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. Here 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.
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.
After finishing a run, the player will obtain Kroner; the amount varying based on how much Research was collected, the number of doors opened and how far the player makes it into The Hadal Blacksite. This can be used to purchase Revives, different coloured jumpsuits and items in the Pre-round shop.
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. These can also be obtained from various shops, either for Kroner or Research.
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 on July 20, 2024.
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
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.
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
The game's halloween update entitled "The Raveyard" was released on October 21, 2024.
This update added:
Kroner and 
Ferryman Tokens.
Robux instead of a typical 
