Deep Frost

Deep Frost is a single-player social-deduction horror game set in a failing Antarctic research station. A parasitic intelligence called the Thaw is copying the crew. You investigate what is happening, try to keep the outpost running and decide whom to trust among twelve researchers over up to nine days.

Investigate the crew

Question researchers, inspect station records and compare accounts. Track your sources in the Case File and your own field notebook. A contradiction gives you a lead, but it does not prove that someone is infected.

Make your case

At the round table, you can accuse someone, defend a person you still suspect or keep your theory to yourself. Your public statement and ballot are separate decisions. Researchers can react to what they have witnessed or learned about you.

Keep the station running

Failing systems threaten everyone. Investigate equipment problems and choose how to respond as the crew grows more suspicious. A successful repair can help the station without clearing anyone's name.

Face new loyalties

Each expedition draws twelve researchers from a cast of 48, with new hidden roles, events and relationships. In the full game, later expeditions assign you a hidden role: usually Crew, and sometimes Thaw, secretly working to divert suspicion. Your first expedition always starts you as Crew, as do Daily stations and the demo. Close reading, uncertainty and social choices drive the tension.

Campaign and demo

The demo covers the first three days and ends after Night 3. Day 1 teaches voting with a practice ballot. The full campaign continues into blood testing, later station threats and extraction.