Games Like In the Darkness of the Sea

It Lurks in the Woods is a short first-person horror game based on French Canadian folklore.

Why similar: Indie 38.5%, Adventure 23.9%, Dark 23%, Atmospheric 14.6%

An adventure game following the story of a young boy at sea. A story told purely through animation with no sound or script.

Why similar: Indie 32.4%, Adventure 31.2%, 2D 18.7%, Atmospheric 17.7%

Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever.

Why similar: Indie 46.5%, Adventure 42%, Atmospheric 11.5%

What are the most important moments in your life? Lost At Sea is a game about life and death, about coming to terms with your past and about family. Set on a beautiful island, this game will force you to face your fears and take stock of your life through imaginative puzzles and a relatable story.

Why similar: Narration 30.1%, Indie 29.8%, Adventure 26.9%, Atmospheric 13.2%

Ocean Desolation is a Free Simple Linear horror game. After falling out of your boat during a thunderstorm you are left stranded in the South Pacific Ocean. Swim your way to different locations and find a way to call for help. But be careful, something lurks at the bottom.

Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, Indie 49.5%

Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.

Why similar: Indie 39.1%, Adventure 29.7%, Dark 19.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%

A short atmospheric adventure game about finding meaning in a meaningless world.

Why similar: Adventure 39.7%, Atmospheric 28.1%, Indie 24.7%, 2D 7.5%

The Navigator is a 2D puzzle-platformer where the player assumes control of a young boy travelling the high seas. The mysterious world around him is filled with floating rocks that have various celestial properties, and the player must help the boy align these celestial rocks to lead him on his journey.

Why similar: Indie 46.7%, Adventure 40.9%, 2D 12.4%

Delve into a troubled student's mind as his grip on reality unravels . . .

Why similar: Indie 53.4%, Adventure 46.6%

A small, lonely boy on a hopeful quest navigates through a dark and dreary motel. Dive into its mysterious, eerie atmosphere and find your way through the motel's strange puzzles, as it becomes increasingly clear that reality is not as it seems.

Why similar: Dark 60.9%, 2D 39.1%

Solitude Underwater is a short horror adventure game. Two treasure-hunting brothers are searching for sunken riches off the coast of South Africa, only to find themselves immersed in catastrophe after one of them gets trapped in a cage, deep inside shark-infested waters.

Why similar: Adventure 42.3%, Dark 27%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Indie 14.9%

You are a lowly egg cell on a journey through a swollen sea of strange and humanoid fish. Prey on smaller life and growing larger and stronger to perhaps someday be born.

Why similar: Dark 29.6%, Adventure 20.2%, Indie 19.9%, Atmospheric 17.7%, 2D 12.6%

This is the game that nurtures “Circle” and adventures in the "Outside" of the room.

Why similar: Indie 32%, Adventure 29.8%, Dark 19.8%, Atmospheric 11.5%, 2D 6.9%

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: Adventure 30.5%, Narration 29.3%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Indie 20%

A text adventure game about a 19th century explorer who finds himself stranded and alone.

Why similar: Adventure 50.8%, Indie 49.2%

In Nightmare is a narrative-driven horror adventure game combining sneak action with diverse puzzles. It follows a young boy in search for the last hope of love who is working out his own salvation by navigating through his fear.

Why similar: Adventure 44.1%, Atmospheric 34.6%, Dark 16%, Indie 5.3%

A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.

Why similar: Atmospheric 45.6%, Dark 33.3%, Adventure 21.1%

An atmospheric underwater horror game, can you evade and survive?

Why similar: Indie 100%

When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.

Why similar: Narration 35.5%, Indie 20.5%, Dark 19.2%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 11.7%

There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of the forest alone... or so it seems. Taking control of Rachel in this short, story driven, exploration game, you must find out where you are, why you're there, and most importantly, how to get out. What will you uncover when you delve into the unknown?

Why similar: Indie 51.5%, Adventure 48.5%

A student built, subdued adventure game that will take the player to unseen depths utilizing a unique and novel approach to vision and clarity.

Why similar: Indie 52.6%, Adventure 47.4%

A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?

Why similar: Narration 54.5%, Adventure 26.6%, Atmospheric 18.9%

After a freak storm over the Atlantic, you find yourself stranded on the shores of a mysterious island. Do you have what it takes to escape the Lost Sea?

Why similar: Indie 50.5%, Adventure 49.5%

A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.

Why similar: Dark 44.1%, Indie 31.4%, Adventure 17.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Play as a mermaid, who has been sent to the human world to discover why they're building a giant ship called the Titanic.

Why similar: Indie 53.7%, Adventure 46.3%

Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.

Why similar: Dark 44.2%, Atmospheric 31.2%, Adventure 24.6%

The Sirena Expedition is a short PSX-style horror-platformer in which you explore a mysterious underwater facility.

Why similar: Narration 55%, Atmospheric 25.4%, Adventure 19.6%

A short story point-and-click visual novel about the afterlife.

Why similar: Adventure 44%, Dark 23.2%, 2D 16.7%, Atmospheric 16.2%

You are a girl called Maya who ends stranded in island with a lighthouse during a storm. What is this strange place? How did she get here? What to do next? Explore this small island and lighthouse to understand what happened to Maya.

Why similar: Indie 34.6%, Adventure 32.8%, Atmospheric 18.1%, 2D 14.6%

Life on the Hook - is a short story about the life of a lonely fisherman named Hrafn, who lives his life in a small house on a lake with a dock and an old boat.

Why similar: Narration 40.3%, Dark 26%, Atmospheric 20.9%, Adventure 12.8%

Oscura, the apprentice lighthouse keeper, has destroyed the Aurora Stone, sending shards across the Driftlands and plunging them into darkness and danger. It’s up to Oscura to find the shards of the stone and restore light to the Driftlands before creatures of the dark can destroy it.

Why similar: Indie 37.8%, Adventure 24.5%, Dark 24.5%, Atmospheric 13.1%

A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.

Why similar: Indie 54.9%, Atmospheric 37.2%, 2D 7.9%

I must kill...: Fresh Meat is a light horror story adventure game based on a sad story of a butcher. One day, one night and one accident will bring his misty past and memories to light.

Why similar: Indie 52.6%, Adventure 47.4%

Shadow of Pharos is a short first-person horror game.

Why similar: Atmospheric 55.7%, Indie 26.3%, Adventure 18.1%

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

Why similar: Narration 45.6%, Adventure 42.8%, 2D 11.7%

REALITY is a FREE short First-Person horror game, it uses a graphical style to represent the present mood of the game. It gives the player the ability to choose and get slightly different results. The game has many mysteries you might want to uncover.

Why similar: Indie 54.7%, Adventure 45.3%

When humans get too lonely, they turn into monsters… Set sail across a beautiful and evolving world of darkness and light, and discover what it means to be human.

Why similar: Dark 41%, Adventure 35.3%, Atmospheric 23.8%

The Last Oath is a short story based game about a knight that fell in battle fighting for their king. You find yourself with a final task to keep your oath to the king. Complete this task as you find out more about the world by interacting with the environment through text based dialogue.

Why similar: Adventure 32.4%, Dark 29%, Atmospheric 19.2%, 2D 15.4%, Indie 4%

In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...

Why similar: Adventure 51.2%, Atmospheric 48.8%

Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.

Why similar: Adventure 33.2%, Atmospheric 27.4%, Indie 19.8%, 2D 19.6%

Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.

Why similar: Dark 35.6%, Atmospheric 23.1%, Indie 22%, Adventure 19.3%

You play as a man called Jacob Reeves. A man who has lost his reason to live. He throws himself into a blackness to end his misery, but instead of it being the end he wakes up without a memory of his life before.

Why similar: Indie 29.4%, Adventure 27%, Dark 20.7%, Atmospheric 14.3%, 2D 8.5%

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Why similar: Dark 32.8%, Indie 25.7%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Adventure 13%, 2D 9%

Become a fearless underwater explorer and reach the bottom of The Mariana Trench to win 20,000* REAL DOLLARS!

Why similar: Dark 39.1%, Atmospheric 30.6%, Indie 30.3%

The NADI Project it is a free-to-play, first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny.

Why similar: Adventure 49.1%, Indie 31.5%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 8%

A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

Why similar: Indie 32%, Adventure 27.5%, Atmospheric 24.9%, 2D 15.7%

“Queen of Seas” is a casual platformer game. The game theme is about Yemanjá, the Queen of Seas in afro-brazilian religion. You play as a fisherman’s son, that need to dive deep and deliver offerings to the Queen of Seas poof his family’s faith.

Why similar: Indie 40.6%, Adventure 36.7%, 2D 22.7%

Immerse yourself in a contrasted emotional journey with delicate visuals! Songs from the Iron Sea is a poetic platformer set in a whimsical aquatic universe. Guided by a kind entity, embody a creature lost in a metal nightmare and escape the foreman's gaze to regain your freedom.

Why similar: Adventure 50.5%, 2D 22.1%, Narration 18.8%, Indie 8.6%

The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.

Why similar: Indie 38.9%, Adventure 36.6%, Atmospheric 16.4%, 2D 8.1%

Plunge into the silence with Stephan, young musician that lost his hearing and, at the same time, the meaning of life.

Why similar: Adventure 39.3%, Atmospheric 37.2%, Indie 23.5%

Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.

Why similar: Adventure 59.8%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Indie 14.7%, 2D 9.5%

A short 2.5D adventure platformer developed over the course of 3 months by a 3 person team. Travel along with a woman and her child surviving during an alien invasion. Inspired by classic sci-fi, this quiet, melancholy journey will show the depths a mother will go to protect her child, if she can survive...

Why similar: Indie 56%, Adventure 44%

A short narrative and exploration game about Zach, June, and a strange phenomenon. You're Zach and, stuck in your home, you will do everything to keep hearing June's voice messages. What is happening out there?

Why similar: Narration 55.6%, Indie 44.4%

Deepwell is a story-driven adventure game, about a small town surrounding a giant mystery hole.

Why similar: Adventure 58.4%, 2D 21.2%, Indie 20.3%

Indie Puzzle Game

Why similar: Indie 55.9%, Adventure 44.1%

My Light In The Dark is a short story about a girl who lives with her abusive mother. The girl finds out some dark secrets about her mother, and she has to find a way to escape the house.

Why similar: Dark 40.9%, Adventure 25%, Atmospheric 18%, 2D 16.1%

A short point & click narrative adventure inspired by the real life experience of a struggling solo indie game developer. A story about everything and hence nothing at all. Discover what truly matters to you.

Why similar: Dark 37.9%, Adventure 24.9%, Atmospheric 23.7%, 2D 13.5%