Deep Sheol

Deep Sheol is a retro first-person shooter with survival horror elements, developed by a third-party studio and now released on Steam. It is set in a dystopian future controlled by corporations. The player takes the role of Special Agent Seth, who is sent to investigate why a secretive mining base extracting a new biological gas has stopped communicating. On arrival, he finds that the gas has turned the workers and residents of a nearby town into zombies, and the mission becomes one of fighting through them while uncovering the corporation’s conspiracy.

Combat is fast-paced and draws on classic FPS design, presented with a dark industrial aesthetic. Alongside the shooting, the game includes resource management covering ammunition, medical supplies and food, together with a vital stats system for the player character that affects how the game plays. An environmental analysis system highlights important items and mission objectives, and the game features logical and environmental puzzles.

The setting combines Lovecraftian mythology with dark science fiction, and the enemies include Lovecraftian monsters as well as zombies. A dynamic soundtrack responds to events in play. At the time of writing, the game has moved from development to full release and holds a Positive rating on Steam from more than ten user reviews.