We need a proper name for titles like this where you have a load of buttons and levers and screens that require careful balancing and management.

Whatever you call it, it rules. Nauticrawl is peak Marine Job Horror. You play as an escaped "worker" stuck inside a strange machine that you stole. Merely getting something to turn on is a complicated affair at first. But eventually screens flicker to life as you begin to get a feel for it. Soon you're slowly crawling along the ocean floor, with nothing but a basic radar image to guide your way. It requires patience and forward thinking.

There's a turret tower and a destroyed nauticrawl nearby. Your cloak might last long enough to reach that nauticrawl, but will you have enough battery to get out of there? Has the poor worker who'd attemped to escape before you left a crumb of the fuel you desperately need?

It's all a gamble, and when you're winning, oh baby!

Reviewed on Jan 27, 2023


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