordination: cripple a creature’s movement, blind its senses, expose its weak points. You’ll have to adapt, or be dragged under.
