SILT - The Story Explained (Horror Game Theories)

[@claytonbarham8755]

Something that I don't think got pointed out explicitly is that every time you deposit a Goliath's energy, the fractured industrial dimensions gets less fractured, which does support the idea that this machine may be repairing the world (or at least part of it) in some way

[@Karma-gd5gm]

good point

[@themagicalmads17]

I think that some of the "fox" statues might actually be deer. It would explain the antlers and the save symbol, which is a triangle with antlers. Some could also be jackalopes as there are some images of rabbits with antlers.

[@DarkLover1996]

Deer? I'm having flashbacks to Spooky's house of jumpscares and Lost in Vivo. mainly the Deer God specimen. know what I mean?

[@X-SPONGED]

@@DarkLover1996 out of topic, but yes... All Hail Bayagototh and His Children !

[@noahnieves761]

You know that’s a mutation of a rare animal you know that?

[@lazyfrog3987]

just finished playing silt the flower that shoots exploding bacteria gave me a run for my money.For a full 12 minutes I thought I had to make it shoot at itself turns out I have to posses the bacteria but damnnn.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

Skaven Grey Seers have Antlers, so my theory is it is a Skaven world that fell.

[@prismen5535]

i’m loving all the unique indie horror games that are releasing lately! it’s such a breath of fresh air among all the titles in the gaming industry.

[@darkblu117zcrookedneck8]

I'm just fascinated about SILT art design and little lore. And i wish there's more.

[@violent_lava_fish4474]

I always found that indie horror games seem to be better than big title ones beacuse the main thing you need for a horror game is a good idea, atmosphere, and a sense of dread, which is not that hard to do as a game dev

[@falcon6760]

Something that was weird, Why was the driver chained up inside the stomach is the sea monster? Could that have been another Goliath?

[@Vigriff]

Most likely.

[@nightwas]

Maybe because the character we play as has done something wrong and has been punished by being tied up in the sea creature

[@falcon6760]

@@nightwas punished by whom tho??

[@nightwas]

@@falcon6760 The masters, those fox like beings

[@falcon6760]

@@nightwas unless it was the kind of situation where they put him inside the stomach of that monster, then immediately something happend which made them extict. It would be like that situation where u narrowly miss the end of the world cause ur in the bathroom

[@danavanhoeven3023]

Maybe the “divers” are the fox-human hybrids finally being freed. The diving helmets are the same as the one on the statue.

[@renevarr]

Plus the angle that they hold their head seems a little weird for a human, since our heads aren't designed to be held at a right angle from our body

[@yourtimetraveleralara]

yea

[@keramon8700]

If You look closer to the statue on 4:45, you can see that It has a fox mask and It is not a fox-human

[@mikekherdymaano5049]

So it's there is deep meaning about this game to us

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

the ones on the statue have horns though...or maybe it's just ceremonial.

[@hart1027]

I personally took it that you play as four different divers each one dying after you fuse with the tablet

[@emilstvring7577]

But that may contradict with the ending, where there's only seen 1 white diver

[@CMND.r_Zed]

I personally vibe with ManlyBadassHero's theory of the divers being supposedly mechanical in nature (and having several made and ditched in different spots) and they built as like sacrifices or working drones but I guess that doesn't cover the strange tree

[@AvesCanunt]

Does anyone else think that the fox people are wearing masks? I got this idea from the bird children in they tree, as it looks like bound humans with masks also not all of the statues are foxes but all the important ones are which I find very interesting I still think we can get so much more out of this and its truly exciting

[@ivoryowl]

Not just you. Pause at 4:38 and 4:48 and take a closer look at the statues. They have a strap holding the mask in place.

[@jonathanspolnicki1303]

@@ivoryowl :O

[@noahnieves761]

The bird creatures are mutations from the sea as they are frowned open but they get rise in it

[@keramon8700]

@@ivoryowl i noticed that too

[@mrblur6055]

Yeah me to there body's look humanoid

[@cottonfeltgembira]

Silt actually reminds me of another ocean based game, They Breathe. Maybe it's just how similar the endings of both games are, but there's also the themes of the earth being in ruin and submerged in water, with your main point of the game is destroying your destructive enemies to free your diver/frog brethren There's also just something oddly horrifying about the creatures in between both of these games, like something just isn't quite right. The way the fox people are presented in silt just gives me the creeps but the parasitic jellyfish parading as brown moose using dead frogs in they breathe definitely takes the cake for being purely unsettling

[@natethegreat6573]

Markiplier played they breath 😃

[@miravank1661]

only a handful of people noticed but at around 4:48, where a screenshot of one of the fox/deer-like humanoid statues, it looks more like a mask than an actual part of the body. Some of the face can be seen, and theres even something of a strap that seems to go around the head.

[@Sam_Wilson]

True, and at @5:35

[@WolfgangDoW]

Would possibly partially explain those weird "birds" in that tree too?

[@amberdeangelis404]

I’m glad you went into an explanation of this game, which I really liked. I view the game as more of an art piece than a game because the ending was very lack luster to me it just wasn’t satisfying.

[@manjiloki7659]

When I first saw the two statues in the energy/soul transfer room, they reminded me more of the Egyptian God Anubis than foxes. He is the jackal-headed god of the dead. Guess like an assistant to Osiris. Confusing stories aside, Anubis had a number of tasks assigned to him and one was judging souls. He weighed the deceased person's heart against a feather. If it was lighter against the feather, person went to the afterlife. Heavier hearts caused the souls to get destroyed, eaten by another god/monster. Silt became a game about a soul being judged and slaying the Goliaths seemed to be the criteria in being judged. Drivers before the playable character all failed and hence "fed" to said Goliaths as punishment. It was the driver you play, is the one who passed the said Judgement and as a result, all the other lost souls are set free. The machine could easily be seen as The Judgement Scales that is entrusted to Anubis. So to me, it was soul trying to redeem itself. That was my interpretation anyway. Mike could be spot on with unraveling the story behind Slit. I could also see it by battling your inner demons per say to better your emotional health as others have stated.

[@catboysephiroth560]

I love this interpretation, I can totally see it.

[@manjiloki7659]

@@catboysephiroth560 O. Thank You. Thought it was just me.

[@Leduckk]

If this theory is true, do you think the start of the game (chained down inside a dead goliath) implies that the player diver might've already failed the judgement but had a second chance?

[@superbendy7303]

Scene Selection 0:00 - Intro 0:48 - Interpreting The Story of Silt 5:38 - The Story of Silt Explained 9:14 - Outro

[@ThunderJimmy]

thanks man

[@yeahz_purple1786]

Thank you :D

[@McBean1331]

Thanks.

[@onyxth3ripper]

I truly cannot wait to watch this, but I'm at work right now haha. This game was so fascinating and I can't wait to watch your thought-provoking perception.

[@StarfishOfDoom]

I watched your play through of this when it was uploaded and I found the game weirdly peaceful? Maybe it's because Mike doesn't over react by screaming constantly like other horror game youtubers.

[@gabriellaprichard215]

I really enjoy the animation style of his game.

[@CofiBeenz]

It’s games like this that really inspire me to one day create something as mesmerizing

[@Reaffle]

I really like this Lovecraft like kind of stories ! Pretty similar to the whole Shoggoth/Elder Things shenanigans too !

[@אוריפרייד]

bat les reisist

[@mysteryxio9957]

Anyone else get a "Shadow of the Colossus" vibe from this... like these creatures could be actually good and it turns out the player is the villain of this game

[@ianbernardborja6863]

Ahhh nothing better than a good story from superhorrorbro

[@Alastor-vq7lz]

I kinda feel like there may have been missed content here. When collecting all four of the divers souls there's also a statue holding 4 heads. Have you might of passed it, we may have seen something different. Although I may just be wrong but ye. Love ya vids

[@dvotion5819]

I just finished your playthrough on this game and see this just came out. Thanks so much

[@LunaBeth97]

I just recently finished playing Gris and this game reminds me so much of it. I tried to find out if they're made by the same people or not but, regardless, this game looks really cool!

[@derekedwardson382]

I noticed that with the goliaths, the energy goes into the diver, but with the other divers the energy looks like it's going into the other diver before they disappear...I wonder if that means anything

[@thelittlemanian3027]

For games like this I often think about Junji Ito and how he makes his horror. It has no deeper meaning. It's not following any philosophy. It's just by "wouldn't that be funked up n scary?" When there's parts of a story but nothing gets explained I often think about that and smile knowing that sometimes bits of a story without explenation is far scarier than a whole fleshed out story.

[@Significantharrassment]

You clearly didn't understand Junji Ito then, all of his pieces have a meaning behind it, it's not just "HEY wouldn't that be fked up?" It's more "HEY aren't the lives we live a little bit fked up already?"

[@thelittlemanian3027]

@@Significantharrassment Really? I remember reading an interview of his once where he said that his works often don't have a deeper meaning and that he comes up with the stories by just thinking about mundane things that are taken to the extreme or scenarios that are a bit over the top turning dark. My first language isn't english tho so I might've missunderstood then again Don't need to understand a thing to be a fan of it

[@Significantharrassment]

@@thelittlemanian3027 well of course of course but it is better to understand the thing, there's a crap ton of KZbinr who talked about Junji Ito works, I HEAVILY recommend you Talefoundry, he explained in detail the meaning of some of his stories, and Overly sarcastic production for HP. Lovecraft

[@nextdoorneighbor646]

I've been waiting for this one, it's been a while since I seen anybody played it and it has to be one of my favorites

[@bernadinesweetspot]

Hasn't this only been released two days ago?

[@SirToaster9330]

I was thinking that the Divers were the fox people, maybe a soldier or worker class

[@Bob-kn7nc]

Reminds me of lovecrafts “elder things”, they both had been driven to extinction (with some residing in the arctic), both were hyper advanced especially in bio technology, both are rare that created beings (like humans and shoggoths), and both are precursor races; maybe there’s a connection but this is just my opinion.

[@SilentDragon01]

I love how he just play the game two days ago and now he’s doing a story explaining.

[@sharkbrostar9glory59]

I love u superhorrorbro ur probs the only guy who could convince me to watch the scariest games (not a horror game player myself) and I still would love hearing ur calming voice.

[@katgrace8834]

Wow the art style of this game is pretty! I love the atmosphere it creates

[@andrewjohnson6262]

So this is the dark lore of Sea Monkeys. Thought you just put them in water and they grew. Seems like they have a killer background. 😁

[@Xuxu14]

Hey Mike maybe you should try to play I'm scared, I would like to see a story explained video from you about that game

[@ThePotatoWitch]

The aesthetic of this game makes me think of an interesting cross between Inside and Abzu. Seems like something I ought to check out when I get the chance!

[@syrathdouglas1244]

To me the story goes like this: As humanity continued to improve their technology they found no life among the stars, and decided to genetically engineer animals on earth to be their companions. However, their companions ended up destroying them and as humanity’s machines died or were overtaken by nature new life evolved. The uplifted species used fossil fuels but couldn’t overcome climate change, leading to the flooding of the world. The greatest machines, still powered by humanity’s tech, became more animalistic to survive the new flooded world. Desperate, the uplifted species turned back to the largest machine to try and revive humanity to save them, combining what organic matter they could with the machine’s power to create the divers.

[@ImJustRandom-yv6zd]

I do have a theory but i don't know if it's true or not: The fox like gods once ruled over the world using divers as servants to collect the 4 goliath's souls all diver's failed to get the souls of the 4 goliath's except for the protagonist (Extra: The fox like gods we're trying to use the goliath's souls to escape while the goliath's tried to defend them selves from the diver's and the fox like god's the goliath's hidden them selves and attacking any diver's that pass nearby them or to harness their power)

[@ryebreadthebread]

Don’t know if it would count as a ‘horror’ game but could you do an ending explained on bugsnax?

[@weirdospade6112]

Something I just wanna point out is the fact that the first leviathan kinda looks like the king dark dragon in the Sky.

[@Junisoon]

I really liked this game, we need more 2D sidescrollers like these

[@BPMze2041]

I'm not much for horror but I just cannot stop watching your lore videos

[@KookeyKay]

Your theories always make so much sense it’s fascinating !!

[@littlelunardragon]

pls do a monsters explained video, all the monsters and other sea creatures in Silt were so cool : )

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

We know less about the deep sea, perhaps there are Lovecraftian kaijus underneath.

[@poorly_educated_therapist]

(I put this comment on the playthrough vid before I found this lore vid, so I'm reposting/recommenting it here as well. If you happened to have read it on the other vid, there's no difference so no need to go through it again.) This was a really interesting game, it's a super cool concept and it was really pretty. I'm really interested in the [other] lore that'll be found or made up about this, and something I noticed, though it might not actually be accurate or it might have already been noticed, was that the main particles looked like a crescent moon, which was also on the top of a big tower in the cityscape and could have something to do with the (lore's) history or even a symbolic meaning (like how being that deep down and underwater plus being surrounded by old machinery and monstrous creatures is like being in an eternal night with/or the emptiness of an ancient abandoned world and that type of feel/deal), and pause, stop, and play button-looking ones (like those on DVD players or remotes for TVs, which also relates to the static-y sounds, kind of/maybe also the machinery, and mainly the possibility of that "soul" stuff being electricity, as SHBro mentioned at some point [in the playthrough video]). (Apologies for how long this is.. again, clearly interested in the lore behind it... -It'd be cool to see some other ideas, if anyone is interested in sharing- )

[@MelonTartVA]

I wonder if the goliaths were originally sent to gather the humans, but they realized they didn't need these masters and turned against them to drown them.

[@earljerohbacabac6974]

Couldn't help but think the possession mechanic is a callback to Fox Spirits given the context of the video.

[@altheazacarias628]

The lore and world build of this game is so cool~!! Kinda reminder me of Inside too-

[@Judge_0f_Everything]

Omg i was waiting for your theory and you upload it.

[@Clanker_studio]

What if the 4 dead divers you collect throughout your journey may have possessed the 4 monsters you fight

[@cognisentnt8613]

I personally feel like this game could have been so much better if it had cut out most of the story sections. They literally make up half the game, and if most of it had been replaced with gameplay sections it could have been so much better.

[@Ethan-uq2ew]

Something I noticed in the room before you assimilate with the circles is how the art of the Goliaths seem to be a mesh of different mythical creatures from varying mythologies. I thought the snake one looked a lot like world serpent Auroboros or Jormungandr with how it wrapped around the earth and almost ate it's tail. The weird tree mesh with birds scattered through also looks strikingly like the Egyptian Tree of Life or maybe even the Norse Yggdrasil mixed with the Kraken (also from Norse mythology) although I'm not too sure about the others.

[@bluethesabertoothrat4892]

This game is like Rayman origins, meets Coraline, meets little nightmare.

[@viviemorton14]

Mike you should really look into playing They Breath. It’s really similar to this game with eerie underwater atmosphere and it’s a short play too.

[@308negrarroyolane]

You should try playing rusty lake, it's a series of puzzle horror games that are really underrated and have a lot of lore.

[@christospsarianos833]

When i saw your full playtrough i couldn't understand the story about the game. I checked more videos and i saw more reactions About it. still nothing. Thank you for making this video 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@froliclover]

Yeah i was very confused when i watched your walkthrough video

[@barborjr660]

Yay finally... I love this kind of videos

[@VioletBuilds322]

If you like Silt, then I recommend a mobile game called Seashine. It takes place underwater and you play as a jellyfish just trying to survive as long as possible. And there is going to be a big update coming to it soon, idk when though lol.

[@mello8408]

In fnaf security breach,there's still one thing that was rare notice,at 6 am Vanessa told us to go to the back of the main stage there's a door that requires level 10 security badge,please check it out

[@keleynal4424]

I don’t think you are the same diver. Each time the energy is consumed, I think that diver is done and you find another, seemingly random one in another area. So the divers are completely interchangeable with each other, none are special or unique.

[@ysselllorentehermann7482]

This screams Shadow of the colossus to me, you should play that game is amazing!

[@mochigeek5516]

Is there like SHB merch? Like hoodies? I really want one just being comfy and all while watching scary playthroughs

[@maksandmakscat445]

I I have a theory that might work, when you take the life force of the four guardians. You get teleported to the great machine for my question is how do you end up in this other cities or these other areas. I believe it’s when you move around in the Mac Depps of this machine like area you.move around more faster or you’re moving as well but more slower or faster and then. When you place the energy and you immediately teleport back to where your body is your body of moved through the ocean to the area that you were spawn in your spirits moved as well so I believe your body is moving twice or maybe more faster when you’re in that area where the machine is that’s my theory and thank you for reading if you are. To:SuperHorrorBro

[@fusion-ls1th]

so the basic summary of superhorrorbro mike's interpretation of silt it's 9 but underwater

[@daveemooowostreams192]

You know Mike I wonder if there are other super horror bro's or if your the only one that is the only super horror bro because there can only be one.

[@gilbertotabares8196]

Nah. Yours makes the most sense. I'll leave the thinking to you Mikey.

[@lemonpaperplanes]

Good thinking Gilberto

[@slenderdude4063]

Another banger, as always

[@Whathefox.]

This looks like it came from the same devs behind inside and limbo. If so then great, if not so then that’s insane how well polished it is

[@justakrewfan]

My theory is the masters evolved into a humanoid form but one of the galoioths chained them up perhaps the tree one it has those figures but the masters maybe have killed a galoioths on land to give them the power of mind control

[@justakrewfan]

They kill the galoioths to power up the factory and swim up to rebuild the earth to rebuild there civilization

[@josepbuigues1336]

Do an analysis video on the resident evil 4 remake next and speculate how it's going to be!

[@OctoPie-k7n]

Is this the same developer(s) that did Limbo? Cuz im getting those vibes

[@CrazyHawkeComics]

This game kinda gives me Lovecraft vibes!

[@cloudscovermyflaws]

Haven’t played the game so I’m sure this could be easily disproved, but watching this video it seems like the divers are all clones, considering they all share the same size and proportions. Perhaps they’re not even just clones, but an entire race that was genetically engineered into existence to fulfill the masters’ purpose.

[@nickdavidelijah]

Great explanation Ty :)

[@weirdfrikicj7389]

Talking about deepsea horror, have you heard from Iron Lung? Is so creepy, I ope you can make a video about that game :)

[@maskedkun3282]

The statue with the horn looks to be wearing a a fox mask, you can see straps on the side. Maybe what happened was that the fox wearing character awoken the Goliaths and the divers where given the ability to use the possession power by someone else?

[@abigailgoodwin9823]

omlll i just finshed watching the play thou ahhh

[@ethribin4188]

My theory is nearly the same, with2 differences. First, the divers arent enslaved, but "chosen-ones" or "heros", going onto a sacret journey. And secomd, this journey, the gathering of power and awakening of thr nachine, is part of an ever repeating cycle. Every time the machine runs out of power, chosen souls are sent to collect powers to start it again. As the machine is what enables the world to live. The goliaths meanwhile are simply a resource. The dead goliath we swim out on in the beginning hints to me that many giants of the deep had their "eyes" taken before. And in theory, eventually there will be no will be no goliaths left... leaving the machine with no future power source. For all we know, these 4 goliaths might have been the last ones....

[@Tako10008]

The Deer mask creatures remind me of the deity in The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom

[@7_Hertz84]

Watched a whole gameplay! Would like to play myself

[@raptorrader1236]

The name kinda relates to the bosses Serpent (eel thing) Inside (plant inside cocoon) Legs (crab) Tentacles (kraken thing)

[@wesselbernhard5047]

you would expect for it to remind you of subnautica but for me it really didn't

[@brycestrout9178]

I wanna see Game Theory's idea for this game's lore

[@trifoneycalilan3903]

high recommend rusty lake lore

[@darkblu117zcrookedneck8]

I watched yu play SILT and i was so mystify of the SILT.

[@ShackleYT]

My little addition to this is that the masters probably promised the slaves freedom in return for their sacrifices to power the machine. otherwise, i doubt they would be free at all if these gods were that powerful. Maybe the slaves failed on purpose time and time again in order to ensure that the masters wouldn't go back on their word

[@Martianboi7]

This channel is game theory but wayyyyyyyyyyy darker

[@Jamiemajerczakgmailcom]

what

[@MTF_Epsolon-9]

Ending explained 5:38

[@lillygrovesun8890]

It reminds me of the game Limbo. I wonder if that was the inspiration behind Silt?

[@stephenking3472]

Liked the demo, amazed by the release.

[@permeus2nd]

When I saw the triangle I was like I wounder if this is the same dev as oxenfree as it would be a cool link if this was the deep ocean we see in that game.

[@dannyblanco6950]

You are the best thank you for making my day a horror day 😎😈🤡☠️

[@SapphireStar23]

I keep thinking "Atlantis" with this game.

[@Sockeye_seal]

I think that some of the “Fox like statues” are deers due to some having a deer like appearance and antlers although, I do think some statues are foxes.

[@Ascera_exists]

The “birds” on the tree seem slightly humanoid

[@dariusong8561]

'The dive emitts a beam of light to posses another creatuer' where have i heard that before? *cough cough mario oddessy cough cough

[@Sam_Wilson]

lol

[@christianparrish6647]

another day another super horror bro theory.

[@nicquiaraaiken7742]

Am off from school for the whole summer

[@andyblizzard]

EVERYTHING BELOW IS AN EDUCATED GUESS. 1. Those are not humanoid animals, but people in animal masks. Those people are shamans. Shamans can communicate with animal spirits. Shamans can take over someone's consciousness and spirit via eye contact. Shamans can combine multiple spirits into one. 3. Machine is nested in a spirit realm. TECHNO-SHAMANISM! 4. Player controls (most likely) either a combined (which consists of all the people who survived cataclysm) or an artificial spirit. 5. Player uses mass-produced artificial diver bodies to gather all spirits of dead (cuz of apocalypse and stuff) humans accumulated inside of behemoths. 5.1 Player does not teleport between locations - he just leaves body where it was and then inhabits closest to the target artificial body. 5.2. Maybe there are many spirits and player just takes over different character every time he brings back behemoth spirit. 6. There is no profecy - technoshamans made recon and built spiritual interfaces to fit specific behemoths before merging into one spirit (or creating artificial one). 7. In the end, we gather all the spirits, shape them into our copies and move them into artificial bodies and go to the new and unknown world. 8. Yes, new bodies are small. Because humanity don't have many resources left. Yes, spirit have to be a diver-shaped to be able to control diver-shaped body. AGAIN. All of those just guesses, and your opinion is as good as mine. :) Also, I might be missing something, please feel free to correct me. :) Also also, imma bad in ingrish. Sowwy. :3

[@tisforpee7836]

This was posted 4 hours ago? Wow! I'm late!