Games Like Loan Shark

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Fishing 55.2% ★, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Mystery 9.2%, Horror 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines relaxing fishing mechanics with a growing sense of Lovecraftian dread and psychological mystery.

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Underwater 31.1% ★, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Horror 11.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Dark 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a claustrophobic, atmospheric underwater setting that perfectly captures the feeling of being trapped in a hopeless situation.

Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

Why similar: Surreal 24.8%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Fishing 12.6% ★, Horror 11.1%, Walking Simulator 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short, and deeply unsettling experience that explores the existential horror of being a fish.

You just arrived in hell. Nothing left to to do but contemplate the life you lived, and fish. Fish out ancient treasures, upgrade your fishing abilities, and face your biggest regrets in this narrative fishing game! Will you manage to fish out Lucifer's crown and earn another chance at life?

Why similar: Fishing 46.6% ★, Surreal 17.5%, Interactive Fiction 14.4%, Story Rich 6.3%, Linear 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark-comedic take on the fishing genre that leans heavily into narrative-driven horror.

The game only saves when you die. Every time you die, something changes. Every change is based on where and how you died. Go on an epic adventure only equipped with your trusted shotgun, your wit and your strong stomach for disturbing exploration. Can you survive a night at the bar, Anglerfish?

Why similar: Dark Humor 30.9%, Surreal 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends dark humor with exploration and escape-room mechanics in a way that mirrors the absurdity of the seed game.

A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure

Why similar: Fishing 45.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.8%, Horror 14.6%, Adventure 13%

Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused interactive fiction game that turns a simple fishing trip into a nightmare.

To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.

Why similar: Fishing 29.4% ★, Surreal 10.1%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Interactive Fiction 9.2%, Horror 6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that centers on the eerie and lonely nature of fishing in dark waters.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Surreal 22.9%, Dark 22.9%, Horror 19.5%, Story Rich 19.1%, First-Person 7%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a seemingly simple game mechanic to hide a deep, dark, and surreal psychological narrative.

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 34.9% ★, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Horror 12.1%, Mystery 8.2%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game set in the deep sea that focuses on isolation and psychological deterioration.

Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…

Why similar: Underwater 30.1% ★, Surreal 19%, Dark 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 12.8%, Horror 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric underwater puzzle-adventure that uses a dark, monochromatic aesthetic to build tension.

Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.

Why similar: Underwater 26.2% ★, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 12.6%, Dark 12.2%, Mystery 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror game that emphasizes the dread of the deep ocean.

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: Interactive Fiction 27.8%, Dialogue Heavy 22%, Choices Matter 18.5%, Story Rich 16.1%, Adventure 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy experience that uses the act of fishing to explore dark themes and player choices.

A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale

Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.9%, Horror 14.9%, Dark 12.4%, Surreal 12.1%, Adventure 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian psychological horror game that shares the dark, surreal tone of the seed game.

Dreadline: Net Quota is a chaotic co-op game for up to 6 players set on dangerous seas. Catch fish with different rods or spearfishing, keep your boat afloat as systems fail, and survive unpredictable encounters without drowning as everything falls apart.

Why similar: Fishing 58.6% ★, Horror 11.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%, 3D 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D first-person horror game that directly mirrors the fishing-for-survival loop of the seed game.

Relax, and fish in a very strange lake.

Why similar: Fishing 67.7% ★, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Adventure 7.3%, 3D 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends casual fishing simulation with unsettling horror elements and life-sim mechanics.

Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

Why similar: Dark 30%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, First-Person 13.8%, Surreal 12%

Why You'll Like It: Features high-stakes, dark humor, and intense psychological pressure within a confined, surreal environment.

As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage. But beware - the trench is home to unimaginable horrors that will test your courage. Can you survive the terrors of the deep and complete your mission, or will you become the next victim?

Why similar: Underwater 37.8% ★, Interactive Fiction 15.6%, Horror 11.2%, Mystery 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A submarine-based horror game that emphasizes the isolation and terror of the deep sea.

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: Underwater 29.2% ★, Dark Humor 27.7%, Dark 19%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal underwater game that focuses on the harsh reality of the food chain.

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

Why similar: Underwater 32.5% ★, Psychological Horror 15.1%, Dark 11.9%, Horror 8.9%, Linear 7%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses underwater exploration to build a sense of impending doom.

Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.

Why similar: Underwater 69.5% ★, Horror 30.5%

Why You'll Like It: An indie horror exploration game that focuses on the dangers lurking beneath the water's surface.

A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Psychological Horror 19.3%, Horror 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, interactive-fiction experience that challenges the player's perception through psychological manipulation.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Surreal 35.9%, Dark Humor 29.9%, Psychological Horror 25.9%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and dark immersive sim that shares the unsettling, grotesque aesthetic of the seed game.

Dive into a world of despair in the world of Underwater. Take the role of an unknown inmate entering the a deep sea prison where mutants roam and barely any traces of human life remain. You will have to use all your ingenuity to escape and avoid becoming the meal of the hideous denizens.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21%, Mystery 13.6%, Story Rich 12.9%, Dark 12.5%, Walking Simulator 12%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes the atmospheric terror of being trapped in an aquatic environment.

When lost in the Depths, the only way to go is up. You will Escape- one way or another.

Why similar: Fishing 36.2% ★, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 13.2%, Horror 11.4%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A mysterious, atmospheric horror game that uses a unique visual style to convey a sense of unease.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 37.9%, Horror 29.2%, Mystery 16.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark, and interactive-fiction game inspired by cosmic horror and retro aesthetics.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 40.4%, Dark 22.5%, Mystery 16.8%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 6%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that excels at building an oppressive, atmospheric, and surreal narrative.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Surreal 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Choices Matter 15%, Story Rich 13.1%, Dark 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in existential dread and survival, forcing players to make impossible choices in a dark world.

A short first-person point & click survival horror game where you're a prisoner tasked with crabbing for priceless Southern King Crabs to pay off your debt to the Feudostate. Navigate the harsh waters of the Antarctic and defend your ship from the threats that dwell under the icy waters.

Why similar: Fishing 55.2% ★, Thriller 15%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Horror 6.2%, First-Person 6.1%

Placed in a world without change, you must create fate by watering an ancient plant. Determine a future and live with it.

Why similar: Surreal 27.5%, Adventure 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16%, Horror 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and atmospheric game that leaves the player questioning their reality.

UMIGARI is a first-person harpoon fishing game set in the foggy waters off the coast of Japan. Hunt fish with your harpoon, sell your catch, buy fuel, and upgrade your gear. Alone at sea, the more you explore, the stranger the fish become.

Why similar: Fishing 50.2% ★, Surreal 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.5%, First-Person 6.1%

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: Underwater 21.2% ★, Psychological Horror 17%, Dark 11.6%, Horror 10.2%, Walking Simulator 9.2%

GONE Fishing is a 1-8 player survival horror game where you and your friends must work together to stay alive, by fishing. The only way to survive is to keep feeding the lake’s insatiable hunger before it feeds on you. Can you satisfy the hunger... or will you become the next offering?

Why similar: Fishing 52.8% ★, Horror 11.6%, Dark 9.8%, First-Person 7.1%, Adventure 7%

Walking simulator. Explore, admire and listen. Uncanny. Relaxing. Unnerving. Eerie. Immersive. No monsters chasing you or jumping at your screen, but can feel oppressive at times by invoking fears of getting lost, the dark, tight spaces and liminal space architecture. Inspired by backrooms.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.7%, Surreal 18.9%, Walking Simulator 14.7%, Underwater 12% ★, Atmospheric 8.5%

A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!

Why similar: Dark Humor 26.1%, Psychological Horror 19.1%, Surreal 16.3%, Dark 12.6%, Horror 9.3%

A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.

Why similar: Fishing 88.4% ★, Surreal 11.6%

In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.4%, Surreal 12.7%, Thriller 12.3%, Dark 11%, Walking Simulator 8.7%

You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...

Why similar: Dark 16.7%, Horror 15.4%, Thriller 11%, Walking Simulator 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%

Fishy is a heartfelt visual novel about friends, enemies, acceptance, and monsters. Explore the aquarium, face your fears, and maybe make a friend. here fishy fishy f̵̥͘͠i̷̱͉͋͑s̵͙̈͘h̵͖̅y̶̜͘

Why similar: Fishing 30.4% ★, Underwater 24.4% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Thriller 9.4%, Surreal 8.2%

Water Delivery is a first person, horror experience where you play as a water delivery boy. Ride along in the delivery truck from house to house. Deliver filled water jugs, find and return empty jugs, and collect all the payments. Will you be able to finish your final route of the evening?

Why similar: Psychological Horror 14.6%, Surreal 13.6%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 8.7%

Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor. Use it to explore the Neuras lab and recover the staff's research. Your visor is safe, reliable, and up to 99% accurate. Just don't ask why the "ketchup" in the corner makes such a horrible crunching sound.

Why similar: Underwater 18.9% ★, Satire 13% ★, Dark Humor 11.7%, Interactive Fiction 8.8%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

You've accepted a shady job offer at a doll factory. Inspect dolls for defects and anomalies. Follow strange protocols. Don't get fired and stay alive.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 22.1%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 13.4%, Walking Simulator 10.7%, First-Person 9.1%

A creepy-cozy co-op fishing game for 1–4 players with proximity voice chat. Explore a haunted swamp for rare fish, sell your haul by the pound, and try to survive what hunts you in the dark.

Why similar: Fishing 46.7% ★, Dark Humor 21.1%, Choices Matter 8%, Horror 7.6%, First-Person 6.9%

Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!

Why similar: Fishing 65.5% ★, Underwater 29.1% ★, Psychological Horror 5.4%

Kiosk is a horror cooking game where you prepare orders for late-night customers who visit your cozy, rain-soaked kiosk. The eerie atmosphere clashes with the mounting tension as you serve your mysterious visitors.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 14.4%, Dialogue Heavy 13.3%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Dark 8.4%

You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.

Why similar: Surreal 18.9%, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Thriller 13.4%, Walking Simulator 8.9%, Horror 7%

Your father needs a beer, and it's your job to get it. He doesn't care what it takes, so do what you must. Be quick though - it's not so safe in the dark.

Why similar: Dark 15%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Horror 13.6%, Psychological Horror 13.4%, Surreal 10%

In the Salesman, you play as a recently laid-off employee trying to survive the grind of job applications, debt, and dwindling hope. Trade your belongings for ad-supported replacements as you slowly sell away your life in this psychological horror game

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.1%, Horror 15.3%, Dark Humor 10.7%, Dark 8.8%, Linear 7.2%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Underwater 17.5% ★, Psychological Horror 17.4%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 11.3%, Walking Simulator 9.1%

Stranded in the desert, your only hope of escaping rests in a strange Catman. His one request: hunt down surreal creatures, skin them, and chop them up so he can keep them as trophies.

Why similar: Dark Humor 19.5%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 13.4%, Thriller 12.6%, Horror 8.3%

Sitting on the brink of extinction, you keep doing what you do best: take and survive. But deep down, you know. Something horrible is about to happen.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 23.2%, Interactive Fiction 21.2%, Surreal 19.3%, Mystery 11.5%, Adventure 6.6%

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: Underwater 22.7% ★, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 11.2%, Horror 10.6%, Surreal 9%

The five crew members of the Tulpar are stranded in the empty reaches of space, shrouded in perpetual sunset. God is not watching.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 19.3%, Surreal 11.8%, Thriller 10.9%, Dark Humor 9.5%, Dark 8.8%

Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.

Why similar: Underwater 43.8% ★, Psychological Horror 21.2%, Horror 14%, First-Person 9.4%, Mystery 6.6%

You’re just trying to get home. It’s only a quarter mile. One street. What could go wrong.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.9%, Choices Matter 20.9%, Walking Simulator 15.3%, First-Person 9.2%, Linear 7.2%

Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths

Why similar: Psychological Horror 20.3%, Interactive Fiction 19%, Walking Simulator 13.7%, Horror 10.8%, Dark 9.9%

You, a normal working Joe, decide to try to solve the mystery of the missing girl... Will you make it out alive? A horror game filled with mystery!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 28.4%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 10.9%, Adventure 10.3%, Dialogue Heavy 8.6%

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: Underwater 30.6% ★, Horror 15.7%, Dialogue Heavy 13.4%, Adventure 10.3%, Dark 10.1%

Play as Sam and fish to your hearts content, sell fish you've caught, collect better gear, and use it to explore the depths of the mysterious lake, but be warned as no one knows what lies at the bottom. Wretched Depths is a PSX-style horror fishing game created by students at the University of Utah.

Why similar: Fishing 45.6% ★, Psychological Horror 11.2%, Horror 9.5%, Mystery 8.1%, Story Rich 8.1%

You owe us money, Joe, and we plan to collect. We don't care where it comes from, but you'd better not skip town on us. Otherwise your family will be searching the river for your body.

Why similar: Adventure 39.8%, Dark Humor 24.3%, Choices Matter 18.4%, First-Person 10%, Story Rich 7.4%

Lake Minnewaska is a narrative driven first person fishing game. Fish, explore, and uncover the secrets of Lake Minnewaska as you guide Sosa's journey in becoming a better father.

Why similar: Fishing 46.5% ★, Interactive Fiction 16.5%, Story Rich 8.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Linear 5.9%