Subsumed

Subsumed is a short-to-mid-length horror game about cave diving. From a first-person perspective, you crawl through a dark, winding cave to search for three missing divers and find remnants of their descent as you venture further into the unknown.

The cave

The game is linear and slowly paced, with psychological horror focused on sound. Tight spaces and slow, uncomfortable movement leave you vulnerable to anything behind you, while your flashlight reaches only a few feet ahead. Each turn can conceal something you cannot see.

Search and document

You move by manually dragging the cursor to pull yourself forward; there are no traditional movement bindings. Whiteboards are your main navigation tool: mark explored areas and anything else you find, since how you use them is paramount to the outcome of the rescue. Take photographs of anything irregular, and document what remains if a diver cannot be retrieved.

Endings and replay

A first playthrough takes around 30 minutes to an hour. Multiple endings and things to explore offer reasons to replay.