Talk:Codename: Ocean Keeper

Proposed neutral rewrite (COI edit request)

Disclosure: I am a paid editor; client RetroStyle Games (see my user page). I propose replacing the current article with the neutral, sourced version below, which removes promotional wording and adds independent sources. If appropriate, please also remove the {{promotional}} tag.

{{Short description|2025 survival roguelike video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title       = Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
| developer   = RetroStyle Games
| publisher   = RetroStyle Games
| released    = '''Early access:''' 2024<br />'''Full release:''' May 2025
| genre       = [[Roguelike]], [[Survival game|survival]]
| modes       = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms   = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]], [[Nintendo Switch]], [[Xbox]]
}}

'''Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival''', initially titled '''Codename: Ocean Keeper''', is a survival [[roguelike]] video game developed by the Ukrainian studio RetroStyle Games. Set on the floor of an ocean planet, it combines "bullet-heaven" gameplay in the style of ''[[Vampire Survivors]]'' with underwater mining reminiscent of ''[[Dome Keeper]]''.<ref name="destructoid1">{{cite web |last=Myles |first=Darrus |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper is Vampire Survivors with an underwater mecha twist |work=[[Destructoid]] |date=2024-06-13 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/codename-ocean-keeper-is-vampire-survivors-with-an-underwater-mecha-twist/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref><ref name="gamespew-demo">{{cite web |last=McMullen |first=Chris |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper is underwater Vampire Survivors |work=GameSpew |date=2024-06-08 |url=https://www.gamespew.com/2024/06/ocean-keeper-demo/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> The game was released in [[early access]] in 2024 and left early access with a 1.0 version in May 2025.<ref name="dou-ea">{{cite web |title=Гра Codename: Ocean Keeper від української студії RetroStyle Games вийшла у ранній доступ |work=DOU |language=uk |url=https://gamedev.dou.ua/news/ocean-keeper-early-access/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref><ref name="gamespew-review">{{cite web |last=Snaith |first=Kim |title=Ocean Keeper Review |work=GameSpew |date=2025-05-12 |url=https://www.gamespew.com/2025/05/ocean-keeper-review/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==
The player controls a mech spider on the floor of an ocean planet.<ref name="destructoid1" /><ref name="gamecritics">{{cite web |last=Stone |first=Thom |title=Interview With RetroStyle Games – Codename: Ocean Keeper |work=GameCritics |date=2024-07-10 |url=https://gamecritics.com/thom-stone/interview-with-retrostyle-games-codename-ocean-keeper/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> Play alternates between two modes: top-down, twin-stick combat in which the player defends the mech against waves of sea creatures, and underground sequences in which the player leaves the mech to dive into caves and mine resources, with movement slowed while carrying materials back.<ref name="gamespew-demo" /><ref name="thexboxhub">{{cite web |last=Renshaw |first=Paul |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper Review |work=TheXboxHub |date=2025-01-20 |url=https://www.thexboxhub.com/codename-ocean-keeper-review/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> Resources are used to upgrade weapons and customise the mech between runs.<ref name="thexboxhub" /><ref name="gamespew-review" />

== Plot ==
The player character is a diver whose shuttle crashes on an uncharted, ocean-covered planet. Stranded there, the diver pilots a mech spider with the help of an on-board artificial intelligence and carries out mining work for a distant, unseen employer known as the Collector. While extracting resources from the planet's underwater caves, the diver must fend off the hostile creatures that inhabit the depths.

== Development and release ==
''Ocean Keeper'' is the first PC title developed by RetroStyle Games, a Ukrainian studio otherwise known for art outsourcing.<ref name="gamecritics" /> In an interview with Game*Spark, the developers said the concept grew from imagining a roguelike set entirely underwater, and described the game as a science-fiction successor to their earlier mobile title ''Last Pirate: Survival Island''.<ref name="gamespark">{{cite web |last=Chandler |title=『Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival』開発者インタビュー |work=Game*Spark |date=2025-05-23 |language=ja |url=https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2025/05/23/152966.html |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> A demo was released during [[Steam (service)|Steam]] Next Fest in June 2024,<ref name="destructoid1" /><ref name="pcgamesn">{{cite web |title=Stunning underwater roguelite game has a new demo you can play now |work=[[PCGamesN]] |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/ocean-keeper/roguelite-steam-demo |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref><ref name="gamegrin">{{cite web |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper Celebrates Successful Steam Next Fest Demo |work=GameGrin |url=https://www.gamegrin.com/news/codename-ocean-keeper-celebrates-successful-steam-next-fest-demo/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> and the game entered Steam early access later that year.<ref name="destructoid2">{{cite web |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper team talks roguelikes, oceans, and why it went for Early Access |work=[[Destructoid]] |date=2024-07-28 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/codename-ocean-keeper-team-talks-roguelikes-oceans-and-why-it-went-for-early-access/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref><ref name="dou-ea" /> The 1.0 version was released in May 2025 for Windows, macOS and Linux,<ref name="gamespew-review" /><ref name="dou-full">{{cite web |title=Український «рогалик» Ocean Keeper вийшов з дочасного доступу у Steam |work=DOU |language=uk |url=https://gamedev.dou.ua/news/ocean-keeper-full-release-steam/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref><ref name="gamespark" /><ref name="shazoo">{{cite web |title=Полноценная версия экшен-рогалика Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival вышла в Steam и на консолях |work=Shazoo |date=2025-05-05 |language=ru |url=https://shazoo.ru/2025/05/05/167336/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> with mobile versions for Android and iOS.<ref name="pocketgamer">{{cite web |title=Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival — mining roguelike |work=Pocket Gamer |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/ocean-keeper-dome-survival/mining-roguelike/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> A cooperative version, ''Ocean Keeper Co-op Drill Multiplayer'', was later released.<ref name="ccg">{{cite web |title=Ocean Keeper: Co-op – Cooperative Roguelike Adventure Dives into Steam |work=Christ Centered Gamer |url=https://www.christcenteredgamer.com/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref>

== Reception ==
On [[Metacritic]], the game holds a score of 80/100 based on a critic review.<ref name="mc">{{cite web |title=Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ocean-keeper-dome-survival/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> Kim Snaith of ''GameSpew'' scored it 8 out of 10, describing it as a "moreish, frenetic struggle for survival" while remarking on the mech's sluggish movement.<ref name="gamespew-review" /> Paul Renshaw of ''TheXboxHub'' described it as a "mining roguelike shooter with a top down view".<ref name="thexboxhub" /> ''The Review Geek'' called it a challenging roguelike, noting the 1.0 release added a clearer story and revised tutorials.<ref name="trg">{{cite web |title=Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival (2025) Game Review |work=The Review Geek |date=2025 |url=https://www.thereviewgeek.com/oceankeeper-domesurvival-gamereview/ |access-date=2026-08-13}}</ref> In an earlier preview, Darrus Myles of ''Destructoid'' found the concept promising but remarked on the repetitive combat audio.<ref name="destructoid1" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Roguelike video games]]
[[Category:Survival video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:MacOS games]]
[[Category:Linux games]]
[[Category:Android (operating system) games]]
[[Category:IOS games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Switch games]]
[[Category:Xbox games]]
[[Category:Early access video games]]

BasicStormtrooper (talk) 16:01, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

Sources and references

There is another problem. All the sources do not appear to be WP:RS as described by policies and guidelines. The sources appear to be blogs and websites affiliated with the gaming industry who are paid to so-call review products, in other words promote products such as this. ---Steve Quinn (talk) 22:20, 28 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello, and thank you for the feedback

Several cited sources are established, independent outlets listed as reliable at WP:VG/RS — notably Destructoid and PCGamesN (both generally reliable), plus Game*Spark (reliable) and GameCritics. These are mainstream games journalism, not blogs or paid placements.

I'm happy to drop the weaker sources (e.g. GameSpew, TheXboxHub, The Review Geek, GameGrin, Shazoo) and base the text on the reliable ones above. Could you indicate which specific sources you still consider unreliable, so I can address them? The goal is simply to make the existing article neutral and properly cited. Thanks. BasicStormtrooper (talk) 07:34, 1 September 2026 (UTC)

Hello again. I've edited the article to leave only the most reliable sources (according to WP:VG)

{{Short description|2025 survival roguelike video game}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2026}}
{{Infobox video game
| title       = Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
| developer   = RetroStyle Games
| publisher   = RetroStyle Games
| released    = '''Early access:''' 2024<br />'''Full release:''' May 2025
| genre       = [[Roguelike]], [[Survival game|survival]]
| modes       = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms   = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]]
}}
'''Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival''', initially titled '''Codename: Ocean Keeper''', is a survival [[roguelike]] video game developed by the Ukrainian studio RetroStyle Games. It combines "bullet-heaven" gameplay in the style of ''[[Vampire Survivors]]'' with underwater mining.<ref name="d1">{{cite web |last=Myles |first=Darrus |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper is Vampire Survivors with an underwater mecha twist |work=[[Destructoid]] |date=13 June 2024 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/codename-ocean-keeper-is-vampire-survivors-with-an-underwater-mecha-twist/ |access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="pcg">{{cite web |title=Stunning underwater roguelite game has a new demo you can play now |work=[[PCGamesN]] |url=https://www.pcgamesn.com/ocean-keeper/roguelite-steam-demo |access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref> Released in [[early access]] in 2024, it received a 1.0 release in May 2025.<ref name="d2">{{cite web |title=Codename: Ocean Keeper team talks roguelikes, oceans, and why it went for Early Access |work=[[Destructoid]] |date=28 July 2024 |url=https://www.destructoid.com/codename-ocean-keeper-team-talks-roguelikes-oceans-and-why-it-went-for-early-access/ |access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref><ref name="gs">{{cite web |last=Chandler |title=『Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival』開発者インタビュー |work=Game*Spark |date=23 May 2025 |language=ja |url=https://www.gamespark.jp/article/2025/05/23/152966.html |access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==
The player controls a mech spider on the floor of an ocean planet, alternating between top-down combat against waves of sea creatures and underground sequences in which they leave the mech to dive into caves and mine resources.<ref name="d1" /><ref name="gc">{{cite web |last=Stone |first=Thom |title=Interview With RetroStyle Games – Codename: Ocean Keeper |work=GameCritics |date=10 July 2024 |url=https://gamecritics.com/thom-stone/interview-with-retrostyle-games-codename-ocean-keeper/ |access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref> Resources are used to upgrade weapons and the mech between runs.<ref name="gc" />

== Development and release ==
''Ocean Keeper'' is the first PC title developed by RetroStyle Games, a studio otherwise known for art outsourcing.<ref name="gc" /> In an interview with ''Game*Spark'', the developers said the concept came from imagining a roguelike set entirely underwater, and described the game as a science-fiction successor to their earlier mobile title ''Last Pirate: Survival Island''.<ref name="gs" /> A demo appeared during [[Steam (service)|Steam]] Next Fest in June 2024,<ref name="d1" /><ref name="pcg" /> the game entered early access later that year,<ref name="d2" /> and the 1.0 version was released in May 2025 for Windows, macOS and Linux.<ref name="gs" />

== Reception ==
In a preview of the demo, ''Destructoid'' praised the concept but criticised the repetitive combat audio.<ref name="d1" /> On [[Steam (service)|Steam]], the game held a "Mostly Positive" rating from user reviews.<ref name="steam">{{cite web |title=Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival |work=Steam |publisher=Valve |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2845630/Ocean_Keeper_Dome_Survival/ |access-date=28 August 2026}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ocean Keeper Dome Survival}}
[[Category:2025 video games]]
[[Category:Roguelike video games]]
[[Category:Survival video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Ukraine]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:MacOS games]]
[[Category:Linux games]]
[[Category:Early access video games]]

BasicStormtrooper (talk) 10:53, 2 September 2026 (UTC)