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PS4 (version tested), PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch; Spiral Circus/Fireshine GamesThe debut puzzler from Spiral Circus delves into the mysteries and fears that lurk in the deep
Down in the black-and-white depths, dreadful things seek to eviscerate you. Silt is an underwater adventure in which nightmarish creatures regularly dart from the darkness to deliver sudden death, causing you to approach each new area with fearsome trepidation. The horrors that lurk below are quick and remorseless.
Dominic Clarke and Tom Mead, founders of the development studio Spiral Circus, have declared a love of David Lynch, and it’s easy to see Silt as a kind of subaquatic Eraserhead; a dream-like realm tinged with creeping dread and confusing imagery. Mead’s artwork also evokes Edward Gorey, all spindly limbs and stark pencil lines, and every level causes fear and wonderment in equal measure. His backgrounds are beautiful in their bleakness, and shaded with enduring mystery. Sunken idols and buried machinery hint at a meaning behind the madness; a half-obscured story.
Silt is out 1 June; £15.99.
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