How to Play Pressure

The complete beginner's guide to surviving the Hadal Blacksite. Learn the core gameplay loop, controls, entity evasion basics, and shopping strategies.

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What Is Pressure?

Overview

Pressure is a roguelite survival horror game on Roblox, developed by Urbanshade: Hadal Division (led by creator Zeal). You play as an Expendable — a prisoner offered a pardon in exchange for descending into the Hadal Blacksite, a deep-sea research facility, to retrieve a Crystal.

The game is inspired by DOORS, Iron Lung, ULTRAKILL, and SCP: Containment Breach. Each run generates a unique facility layout with 100 numbered rooms filled with hostile entities, environmental hazards, locked doors, and limited resources.

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Controls

Basics

PC Controls

  • WASD: Movement (16 studs/s base walkspeed)
  • Shift: Sprint (drains stamina)
  • E: Interact with doors, items, lockers, generators
  • F / Click: Toggle flashlight / use equipped item
  • H: Use NeoStyk healing item
  • Tab / I: Open inventory
  • 1-9: Quick-select inventory slots

Mobile Controls

  • Virtual joystick: Movement
  • Interact button: Context-sensitive (doors, lockers, items)
  • Flashlight toggle: On-screen button

🔄 Core Gameplay Loop

1. Pre-Round Shop

Before entering the Blacksite, spend Kroner on essential supplies. Prioritize: Standard Flashlight → Batteries → Code Breacher. Rebuy Spr-INT only after unlocking "I'm Outta Here!" badge.

2. Descend & Navigate

Progress through rooms sequentially. Find keycards for locked doors, or use Code Breachers to bypass them. Keep your flashlight active but conserve batteries — you have 100 rooms to survive.

3. Entity Encounters

When lights flicker or you hear approaching audio: immediately hide in a locker. Different entities have different telegraph signals — learn them from our Entity Database.

4. Sebastian's Shop (Mid-Run)

Around room 50, you'll encounter Sebastian's Shop. Spend accumulated Kroner on high-tier light sources and Code Breachers for The Ridge. Do NOT flash Sebastian with a Flash Beacon — he becomes hostile.

5. The Ridge (Rooms 90-100)

The final sector is the hardest. Entity density spikes, locked doors multiply, and Squiddles patrol dark areas. Code Breachers are critical here.

6. Crystal Extraction

Retrieve the Crystal, survive the extraction gauntlet, and reach the final airlock. Congratulations — you've beaten Pressure! Or... continue into Endless Mode for infinite difficulty scaling.

💡 Essential Survival Tips

⚠️ How to Hide Properly

When lights flicker, immediately find the nearest locker and get inside. Stay hidden until you hear the entity pass and the audio fades completely.

  • Never exit a locker early — entities like Froger do double passes
  • Crouch behind solid geometry if no locker is available — but ensure FULL body occlusion
  • Turn off your flashlight before hiding to reduce visual detection risk
  • If Chainsmoker's green gas reaches your locker, you'll be forced out

💰 Resource Management

  • Battery economy: One battery = 63s of standard flashlight. Ration wisely.
  • Inventory slots are limited. Don't carry low-value items. Prioritize Code Breachers and healing.
  • Passive HP regen: Below 20 HP, you regenerate 1 HP/s automatically. Don't waste healing items if you can afford to wait.
  • Kroner sources: Redeem codes before runs for bonus currency.
  • Sebastian's Shop prices: Everything gets more expensive the further you progress.

❤️ Health System Overview

Max HP

100 HP

Standard starting health pool

Critical Threshold

<20 HP

Visual distortion + passive regen (1 HP/s)

Walk Speed

16 s/s

Base walkspeed in studs/second

The Lethality Buffer System prevents one-shot kills. When damage exceeds remaining HP, you're set to 1 HP instead of dying outright — but only once per damage source. A second hit at 1 HP is always fatal. Use our Health Calculator for precise survival math.