The scariest part of Subnautica inspires new underwater horror game Dark Mass

It’s called thalassophobia, the fear of deep and large bodies of water. Subnautica has it - it looks pretty, sure, and there are a lot of marvels below the ocean’s surface, but when your sensors start blinking and a Leviathan is closing in, well, that’s about as frightening as games can get. Soma, the occasionally overlooked horror classic from Amnesia’s Frictional has it, too, those awful moments when you’re wandering the sea floor in total darkness. Take that enormous sense of isolation, vulnerability, and smallness, and mix it with the stalker-killer type enemies you get in Alien Isolation and modern Resident Evil, and you get Dark Mass, just announced at the Future Games Show. Continue reading The scariest part of Subnautica inspires new underwater horror game Dark Mass

Mar 21, 2025 - 00:14

The scariest part of Subnautica inspires new underwater horror game Dark Mass

It’s called thalassophobia, the fear of deep and large bodies of water. Subnautica has it - it looks pretty, sure, and there are a lot of marvels below the ocean’s surface, but when your sensors start blinking and a Leviathan is closing in, well, that’s about as frightening as games can get. Soma, the occasionally overlooked horror classic from Amnesia’s Frictional has it, too, those awful moments when you’re wandering the sea floor in total darkness. Take that enormous sense of isolation, vulnerability, and smallness, and mix it with the stalker-killer type enemies you get in Alien Isolation and modern Resident Evil, and you get Dark Mass, just announced at the Future Games Show.

Continue reading The scariest part of Subnautica inspires new underwater horror game Dark Mass