Deepdive
Dive for treasure and surface before your air runs out.👆
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Play to set a score, then submit it to the board.
About Deepdive
Deepdive is a push-your-luck game with a single cruel resource: air. You descend a vertical shaft grabbing treasure that grows richer the deeper you go, but every step down is a breath you will need to climb back, and the tank only ever empties. Nothing you are carrying counts until you touch the surface again, which turns each dive into one honest question asked over and over — can I still afford the trip home? A greedy run that drowns three cells from daylight scores exactly zero; a modest run you actually surface with banks real points, so the discipline is to bank early and often and to count the climb before every tempting step lower. There is a jackpot for hauling sixty or more in a single dive, but only if you make it back to claim it. It plays free in the browser with your best dive saved, and it captures the exact math a real free-diver lives by: the bottom is always worth more, and it does not care whether you can return.
How to play
- Tap an adjacent cell to move there (or use the arrow keys / WASD on desktop). Each step costs air.
- The deeper you go, the more valuable the treasure — but you spend air getting there.
- You only bank treasure when you climb back to the surface. Reach it before your air runs out.
- Run out of air below the surface and you drown, losing everything you were carrying.
Strategy & tips
- Air is a single tank that only ever goes down. Every step deeper is a step you must pay for again on the way up.
- Bank early and often. Unbanked treasure is worth nothing until it touches the surface.
- Before you take a tempting step down, count whether you can still afford the climb home.
- A greedy run that drowns scores zero for that dive. A modest run you actually surface scores real points.
- Grab 60 or more in one dive for a jackpot, but only if you can make it back.
FAQ
What happens if I run out of air?
If you cannot move to any affordable cell below the surface, you drown and lose all the treasure you were carrying. Your banked score stays.
When do I actually score?
Only when you reach the surface. Treasure you are carrying banks the moment you touch the top row.
Does air refill?
No. Air is one tank for the whole dive and only decreases. Plan the whole round-trip around it.