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Pressure is a ROBLOX survival horror game developed by Urbanshade: Hadal Division.

The creator and lead developer of Pressure is Zeal, also known as @YourFriendZeal on Roblox, Twitter/X, and Discord.

Overview

In Pressure, you play as a prisoner offered a deal by Urbanshade; a job in exchange for your freedom. After you agree, you are taken to the Hadal Blacksite, a research division created by Urbanshade operating at the bottom of the ocean. You are tasked with securing any loose assets, such as documents, USB drives, and DNA vials, ultimately retrieving the main power source of the facility, the Crystal.

During your expedition you traverse numerous difficult challenges, such as environmental hazards, monsters, and puzzles. You are also able to utilize dropped tools to aid your survival, such as Flashlights to light up dark rooms, Code Breachers to hack locked doors, and healing items to replenish your health.

Gameplay

For more information, see: Game Mechanics

The main gameplay loop of Pressure revolves around exploring the Hadal Blacksite, working your way through 100 rooms to reach the Crystal.

Using Research scavenged from rooms, you are able to visit Sebastian's shop where you may purchase items to assist you on your journey.

Upon each death, Sebastian reveals more information about the monster that killed you, providing advice to help you survive their attacks in the future.

Monsters

For more information, see: Monsters

Numerous monsters can be encountered in-game, each with a unique mechanic that the player must deal with to survive.

Most monsters can be avoided by hiding in lockers, vents, or by moving out of the monster's path.

Items

For more information, see: Items

A variety of items are littered throughout the Hadal Blacksite that can be used to aid the player's survival, ranging from light sources to consumable items.

Development

Pressure was created and developed by Zeal. The development team expanded to include AltiWyre as the main animator, raddoob as an animator, Final_Bos5 and Veblettor as main programmers, kibo and lol5man5lol as programmers, and NoLongerNull as the composer.

Pressure became available for beta testing on February 7, 2023, with the game officially released on July 7, 2024. Console support was added on July 15, 2024.

The original game soundtrack was released on YouTube on July 19, 2024- then on Spotify a day later.

The first major update, "Friendly Fire", was released on August 9, 2024. This update added:

• The Internal Defense System
• The rework of The p.AI.nter, which includes a new voice actor, a new physical appearance, and new interactions in-game.
• The Cosmetics store which allows players to change their jumpsuits.
• The settings menu, being able to view:
  • Credits showcasing people on the development team
  • Codes, allowing you to redeem said codes for rewards such as Kroner and Ferryman Tokens.
  • Music Volume
  • Accessibility Settings, allowing you to access things such as a Subtitles Toggle, Reducing Motion, toggling Angler (and its respective variants)'s jumpscares on and off, Deaf Mode, and Reduced Epilepsy
  • Disabling HQ's voice lines, which requires 1 win.
  • In-game Timer, helpful for getting the "I'm Outta Here!" badge. This also requires 1 win.
  • Enabling Free-Cam in single-player lobbies, only available on PC. This requires 5 wins.
• More interactions and voice lines with Sebastian (most notably the flash beacon interactions)
• Updated looks and new anglerfish lure aura lighting for Froger and Pinkie.
• Item and Consumable remodels
• Batteries restore 50% of a light's charge instead of 33%, as well as being cheaper in Sebastian's shop. Batteries in the Pre-Run shop now cost 15 kroner each, and batteries in Sebastian's Shop now cost 50 research each.
• Wall Dwellers can now crawl through vents to chase the player.
• Six new documents have been added to this update, which are:
  • The Ridge
  • Z-2512 - My Analog Horror Christmas Tree
  • Z-96 - Mask of Sadness
  • Z-432 - Imaginary Friend
  • Z-538 - Abstract Art
  • Z-V0 - Valcula Void-Mass
  • Z-1223 - My Wife
• The second revive in a run will now always be a developer purchase with Robux instead of a typical Ferryman Token, to help the devs get more money to work on the game.

The in-game warning screen was added on August 12, 2024. Below is what it says:

• This game features loud sounds, flashing lights, jumpscares & the following content, some of which may trigger the following:
  • Suicide Mentions & Implications Of Suicide
  • Schizophrenia
  • Arachnophobia
  • Trypophobia
  • Thalassophobia
  • Paranoia/Delusions
  • Distress
  • Seizures

Gallery

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  Main Roblox thumbnail
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  Roblox thumbnail, depicting Sebastian holding the shoulders of a player holding the crystal
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  Roblox thumbnail, depicting a turret with The p.AI.nter on a screen in the background (added during the "Friendly Fire" update)
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  Roblox thumbnail, depicting 3 Squiddles, each with different faces
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  Roblox thumbnail, depicting Eyefestation
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  Roblox thumbnail, depicting a Trenchbleeder overlooking a Searchlights
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  Roblox thumbnail, depicting DJ Skeletunes