Games Like Saltwater Bodies

Swim deeper and deeper into this underwater horror game. Explore open worlds, save your friends, escape monstrous creatures....What are you waiting for? the depths are beckoning you to go deeper!

Why similar: Underwater 34.4% ★, Lovecraftian 18.6%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Horror 6.9%, Psychological Horror 6.1%

Underwater, you're alone. Or almost alone. You're a diver doing routine work: cleaning the seabed, collecting waste, fixing pipes. But deep down there's always something wrong. Explore, repair, survive — and try not to lose your mind.

Why similar: Underwater 30.7% ★, Lovecraftian 21.6%, 6DOF 13.3% ★, Horror 8.1%, Dark 7.9%

Dive into a surreal deep sea dream. Survive by devouring and evolving, and encounter a cast of strange, mysterious companions. Explore, upgrade, and uncover the "truth" hidden beneath the beautiful waves. This is more than an adventure—it is a dimension-breaking dive to the deep.

Why similar: Underwater 48.3% ★, Lovecraftian 27%, Psychological Horror 6.5%, Exploration 5%, Stylized 4.5%

A Place, Forbidden is a first-person, lo-fi horror-puzzle game set in the Library of Ouroboros, a seemingly innocuous library that, rumor has it, contains knowledge not meant for the eyes of mortal man. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.1%, Transhumanism 23.8% ★, Horror 13%, Dark 10.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%

Explore and survive a twisted Hundred Acre Wood while being hunted by an old childhood friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. Rescue Christopher Robin with the help of Eldritch Beasts that were once familiar faces. Discover what took place and has changed a once beautiful land into something dark and dangerous.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 31.7%, Nonlinear 20.5%, Dark 12.4%, Horror 11%, Survival Horror 6.9%

Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Underwater 26.7% ★, Horror 13.5%, Dark 11.5%, Psychological Horror 7.1%

A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.

Why similar: Underwater 33.3% ★, Lovecraftian 28.4%, Dark 10%, Horror 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8%

Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.

Why similar: Underwater 29.5% ★, Lovecraftian 25.1%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Horror 9.2%, Choices Matter 6.2%

Aqua Catholicism; Explore Man's Original Sin Under The Sea

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Transhumanism 25.1% ★, Underwater 23.1% ★, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 4.5%

Stranded alone in an unfamiliar place, with only a lugubrious coffin at your side. Dive deep into this melancholic and macabre tale of death, grief and despair as you try to piece together the intricate lore while facing entities far beyond human comprehension. A love letter to games of yore.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28%, Nonlinear 20.2%, Psychological Horror 10.8%, Dark 8.3%, Horror 8.2%

COLD ABYSS is a relaxing and atmospheric exploration game where you repair internet cables on the bottom of the ocean. There are no enemies or other forms of danger down there. Just you.

Why similar: Underwater 37.4% ★, Lovecraftian 21.4%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Horror 9%, Dark 8.1%

Capture footage in the abyssal depths of the ocean. The sub offers safety. The open water does not.

Why similar: Underwater 47.7% ★, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13%, Dark 11.4%, Exploration 4.6%

You are an employee of U.D.E. Your mission is to explore the ocean depths, investigate ancient artifacts, and... save your own skin. Survive, uncover the corporation's secrets, and find out what lies hidden in the depths.

Why similar: Underwater 37.5% ★, Lovecraftian 23.4%, Horror 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Stylized 5.2%

Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.

Why similar: Underwater 36.2% ★, Lovecraftian 24.9%, Dark 9%, Horror 8.9%, Psychological Horror 8.8%

Descend into Lovecraftian horror aboard a claustrophobic military submarine. Assign tasks as a captain’s right hand, analyze sonar signals, make hard decisions, and keep the crew from madness. Dark horrors lurk both within… and beyond the hull.

Why similar: Underwater 25.3% ★, Lovecraftian 25%, Psychological Horror 12.8%, Horror 11.2%, Dark 10.8%

The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.3%, Underwater 16.2% ★, Horror 14.2%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Dark 8.2%

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.1%, Underwater 27.3% ★, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10.8%

Burn Depth is an tense, underwater, horror exploration game. Find a path through a dangerous and unexplored area of the ocean filled with menacing creatures. Manage your vessel's resources, survive the dive, and uncover the mysteries beneath the sea floor.

Why similar: Underwater 37.6% ★, Lovecraftian 21%, Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Choices Matter 5.9%

Deep Copy is a top down point-and-click literary adventure set in a hand-painted science fiction world. Awakened with no memory, you must solve puzzles and navigate a branching story to piece together the dense, interconnected mystery at the heart of the lab.

Why similar: Transhumanism 30.9% ★, Nonlinear 22.3%, Horror 12.1%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

GANGSTALK is a psychological horror game from the POV of your stalkers.

Why similar: Transhumanism 29.2% ★, Nonlinear 21.3%, Lovecraftian 17.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Horror 8.7%

Dive into the waters of Scyla, a third-person 3D exploration adventure inspired by Lovecraft's universe. Discover the mysteries hidden into the depths as you pilot a submarine through a strange cave system. Run away from a criature that stalks you.

Why similar: Underwater 39.8% ★, Lovecraftian 25.1%, Nonlinear 14.8%, Exploration 5.1%, Survival Horror 4.3%

A 1-4 player co-op horror game where you dive into haunted wrecks to dismantle them and escape before you are noticed.

Why similar: Underwater 50.2% ★, 6DOF 19.7% ★, Horror 11.4%, Psychological Horror 7%, Exploration 4.5%

TRYPAN - A survival horror experience centered on exploration, resourcefulness, and sheer will to survive. Investigate your father's disappearance in the abandoned town of Stagmon.

Why similar: Transhumanism 34.8% ★, Lovecraftian 24.8%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 7.6%, Exploration 5.3%

Your sight is limited in this first-person psychological horror game in the deep abyss. Use sound to your advantage, while you still have your mind in this experience of pure mind-numbing terror. Try to survive long enough to discover the terrible secrets... if you can...

Why similar: Underwater 32.8% ★, Lovecraftian 24.3%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Horror 10.6%, Survival Horror 6.7%

This Game is Casual 3D Horror Game.

Why similar: Underwater 34.8% ★, Psychological Horror 20.6%, Horror 16.3%, Survival Horror 10%, First-Person 6.3%

Experience liminal spaces like never before. Dreamcore is the ultimate psychological exploration game, set in the largest liminal world ever made. No guides, no path—only intuition. Will you keep your bearings in a world designed to make you lose them?

Why similar: Underwater 33.7% ★, Nonlinear 21.9%, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.6%, Dark 8.2%

The light is your only lifeline. Descend into a crushing, thalassophobic abyss where every photograph could be your last. Investigate unpredictable deep-sea horrors and explore the vast, dark unknown - all while being 'assisted' by a darkly sarcastic AI.

Why similar: Underwater 34.9% ★, Lovecraftian 21%, Nonlinear 13%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Dark 7.1%

Explore liminal spaces that feel eerily familiar and fire the imagination, like a dream you’ve already visited.

Why similar: Underwater 29.9% ★, Nonlinear 22.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 9.3%, Exploration 7.5%

A first-person psychological horror game where you play as a female protagonist, traversing creepy & atmospheric liminal spaces, solving mind-bending puzzles and ever shifting maze environments to uncover the truth about who you are and how you came to be here

Why similar: Lovecraftian 21.3%, Horror 20.7%, Psychological Horror 19.9%, Dark 13%, First-Person 8.1%

Explore the deepest depths of the ocean as you survey the environment by recording audio and taking pictures. Collect fuel found in the caves of these depths. Be carful though, Some thing lurks in these waters.

Why similar: Underwater 53% ★, Psychological Horror 18.4%, Horror 14.6%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Adventure 4.4%

Escape a confusing cave system without being eaten in this short, underwater horror game.

Why similar: Underwater 64.4% ★, Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 8.2%, First-Person 4.5%, 3D 4.3%

When Marisol starts a new life as a telecom technician, she finds herself out of her depth in a mutating city. Connect with strangers, confront grotesque creatures, and unravel a conspiracy at the heart of the metamorphosis.

Why similar: Transhumanism 36% ★, Nonlinear 12.9%, Horror 8.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.1%

Experimental, None Linear, Cosmic Horror Game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.8%, Nonlinear 22.8%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 8.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Full Fathom is an oceanic survival horror game. Pilot a deteriorating submarine as it drifts through grim waters, keeping it maintained as it is your only lifeline in the hostile, merciless ocean.

Why similar: Underwater 36% ★, Nonlinear 16.6%, Lovecraftian 14.1%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Horror 8.3%

Take the role of Jonas Schmidt, a private investigator trapped in a deranged professor's house. Uncover the grim secrets of human experiments and grotesque machinery, all while solving puzzles and avoiding monstrous creations. Can you escape before you become the next test subject?

Why similar: Transhumanism 51% ★, Dark 13.1%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 5.4%

Walking and Swimming Simulator. No monsters. Explore liminal spaces where each level reflects different aspects of your mind. Savor the atmosphere and let your feelings guide you. Relax or feel anxious as you dive underwater. Overcome your fears in uncanny, unnerving, and eerie spaces.

Why similar: Underwater 35% ★, Nonlinear 20.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 9.4%, Dark 6.3%

A Horror Adventure Game with Multiple Endings

Why similar: Nonlinear 31.8%, Horror 20.1%, Psychological Horror 19%, Dark 12.1%, 3D 7%

Effigy : The Descent is a first-person survival-horror game in which you will face statues, with your lantern as your only tool to stop them. Gather all artefacts from the cave and freedom will be yours !

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.9%, Nonlinear 22.5%, Psychological Horror 10%, Dark 9.8%, Horror 9.2%

The oil is running out. The expedition is doomed. You will never reach the lighthouse. But something worse than death awaits you if you give up. Operate the engine. Explore the ship. Unveil the truth that lies beyond your reality.

Why similar: Underwater 31.8% ★, Lovecraftian 24.8%, Psychological Horror 9.1%, Horror 8.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%

THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.9%, Underwater 28.4% ★, Horror 11.9%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Exploration 5.2%

A submarine touring the Titanic has gone missing. As part of the coast guard, you have been called in to locate and rescue the crew before their oxygen runs out.

Why similar: Underwater 41.6% ★, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Psychological Horror 9.8%, Horror 9.2%, Exploration 5.4%

Nightmare Tale is an interactive horror novel with dark secrets and intricate puzzles. Take control of the fate of the main character named Tom, who inherited an old hotel. You will have to keep your sanity while discovering the horrifying secrets of the hotel.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Nonlinear 24%, Horror 13.7%, Dark 9.5%, Psychological Horror 9.2%

When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.4%, Nonlinear 18.9%, Horror 10.8%, Psychological Horror 10%, Survival Horror 8.8%

The Heilwald Klinikum used to be one of the most renowned medical facilities in Germany. That all changed when that curious loophole appeared...

Why similar: Nonlinear 26.7%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Horror 14.2%, Dark 13.1%, Survival Horror 8.5%

Enter into a Horror Adventure Lovecraftian-inspired story. As your sanity begins to erode, and armed with only a oil-lit lantern, work to unlock and uncover the secrets of the ship. Yet be aware, for something ancient and unknowable stirs within the suffocating darkness of the ship's maw...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.7%, Horror 18.6%, Stylized 12.3%, First-Person 8.4%, Dark 7.5%

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Underwater 51.8% ★, Horror 16.3%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Survival Horror 7.8%, First-Person 6.3%

In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Dark 15.4%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Horror 14.2%, Survival Horror 8.2%

Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?

Why similar: Underwater 47.1% ★, Nonlinear 20.8%, Horror 12.2%, Survival Horror 8.5%, First-Person 4.1%

A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.2%, Nonlinear 23.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Horror 7.5%

Night shifts at a cursed 24/7 drive-thru. Each night brings new rules, strange customers, and darker events. Follow instructions, complete orders, and save money for your dream car-if you survive all seven shifts. Don’t serve the same car twice.

Why similar: Horror 21.6%, Psychological Horror 20.9%, Nonlinear 17.6%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Stylized 7.8%

COOPERATIVE UNDERWATER TRAITOR HORROR. 4 players. 1 mission. Descend into an abandoned base at the bottom of the ocean.

Why similar: Underwater 47.7% ★, Horror 15.1%, Dark 14.6%, Choices Matter 7%, Stylized 4.3%

Sister Lace is a first-person narrative survival game set in an elite academic campus where each student lives alongside a Sister, a humanoid robot designed to assist them. One night, a mysterious virus turns those meant to protect you into your greatest threat.

Why similar: Transhumanism 44.1% ★, Horror 11.3%, Psychological Horror 10.9%, Dark 7.4%, Exploration 7.2%

Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.

Why similar: Underwater 48.1% ★, Dark 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 11.9%, First-Person 5.1%

On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.7%, Psychological Horror 15%, Horror 14.5%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Female Protagonist 5.2%

A Black Pyramid materializes across the globe. Dr. Mehdi Algun must decipher why, before its hunger for death and suffering consumes everything. An ancient cycle of cleansing has begun. As madness spreads and humanity tears itself apart, choose: become the destroyer, or join the cleansed.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.3%, Dark 14.7%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Horror 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.1%, Dark 14.2%, Horror 13.3%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.6%

A first-person psychological horror game where your personality shapes the experience. Answer unsettling questions, endure disturbing trials, and survive an evaluation that adapts to how you think and behave.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.5%, Psychological Horror 13.6%, Dark 13.2%, Horror 12.9%, Choices Matter 9%

Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

Why similar: Underwater 45.8% ★, Lovecraftian 36.1%, Psychological Horror 10.7%, Horror 4.9%, Adventure 2.4%

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny spaceship through turbulent "waters" surrounding a supermassive blackhole. Retrieve and scan sites of interest while managing your noise footprint.

Why similar: Underwater 61.7% ★, Psychological Horror 18.3%, Dark 6.5%, First-Person 4.2%, Adventure 4%