Games Like In Other Waters

Beyond Blue is a single-player narrative adventure that takes you deep into our planet’s beating blue heart. Explore the awesome wonder and unbounded mystery that exists within the world’s ocean.

Why similar: Underwater 57.3% ★, Exploration 11.2%, Adventure 8.9%, Indie 6.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar focus on scientific underwater exploration and the observation of marine life in a non-violent, atmospheric setting.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Beautiful 20.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Exploration 12.4%, Space 8.8%, Story Rich 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same sense of wonder and curiosity as you piece together the history of an alien world through exploration and discovery.

Event[0] is a sci-fi narrative exploration game where you build a relationship with a lonely spaceship computer to get home to Earth.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 22.5%, Adventure 11.1%, Atmospheric 11%, Space 10.2%, Mystery 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like In Other Waters, this game centers on a unique, text-based relationship with an artificial intelligence in a lonely sci-fi setting.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Adventure 23.4%, Indie 19.1%, Artificial Intelligence 12.9%, Space 10.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: You play as the station's AI, providing a similar perspective-shifting experience where you assist a human protagonist through a mysterious environment.

From the art director of Journey®, ABZÛ is a beautiful underwater adventure that evokes the dream of diving. Immerse yourself in a vibrant hidden world bursting with color and life as you descend into the heart of the ocean. But beware as you swim deeper as dangers lurk in the depths.

Why similar: Underwater 37.4% ★, Beautiful 17.5% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.2%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deeply atmospheric and relaxing underwater exploration experience that mirrors the beautiful, alien ocean aesthetic of the seed game.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 25.5%, Story Rich 11.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Futuristic 10.1%, Space 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares a strong emphasis on UI-driven narrative and text-heavy storytelling within a complex, immersive sci-fi world.

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

Why similar: Point & Click 12.2%, Mystery 10.9%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, it focuses on the slow, methodical process of uncovering history and deciphering an alien language through exploration.

Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...

Why similar: Underwater 47.1% ★, Adventure 12%, Exploration 11.2%, Story Rich 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a narrative-driven underwater adventure that focuses on the isolation and beauty of the deep sea.

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Why similar: Futuristic 15%, Aliens 15%, Adventure 13.2%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Story Rich 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on hard sci-fi exploration and the scientific investigation of an alien planet, emphasizing narrative over combat.

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Exploration 16.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Female Protagonist 14.5%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes quiet, meditative exploration and discovery in a visually striking world, focusing on the journey rather than conflict.

Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.

Why similar: Underwater 30.3% ★, Beautiful 20.3% ★, Great Soundtrack 14.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a vast, mysterious underwater world to explore with a strong emphasis on atmosphere and a memorable soundtrack.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Exploration 27.5%, Story Rich 17.8%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Atmospheric 13.5%, Adventure 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly moody, atmospheric exploration experience where the environment is a mysterious, dangerous character in its own right.

Every day is the same on the faraway Bento space-lighthouse - until a mysterious radio message breaks through. Evade the past, welcome oblivion, make the perfect Italian coffee. Still There is a psychological adventure game about grief, technical puzzles, wacky AIs and dark humour. How far is far enough?

Why similar: Beautiful 24.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Point & Click 11.2%, Story Rich 8.9%, Space 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a space-based narrative that relies on interacting with complex ship interfaces to solve problems and uncover the story.

Tacoma is a sci-fi narrative adventure from the creators of Gone Home. Set aboard a high-tech space station in the year 2088, explore every detail of how the station’s crew lived and worked, finding the clues that add up to a gripping story of trust, fear, and resolve in the face of disaster.

Why similar: Story Rich 13.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Exploration 10.8%, Space 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on exploring a deserted space station and piecing together the narrative through digital logs and environmental storytelling.

Join Norah, a woman plagued by a mysterious illness, in her search for her missing husband in this adventure puzzle game set on a lush island paradise. Immerse yourself in stunning visuals and unlock forbidden secrets in a moving tale of mystery and love.

Why similar: Story Rich 15.3%, Adventure 15.1%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Atmospheric 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is a narrative-heavy exploration game that focuses on solving environmental puzzles to uncover the history of a mysterious location.

Koral, a love letter to the ocean. Dive into the beautiful underwater world as a sea current. Solve puzzles to bring back to life coral reefs and spread the beauty of the oceans in different sea ecosystems.

Why similar: Underwater 31.7% ★, Beautiful 29% ★, Great Soundtrack 11.5%, Exploration 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, underwater-themed puzzle game that focuses on the beauty and restoration of coral reefs.

Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 26.1%, Point & Click 12.3%, Female Protagonist 10.8%, Story Rich 9.7%, Adventure 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: You play as a small, sentient robot exploring a home, sharing the theme of an AI protagonist navigating a narrative-heavy environment.

Dive into the boundless galaxy and embark on an emotional adventure! Help little robot Emeth to fulfill a century-old promise by finding Earth in order to save Mankind—so step into the spaceship, operate a deep space telescope, and find out what’s out there in the unknown.

Why similar: Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Point & Click 11.1%, Female Protagonist 10.3%, Space 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares a focus on space exploration and a poignant, story-rich narrative about finding one's place in the universe.

The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 13.9%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi puzzle game that explores the relationship between humans and AI through a series of logical challenges.

An exploration game about emotional ties that transcend even death. Riley is faced with a headstrong ghost, urging her on an adventure across atmospheric shores, uncovering the island's tragic secret. Choices in dialogue shape the bond between the two, ultimately deciding Riley's fate.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 15.3%, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 12.2%, Story Rich 12.1%, Adventure 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a narrative-focused exploration game that emphasizes atmosphere and the history of the environment you are traversing.

An adventure about a robot saving her home from a dark crystalline force. Set upon a biopunk space station bursting with fantastic plants and aliens.

Why similar: Adventure 19.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Indie 15%, Point & Click 14.6%, Story Rich 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, sci-fi point-and-click adventure that focuses on puzzle-solving and a unique, colorful aesthetic.

A quiet game of life and loss. One by one, everyone left the village for the city. Everyone, except Talma. Approaching her final years, she maintains a simple way of life tending to her homestead, surviving, subsisting, whilst increasingly disturbing letters arrive from her family in the city.

Why similar: Beautiful 27.9% ★, Adventure 14%, Indie 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.5%, Point & Click 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A slow-paced, atmospheric game that focuses on daily routines and personal narrative in a lonely, isolated setting.

Teach the gods to create a better universe - or mess it all up in Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.

Why similar: Underwater 48.9% ★, Adventure 19.4%, Indie 15.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a peaceful, underwater setting where the focus is on narrative choices and interacting with alien creatures.

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars is an innovative narrative driven adventure game. The story centers on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an elite group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet.

Why similar: Point & Click 21%, Adventure 18.4%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi mystery game that involves managing an AI assistant to explore planets and solve puzzles.

Experience the intricate dioramas and connections of your life, and the ripples we all make, in this award-winning narrative puzzle game about death, loss, and mental health.

Why similar: Beautiful 33.9% ★, Point & Click 11%, Mystery 8.5%, Story Rich 7.5%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven puzzle game that uses environmental exploration to reveal a deep, personal story.

Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.

Why similar: Exploration 32.4%, Female Protagonist 26.7%, Atmospheric 21.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, non-violent exploration game set in a flooded, post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes discovery.

Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.

Why similar: Underwater 66.3% ★, Adventure 15.2%, Indie 11.7%, Exploration 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a somber, underwater exploration experience that focuses on the ruins of a lost civilization.

When the interstellar mission to colonize a new world goes terribly awry, the fate of the Letarri people falls into the hands of a lone adventurer. Now it's up to you to unravel the mystery of what happened. Can you save them and their mission, or is it already too late?

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 14.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Point & Click 9.4%, Indie 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style sci-fi adventure game that focuses on exploration and solving puzzles on a deserted planet.

A girl trapped in a strange world somewhere between reality and imagination. Help her find her way in this adventure puzzle game.

Why similar: Adventure 27.4%, Indie 21.6%, Beautiful 14.3% ★, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Great Soundtrack 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-exploration game that focuses on navigating a mysterious, abstract world to uncover the protagonist's memories.

You're a Stardiver on a mission. Descend into the depths of an underwater world filled with wonder, mysteries, and peril. Discover the story behind the abandoned base. Explore this submerged planet and learn its history.

Why similar: Underwater 34.1% ★, Futuristic 7.8%, Mystery 7.8%, Story Rich 7.6%, Atmospheric 7.5%

Amphora is a peculiar puzzle game that mixes story elements and physics. Amphora presents you with an unfamiliar world with a striking visual style inspired by all the shadow theatre traditions and colors of the world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22%, Adventure 15.3%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Indie 14%, Female Protagonist 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique, atmospheric art style and focuses on puzzle-solving within a narrative framework.

Experience the surreal story of Elea. In this first-person Sci-Fi adventure you play as a space scientist recovering your lost husband. Venture out on a curious interstellar journey, full of devastating memories and startling secrets.

Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 15.6%, Adventure 15.4%, Indie 11.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Adventure 16.8%, Exploration 14.2%, Atmospheric 14.1%, Space 13.4%, Story Rich 13.1%

Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Exploration 15.4%, Story Rich 14.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Mystery 12.9%

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.6%, Mystery 19.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Puzzle 9.9%, Indie 9.5%

Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the people of Seattle who use Eliza for counseling, and decides the course of her future.

Why similar: Beautiful 30.6% ★, Female Protagonist 20.2%, Great Soundtrack 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Story Rich 10.4%

The Fall of Lazarus is first person exploration and puzzle game. A deeply narrative scifi mystery game based on the exploration of an abandoned cargo spaceship about redemption and second chances.

Why similar: Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 10.7%, Female Protagonist 9.9%, Mystery 9.9%, Space 9.8%

A strange signal... an alien craft... an interplanetary, gravity-defying journey through space and time.

Why similar: Exploration 19.5%, Atmospheric 18%, Space 16%, Adventure 14.1%, Story Rich 12.5%

From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.

Why similar: Underwater 59% ★, Adventure 15.3%, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Puzzle 2.2%

A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.

Why similar: Beautiful 20% ★, Point & Click 11.7%, Exploration 10.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Great Soundtrack 8.4%

Bizarre Earthquake is a third-person point & click adventure game. The story is about a seismologist and her assistant who try to uncover the mysteries behind a bizarre earthquake they encounter.

Why similar: Adventure 50.6%, Indie 15.7%, Point & Click 14.5%, Female Protagonist 8%, Mystery 6.5%

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26%, Adventure 23%, Story Rich 16%, Atmospheric 13.8%, Indie 11.7%

Traverse a mythic little realm, use a sword to do battle & evoke sworcery to solve mystical musical mysteries.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 24%, Point & Click 14.8%, Beautiful 14.4% ★, Adventure 13.6%, Indie 9.4%

Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.

Why similar: Beautiful 45.4% ★, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 8.2%

Take a deep breath and find your fiancée who went missing in the dark abyss of the ocean.

Why similar: Underwater 29.9% ★, Point & Click 16.2%, Adventure 13.3%, Female Protagonist 10.6%, Mystery 6.8%

Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.

Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Female Protagonist 17%, Story Rich 15%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 9.7%

Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Why similar: Point & Click 18.3%, Female Protagonist 13.9%, Adventure 13.7%, Story Rich 11.5%, Aliens 10.7%

Deep Beyond Is a first-person interactive thriller about a sea explorer and the mystery behind her father’s disappearance.

Why similar: Underwater 32.2% ★, Exploration 12.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.1%

As Jack Argyle, you are tasked with restoring communication at the underwater ex-Aegis facility known as Phorcys Station. Be careful, or risk joining the spirits trapped inside.

Why similar: Underwater 37.4% ★, Artificial Intelligence 14.5%, Exploration 9.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.

Why similar: Beautiful 39.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 15.8%, Indie 11.5%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).

Why similar: Beautiful 27.6% ★, Story Rich 16.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Indie 11.5%

1000xRESIST is a thrilling sci-fi adventure. The year is unknown, and a disease spread by an alien invasion keeps you underground. You are Watcher. You dutifully fulfil your purpose in serving the ALLMOTHER, until the day you discover a shocking secret that changes everything.

Why similar: Experimental 18.6% ★, Female Protagonist 13.2%, Futuristic 12.5%, Aliens 12%, Story Rich 10.7%

CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.

Why similar: Underwater 48% ★, Exploration 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9%, Story Rich 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.9%

A throw-back, retro-inspired, point and click adventure with chunky and beautiful pixel art

Why similar: Point & Click 16.3%, Exploration 15.7%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Futuristic 8.3%

Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

Why similar: Beautiful 22.2% ★, Great Soundtrack 22.1%, Experimental 9.7% ★, Atmospheric 9.7%, Adventure 9.4%

A classical science fiction point and click adventure which takes you into a deep story and murky atmosphere, while solving logical puzzles. Accompany Tessa Carter and her talking robot as she finds out about herself and searches for a way to survive.

Why similar: Point & Click 19%, Female Protagonist 14%, Story Rich 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.8%, Mystery 9.7%

Plunge into VR on a capsizing research ship, the Triton, where survival means outmaneuvering the water's lethal surge. Freedive through a sinking ship, overcome underwater chaos, and unlock your path to the surface, all while protecting your most precious resource: the breath in your lungs.

Why similar: Underwater 40.8% ★, Beautiful 22% ★, Exploration 10.2%, Adventure 8%, Story Rich 7.5%

Intruder In Antiquonia is a narrative mystery adventure that will immerse you in the Internet-hostile town of Antiquonia. Sarah does not remember who she is and how she got there. Help her solve the mysteries of her past while exploring beautiful hand-drawn environments.

Why similar: Point & Click 15.1%, Story Rich 12.3%, Exploration 11.8%, Mystery 11.6%, Female Protagonist 11%