Today we have unveiled the dark corners of the Arctic Ocean and announced our debut cosmic horror game - Crathos Deep, during The Indie Horror Showcase 2025!
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In Crathos Deep you play as a submarine pilot turned marine investigator, hired by a news outlet to look into an underwater research institute after an anonymous tip about a covered-up accident. By utilizing various tools, you will piece together narrative clues, solve mysteries, and figure out your next course of action.
Set in the dark, cold depths of the Arctic Ocean, you will descend into a Lovecraftian sci-fi adventure. With a sense of exploration, mystery, and creeping dread, you will uncover the horrible truth behind a lost research institute that operated in an undiscovered region in the Arctic seabed — known only as Crathos Deep.
Behind the Team
We at Hitbox Games are a small 4 man team with extensive AAA/AA industry experience, who have made the leap to pursue game development with full creative freedom. Crathos Deep is very much a passion project for us, heavily inspired by some of our favorite experiences within film, literature and gaming.
Some of the bigger influences for this project are sci-fi horror movie classics such as Alien, games including Outer Wilds, Subnautica, and Soma, as well as the writing of H.P. Lovecraft.
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