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Wretched Devs LLC · Published by Wretched Devs LLC
Content notice: The nature of this town is quite dark. Players will naturally find quite violent things around and in the lake as they fish. They may also encounter the occasional jump-scare as the game is played.
Overwhelmingly Positive — 97% positive (573 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Play as Sam and fish to your hearts content, sell fish you've caught, collect better gear, and use it to explore the depths of the mysterious lake, but be warned as no one knows what lies at the bottom. Wretched Depths is a PSX-style horror fishing game created by students at the University of Utah.
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Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play, Sports · 2023 · More free games
Dive into Wretched Depths as you guide Sam through the mysterious waters of a haunted lake, collecting better fishing gear while uncovering terrifying secrets.
About this game
Sam, an avid fishing fan, has traveled to the remote Twin Pines to cast into the mysterious Lake Imperium. However as she begins to adjust to her surroundings. Odd and unexplainable events begin to occur left and right in a town where the people seem strange, and the fish even stranger.
Play as Sam and fish to your hearts content, sell the fish you've caught, collect better gear, and use it to explore deeper into the depths of the lake. But, be warned as no one knows what lies at the bottom of Lake Imperium. Do you really want to find out what lurks below...?
Wretched Depths is a PSX-style horror-fishing game created by students in the University of Utah's Entertainment Arts & Engineering capstone class.
Key Features:
Play as Sam and fish to your hearts content, sell the fish you've caught, collect better gear, and use it to explore deeper into the depths of the lake. But, be warned as no one knows what lies at the bottom of Lake Imperium. Do you really want to find out what lurks below...?
Wretched Depths is a PSX-style horror-fishing game created by students in the University of Utah's Entertainment Arts & Engineering capstone class.
Key Features:
- A dynamic fishing system
- A manageable, grid-based inventory
- An environment filled with unique fish
- Strange encounters wherever you look
- A system of equipment upgrades and collectables
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1080
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 600 MB available space
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Wretched Devs Status Update
I know a lot of people by now are wondering what happened to the game and why we haven't continued working on it as promised, and you all deserve an explanation. Despite some speculation I've seen, the answer is unfortunately boring and simple: It turns out getting a group of post-graduation college students to have enough free time to coordinate continuing development was a lot harder than any of us anticipated. Between full time jobs and grad school across numerous time zones, our coordination just fell apart. It pains me to say there may never be any further development on this game. I'm sorry to everyone who was holding out hope for it. Perhaps one day once our lives have settled, a few others and I may return to our old passion project. This game still means a lot to me, and it went above and beyond my expectations in terms of success. If our game brought you even a small amount of joy or fun, then that's enough to make us happy. Thank you to everyone who loved our game and allowed us to make it this far. - One of your Wretched DevsRead full article on Community Announcements (Velociraptoaster)AnnouncementsOfficial
Wretched Depths GDWC Hobby Award Winner
We are excited and proud to announce that Wretched Depths is the recipient of GDWC’s 2023 Summer Season Hobby Award! We would like to thank everyone for supporting our game both while in development and after release! This award means so much to us as many of us are just beginning our careers in the video games industry. What started as our senior year capstone project has grown into something incredible. We plan to take this honor with us into the future as many of us go off to work on existing beloved games and create new titles that bring excitement to our players. I know for me personally, the best honor I receive from creating games is knowing that they can transport people into new worlds and scenarios, bring them a range of emotions, and overall, hopefully, have a positive impact on their lives. Thank you all again for making the experience of creating this game one of the best experiences I've ever had. Check out the GDWC awards video here: https://youtu.be/wQNQlt5PAQc?si=UO1zNZHlqcEzqkVW Happy Fishing! -One of your Wretched DevsRead full article on Community Announcements (Velociraptoaster)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix - 1.0.1
Ver. 1.0.1: Changes: - Sam now automatically equips the gift you can take from a certain NPC Bugfixes: - Fixed an issue where the credits could not be skipped Hi everyone, hope you are enjoying Wretched Depths 1.0. Our team is largely going to be taking a break for a few days before starting any production on 2.0. This is because the majority of us are getting ready for graduation next week. However, we are still going to try to iron out all of the bugs and issues that we have been seeing with the game after the 1.0 release. Likely, there will be more hotfixes to come for any issues that arise in the coming days. Please let us know any that you find in the discussion boards. Happy fishing.Read full article on Community Announcements (SkullRyan)AnnouncementsOfficial
Welcome to Wretched Depths 1.0!
Welcome to Wretched Depths 1.0! As mentioned in our last major update post (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2343240/view/3705942017949640159?) Wretched Depths began as student project for the University of Utah Capstone 2023 class. Our student project is complete, but we have a lot more we would love to give to our community. We are officially releasing 1.0 for our teammates who will not be continuing on the project to allow them to have a finished game within their portfolio, but the rest of the team is very excited to announce the start of work on Wretched Depths 2.0. We plan to include a lot of new content including different endings, new characters, controller support, and general quality of life updates. We also plan to open Beta testing to those who are interested. Keep your eyes peeled for a community Discord announcement coming soon. Changes to expect in 1.0: The 1.0 ending is finally in the game! Added new scenery to the town. Added a new track to the radio Added a new event tied to the fisherman event Added the game credits Added more control clarity to the inventory Bugfixes in 1.0 Fixed a bug where mouse sensitivity was not being updated Fixed a bug where the fishlopedia progress would not save between scenes Fixed a bug where fish could sometimes be stacked in the inventory Thank you all once again for supporting us through the development of this game, and we hope you stick with us as it continues. Happy Fishing! Wretched Devs StudiosRead full article on Community Announcements (Velociraptoaster)AnnouncementsOfficial
THE RELEASE OF 1.0 AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
Hello there fellow fisher-people, Firstly, from the bottom of all of our hearts here on the development team, we want to say thank you all so much for the amazing response you have given us. It has absolutely blown us away that the game has done this well, and we are excited to continue to release more content for you all to explore. However, with that being said this is an update post on the current state of the team. Wretched Depths is a student led game that we have been developing over the last eight months, and it has been an amazing experience. After entering early access, we were surprised and delighted to find a community of people that love the game as much as we do, it really blew us out of the water! We are a small team who have been learning about Unity and game development while creating the game. Therefore, we are so proud of what we have been able to deliver to all of you so far. Unfortunately, because this was created as a student project and graduation is rapidly approaching, we are going to lose some of our team. Fear not though, because Wretched Depths will continue development with the remainder of our team. We are excited to announce that Wretched Depths 1.0 will be released on Steam on April 26th. This will be the final version of the game that we have made for our capstone project, however we are also happy to announce that we will now be working on Wretched Depths 2.0! Because of the scoping of the initial project and the timeline, there were a lot of features and Ideas that had to be cut to make the game releasable within the timeframe of the class. So Wretched Depths 2.0 is our way to bring all of these lost ideas back to life and create the game that we would have made without such a short development cycle. As previously mentioned, the team will be shrinking as some of our members will be moving on to new and better things, but we want to keep bringing content to the community and will try our best to give you all something that you can e...Read full article on Community Announcements (Wretched Devs Studios)
