Song of the Deep

A metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father.

69 12 July 2016

Adventure Puzzle Action

Song of the Deep is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 12 July 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Song of the Deep is

Song of the Deep is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2016. It was published by GameTrust. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Song of the Deep is an action-adventure video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by GameTrust Games. In the game, the player controls Merryn, a young girl who crafts a makeshift submarine to search for her father who went missing while fishing. The game was released in July 2016 on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The retail chain GameStop published the game, under the brand of GameTrust Games, the chain's first foray into such distribution.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Song of the Deep holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 10 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 4 CPUs, >= 2.0 Ghz, 4 GB RAM and 1GB VRAM or higher. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Song of the Deep launched on 12 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Abzu, Starbound and Batman: The Telltale Series. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Inside, Abzu, Starbound, Batman: The Telltale Series.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Song of the Deep — frequently asked questions

When did Song of the Deep come out?

Song of the Deep was released on 12 July 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Song of the Deep?

At minimum, Song of the Deep needs 4 CPUs, >= 2.0 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 1GB VRAM or higher graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Song of the Deep?

The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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