Highlands, Deep Waters
Hosted Games Role Playing In-app purchases Contains ads
A murderer, a cultist, and an investigator walk into a pub. Which one are you?
- Rating
- 4.1
- 514 ratings
- Downloads
- 46.8K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Jan 5
- 2026 · v1.0.22
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About Highlands, Deep Waters
While investigating a murder in a small Scottish town, you’ll find yourself embroiled in a world of secrets, cultists, and abyssal horror. What are you willing to do to solve the case? And what will you do when you don’t like the answer?
"Highlands, Deep Waters" is a 340,000 word interactive horror novel by Fernando B Neves and Lucas Zaper, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
• Play as an insightful Detective, a resourceful Criminal or a mysterious Scholar.
• Gather and interpret clues with the Deduction system. Will you solve the case?
• Face the hidden truths that derange your mind with the Sanity system.
• A carefully crafted town including hand-drawn maps, unique history and peculiar inhabitants.
• Play as a male, female, gay or straight. The Abyssal Ones treat everyone just the same.
"Highlands, Deep Waters" is a 340,000 word interactive horror novel by Fernando B Neves and Lucas Zaper, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
• Play as an insightful Detective, a resourceful Criminal or a mysterious Scholar.
• Gather and interpret clues with the Deduction system. Will you solve the case?
• Face the hidden truths that derange your mind with the Sanity system.
• A carefully crafted town including hand-drawn maps, unique history and peculiar inhabitants.
• Play as a male, female, gay or straight. The Abyssal Ones treat everyone just the same.
What’s new
Version 1.0.22 · Updated January 5, 2026
You can now choose a font in the Settings menu. Switch to Helvetica for crisp sans-serif text, or try the OpenDyslexic font, designed against some common symptoms of dyslexia. If you enjoy "Highlands, Deep Waters", please leave us a written review. It really helps!
User reviews
Wow.
Damn... scary, mysterious. Chills my spine. There are minor grammatical mistakes but it shouldn't interfere with reading comprehension. (Nov 8 2019) Edit: WHEN IS THE SEQUEL COMING?
Pretty cool game book.
Please do a part 2 of this game ASAP!!!
Good story, well written, the characters are amazing, the deduction part is fun. The SJW components are put in a skillful manner. Overral it's good. Very good
This is the only CYOA game that gave me literal chills. I have to pause for a long time before making a choice as I felt my courage dwindling down in every scene. That is how good this game is. Very well written story! Amazing read!
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