A dark attack submarine with glowing red running lights hangs in deep blue water beneath a shaft of surface light.
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Deep Vector

Depth. Strategy. Dominance.

A tactical 3D submarine combat RPG. Track enemies on sonar, outmanoeuvre them in momentum-heavy duels and strip their wrecks for parts to build a deadlier boat.

Overview

About Deep Vector

Descend into the dark and take command of your submarine in Deep Vector, a tactical underwater combat game where positioning beats reflexes and silence is an equally powerful weapon.

Track enemies through sonar, outmanoeuvre them in tense momentum-based engagements, and choose your moment to strike with a devastating arsenal of sonic, electric and explosive weaponry. Encounters reward patience and reading the fight over twitch reactions — this is naval chess, not an arcade shooter.

Return to your station to repair, craft new gear from salvaged materials, and upgrade your loadout with loot pulled from the wrecks you leave behind. Earn credits and experience, unlock new weapons and hull configurations, and push deeper into hostile waters as your submarine — and your reputation — grows.

Stealth, sonar information and split-second tactical decisions define every dive. Do you have what it takes to hunt in the dark?

  • 01

    Sonar is your eyes

    Track contacts through sonar and stealth. Positioning and patience beat twitch reflexes — this is naval chess, not an arcade shooter.

  • 02

    Sonic, electric & explosive arsenals

    Electric lances shred shields up close, sonic beams punish from range, while railguns, torpedoes, mines, turrets and depth charges cover everything in between.

  • 03

    Salvage, craft, upgrade

    Strip the wrecks you leave behind, dock at your station to repair and craft, then fit new modules in the Engineering Bay.

  • 04

    Climb the fleet

    Earn credits and experience to unlock bigger hulls — from the starter boat to frigates, destroyers, cruisers and carriers.

Deep Vector

The Fleet

Every hull you can unlock, from the starter boat to the carrier.

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the starter submarine.

    Starter

    Your first boat

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the corvette submarine.

    Corvette

    Light & quick

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the frigate submarine.

    Frigate

    Escort

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the attacker submarine.

    Attacker

    Strike boat

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the destroyer submarine.

    Destroyer

    Hunter-killer

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the cruiser submarine.

    Cruiser

    Heavy hitter

  • Wireframe top-down blueprint of the carrier submarine.

    Carrier

    Drone command

Media

Screenshots & footage

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Downloads

Playable builds

Download straight from this site or from itch.io. Windows 10/11, 64-bit.

Deep Vector key art — a heavily armoured submarine fires a torpedo through a battle-lit ocean, with the Deep Vector logo. Free for PC

Vertical Slice · VS 1.0

Deep Vector

The core loop end to end — dive, fight, salvage, dock, upgrade. A neat array of weapons and components, several enemy types with basic AI, sound and VFX, working menus and options, and auto-saved progress so you can unlock the bigger submarines.

Platform
Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Updated
Price
Free
What's in it · known issues · verify download

What's in it

  • Sonar detection, HUD, weapon cycling and weapon groups.
  • Inventory and Engineering Bay equip screen.
  • Unlockable hulls via credits and experience.

Known issues

  • No real balancing yet — enemy subs are deadly in packs and getting caught from behind usually means death.
  • Some weapons are very powerful.

SHA-256 of DeepVector-VS-1.0-Win64.zip

4175aac7b6b28b0bd24b1bf8758772823db5cfd274e8f180669f4e66e6a6c0b6

Check it in PowerShell: Get-FileHash .\DeepVector-VS-1.0-Win64.zip

  • Vertical Slice

    Vertical Slice

    Available
    Version
    VS 1.0
    Updated
    Platform
    Windows
    Size
    570 MB

    The core loop end to end — dive, fight, salvage, dock, upgrade. A neat array of weapons and components, several enemy types with basic AI, sound and VFX, working menus and options, and auto-saved progress so you can unlock the bigger submarines.

    Release notes & known issues

    What's in it

    • Sonar detection, HUD, weapon cycling and weapon groups.
    • Inventory and Engineering Bay equip screen.
    • Unlockable hulls via credits and experience.

    Known issues

    • No real balancing yet — enemy subs are deadly in packs and getting caught from behind usually means death.
    • Some weapons are very powerful.
  • Development Build

    Latest Development Build

    Coming soon
    Version
    TBA
    Release
    TBA
    Platform
    Windows

    The next playable step after the vertical slice, with balancing passes and more content.

    Not uploaded yet. Follow the development updates to hear when it lands.

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  • A submarine fires a sonic weapon in dark blue water, with the HUD showing sonar, weapons and hull status.
    Deep VectorNew build

    Deep Vector vertical slice is complete

    A neat array of weapons and components, several enemy types with basic AI, sound and VFX, working menus and auto-saved progress — the Deep Vector vertical slice is out.

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