{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bf483cea280631c803ad0d0b","clusterId":"c_8eae7bd462917d2497ae7566","slug":"static-dread-the-submarine-launches-on-steam","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Static Dread: The Submarine Launches on Steam","summary":"Polden Publishing and solarsuit.games released the psychological horror game Static Dread: The Submarine on Steam on August 15, 2026. Players command a submarine trapped in the deep North Atlantic, making cruel decisions about crew assignments while facing Lovecraftian horrors. The game costs 1,600 yen with a 20 percent launch discount for 14 days.","whyItMatters":"The release expands the Static Dread series with a new submarine setting, following the publisher's recent titles like Static Dread: The Lighthouse.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe submarine is the new stage for the Static Dread horror series. solarsuit.games and Polden Publishing released Static Dread: The Submarine on Steam on August 15, 2026, priced at 1,600 yen with a 20 percent launch discount for the first 14 days.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlayers take the role of a commander on a submarine trapped in the deep North Atlantic. The crew is at its limit from fear and fatigue, and every order carries a cost. Assign crew members to dangerous tasks based on their skills and remaining stamina, or take the mission yourself. The choices shift who survives and change the bonds and loyalty among the crew.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepairs require sending drones into the dark water outside the hull, where things drift that should not exist. The sonar is the only way to read what is around the vessel. The game supports Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Static Dread: The Submarine puts the player in command of crew assignments, making the horror a management problem. The Lovecraftian threat is less the enemy than the pressure to use people as expendable resources.","twitterPost":"Static Dread: The Submarine turns horror into a resource-management problem: who you assign where decides who breaks first.","threadsPost":"Static Dread: The Submarine asks the player to be a commander, not a survivor. The horror is the management: every crew assignment is a choice about who gets exposed to the deep. The Lovecraftian dread is the cost of command.","newsletterBlurb":"Polden Publishing and solarsuit.games released Static Dread: The Submarine on Steam. The psychological horror game puts you in command of a submarine trapped in the deep North Atlantic, where every decision about crew assignments carries a cost. It is priced at 1,600 yen with a 20 percent launch discount for 14 days.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2608152b\",\"title\":\"深海×密閉空間×ラヴクラフト的ホラー『スタティック・ドレッド：潜水艦』Steamでリリース。潜水艦の指揮官となり、乗組員を狂気から守る\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5469,"outputTokens":645,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786736993,"createdAt":"2026-08-14T19:31:48.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-14T19:36:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T19:31:48.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8eae7bd462917d2497ae7566","canonicalTitle":"深海×密閉空間×ラヴクラフト的ホラー『スタティック・ドレッド：潜水艦』Steamでリリース。潜水艦の指揮官となり、乗組員を狂気から守る","representativeArticleId":"a_d5f7551ffa147b5032a5eceb","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Static Dread: The Submarine\"],\"studios\":[\"Polden Publishing\",\"solarsuit.games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-14T15:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-14T15:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-14T19:36:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2608152b","title":"深海×密閉空間×ラヴクラフト的ホラー『スタティック・ドレッド：潜水艦』Steamでリリース。潜水艦の指揮官となり、乗組員を狂気から守る"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Static Dread: The Submarine"],"studios":["Polden Publishing","solarsuit.games"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}