TUNNELBORN — PRESS KIT / FACT SHEET
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DEVELOPER:   CROCFISH
PUBLISHER:   CROCFISH
BASED IN:    Estonia
RELEASE:     Steam (PC) - Q4 2026
PLATFORMS:   Windows 10+ (64-bit), via Steam
GENRE:       Adventure, Indie, Strategy
TAGS:        Turn-Based Tactics, Grid-Based Movement, Mining, Roguelite,
             Survival, Tactical, Procedural Generation, Difficult, Puzzle,
             Exploration, Dungeon Crawler, Pixel Graphics, 2D, Atmospheric,
             Dark, Replay Value, Singleplayer
PLAYERS:     Single-player
CONTROLS:    Keyboard - arrow keys to move and dig, Return to use an item,
             Tab for the notebook
LANGUAGES:   English (interface, full audio, subtitles)
STEAM:       https://store.steampowered.com/app/4829290/Tunnelborn/
             Single-player, Family Sharing
WEBSITE:     https://croc.fish/tunnelborn/
PRESS:       tunnelborn@croc.fish


SHORT DESCRIPTION
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Dig for fossils under a volcano, one tile at a time. Nothing moves until you
do - but then the lava creeps closer, your lamp burns lower, and something in
the dark takes another step towards you...


LONG DESCRIPTION
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The cave doesn't chase you. It waits for your mistakes.

Time only moves when you do.

Every step, every dig, every coin you stop to pick up costs time - and
everything down there gets that same time back. Lava spreads. Water pours into
the hole you just opened. Something in the dark takes a step towards you.

Stop moving, and it all stops with you.

THE LAMP IS RUNNING OUT OF BATTERY
Your helmet lamp is how you read the tunnels ahead. If you run out of battery,
throw a flare into the pitch black below to see what is coming.

THE WORLD MOVES AFTER YOU DO
Lava creeps. Water pours downhill and puts it out. Gas sits quiet in the
tunnels until something lights it, and then the whole pocket explodes one tile
at a time. Boulders drop the moment you take the ground out from under them.

And the things living down here each have their own idea of where to be next.
One wanders. One charges in a straight line. One is following you.

All of it waits for your move, and then takes its own.

FILL THE MUSEUM TO WIN
Ten fossils are buried down there, and you need every one of them to fill the
museum and win the game. Spend what you carry out on better gear - a brighter
lamp, a stronger pickaxe, a bigger bag - and go back down for the rest.

Nobody else is getting them out of the dark. You were born in these tunnels.

Dig deep. Predict every move. You are Tunnelborn!


FEATURES
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- Time only moves when you do - every step, dig and pickup costs time, and
  everything down there spends exactly the same
- Light you can run out of - the helmet lamp burns down as you go; flares are
  what is left when it does
- Avoid dangerous creatures - they move in different patterns; learn their
  behaviour to survive
- Lava, water, gas and falling rock - lava spreads, water puts it out, gas
  explodes when lit, and a falling rock can crush you - or a creature
- Ten fossils and a museum to fill - carry them out, buy better gear, go back
  down for the rest
- Every death replayed - the game replays your last seconds every time you
  die, so every death teaches you something


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (PC)
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Minimum:
  OS:         Windows 10 (64-bit)
  Processor:  Intel Core i3-7100 or AMD FX-6300
  Memory:     4 GB RAM
  Graphics:   Intel UHD Graphics 620 / NVIDIA GT 1030 / AMD Radeon R7
  DirectX:    Version 11
  Storage:    500 MB available space


TRAILER
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Reveal Trailer - 1:10, 1920x1080, 60 fps (tunnelborn-trailer.mp4)


CREDITS
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Tunnelborn is a fully solo project - design, code, art and animation by
Crocfish.


ABOUT CROCFISH
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Crocfish is a one-person game studio based in Estonia, making small,
stubborn, retro-flavoured games for PC and mobile.


PERMISSION TO USE
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You are granted the non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use, capture, record,
stream and monetise video footage and screenshots of Tunnelborn, including on
monetised channels. No further permission is required. If you need anything
that is not included here, get in touch.


CONTACT
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Press & business: tunnelborn@croc.fish
Website:          https://croc.fish/tunnelborn/
Press kit:        https://croc.fish/tunnelborn/presskit/
Steam:            https://store.steampowered.com/app/4829290/Tunnelborn/
Discord:          https://discord.gg/34vUsSrexY
Studio:           https://croc.fish/