Review of Still Wakes the Deep: The atmospheric experience is the highlight of this oil rig game

Awaken the Abyss
Chinese Room
PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

There's a genre of video game that's somewhat pejoratively referred to as “walking simulator.” This moniker comes from the fact that most video games are combat-heavy, where pressing buttons and pulling triggers is the bulk of the player's engagement. As a reaction to this norm, walking simulators put away the guns and ask players to explore space, sometimes with light puzzle solving, but mostly…