We Need to Go Deeper

We Need To Go Deeper is a cooperative submarine roguelike where surviving the journey depends entirely on how well your crew works together. Set in a Jules Verne-inspired undersea world, you and up to three other players take command of a submarine and descend into The Living Infinite, an ever-changing trench filled with hostile sea life, mysterious civilizations, dangerous caves, and valuable discoveries. Every dive presents a new layout, encouraging your crew to adapt as the expedition unfolds.

Life aboard the submarine is anything but peaceful. Someone needs to pilot, someone needs to repair leaks, someone needs to load torpedoes, and power constantly has to be rerouted between critical systems. Step outside the submarine and you’ll find on-foot expeditions, hidden loot, and new equipment that can help your crew survive the increasingly dangerous depths. Success comes from communication as much as skill, making every run feel like a frantic balancing act between exploration, maintenance, and combat.

What Makes It Different?

• Built around cooperative submarine management for up to four players
• Features procedurally generated underwater expeditions through The Living Infinite
• Requires players to pilot, repair, load torpedoes, and reroute power in real time
• Includes on-foot exploration inside caves and underwater locations
• Features multiple unlockable submarines
• Offers a wide variety of tools and weapons to discover throughout each dive
• Includes randomized biomes, civilizations, enemies, and loot
• Features customizable 19th-century-inspired adventurers with unlockable outfits
• Supports solo play with bots alongside online multiplayer
• Encourages teamwork by giving every crew member an important role during each expedition

Every Crew Member Has a Job

The submarine only functions if everyone pulls their weight. One player may be steering through narrow underwater passages while another patches hull breaches, reloads torpedoes, or redirects power to engines, shields, lights, or weapons depending on the situation.

Because emergencies can happen simultaneously, priorities constantly change. A damaged engine, flooding compartment, or unexpected sea monster can quickly force the entire crew to abandon their current tasks and react together before the expedition comes to an abrupt end.

Explore an Ever-Changing Ocean

No two dives follow exactly the same route. The Living Infinite is procedurally generated, creating new biomes, encounters, civilizations, caves, and treasures every time your crew begins another descent.

Leaving the submarine is often just as important as staying inside it. On-foot expeditions provide opportunities to uncover useful loot and equipment, but they also expose your crew to additional dangers lurking beneath the waves. Deciding when it’s worth leaving the safety of the submarine becomes another important part of surviving the journey.

Unlock New Ways to Dive

As you continue exploring the depths, you’ll unlock additional submarines, discover new tools and weapons, and customize your adventurer with a variety of period-inspired outfits. These unlocks encourage repeated expeditions while giving returning crews new ways to approach future dives.

Combined with randomized worlds and the unpredictable nature of cooperative play, every expedition becomes another opportunity to see how much deeper your crew can reach before the ocean finally wins.

How Long Does a Run Take?

Individual dive sessions in We Need To Go Deeper typically last 30 to 60 minutes, depending on how deep your crew manages to travel and how well everyone works together. A complete playthrough through the game’s core progression averages around 13 hours, although every expedition is designed to stand on its own as a self-contained roguelike run.

Controller Support

We Need To Go Deeper offers partial controller support for Xbox controllers. Support for other controller types has not been officially specified.

Good If You Like…

Players who enjoy No Captain Allowed!, Ship of Fools, Barony, or FTL: Faster Than Light should appreciate We Need To Go Deeper’s cooperative runs, where keeping a fragile vehicle operational, communicating under pressure, and adapting to unpredictable situations are just as important as surviving the dangers ahead.