How Deep Is the Dark Water?
Release date: Mar 20, 2025
Developers: Rhett Tsai
Publishers: Allfather Productions
Genres: Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

How Deep Is the Dark Water? (乌水有多深？) is a literary computer game. The player, guided by a fleeing man, slowly wanders through memories and visions constructed by the context of the war and individual experiences. At the same time, the player finds another layer of meaning of war for individuals, cultures and nations by discovering the messages hidden in each scene. From historic dwellings to steam trains carrying displaced people, from bomb shelters filled with fear and violence to burned cultural traditions, from confrontations with the ghosts of refugees under the water to the emotional orgy of social media, what is always present in this game is the back of the fleeing man who represents a helpless individual and an object that cannot be possessed or perceived clearly.  Average Play Experience Time: 1 to 2 hours. Featuring A journey through war and separation. A reflection on and inquiry into the complexities of today's world. A bold style that is blurry, high-contrast, and deeply intense. One of the most important works by Chinese new media artist Rhett Tsai in recent years. 

Press reviews: “[…] the artist Rhett Tsai has created a project that addresses the concept of war not so much as a contrast between good and evil, but as a source of transversal and immensely complex historical emotions.” Neural “I rarely see a Chinese artist in game creation who can embody both the vision of indie games and experimental games […]” Sunset-Sway (落日间) “This work is not only a reflection on war, but also an exploration of human destiny.” Art and Design (艺术与设计)