- #1 DREDGE
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,902 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 12.6%, Mystery 9.3%, Horror 6.7%, Atmospheric 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines relaxing fishing mechanics with a growing sense of Lovecraftian dread and psychological mystery.
- #2 How Fish Is Made
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 5,380 reviews2022
Dev: Wrong Organ
Windows
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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Fishing 14% ★, Horror 12.3%, Dark 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, short, and deeply unsettling experience that explores the existential horror of being a fish.
- #3 Iron Lung
96% matchVery Positive92% of 10,453 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Underwater 32.8% ★, Psychological Horror 17.7%, Horror 12.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Dark 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a claustrophobic, atmospheric underwater setting that perfectly captures the feeling of being trapped in a hopeless situation.
- #4 Underfishing
95% matchVery Positive81% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: Petros Anastasiadis
Windows
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 46.5% ★, 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.
- #5 Anglerfish
94% matchVery Positive84% of 282 reviews2022
Dev: Professional Villains
Windows
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 31%, Surreal 20.7%, Psychological Horror 17.3%, Horror 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.6%
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.
- #6 Fishing Vacation
94% matchVery Positive96% of 278 reviews2022
Dev: Teebowah Games
Windows
A Game Boy styled fishing horror adventure
Why similar: Fishing 45.6% ★, Interactive Fiction 26.9%, Horror 14.5%, Adventure 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A horror-focused interactive fiction game that turns a simple fishing trip into a nightmare.
- #7 lure
93% matchVery Positive91% of 449 reviews2022
Dev: Blue Moon Games
Windows · Mac
To make some money from an old man, you are asked to fish at the forbidden Shinto shrine.
Why similar: Fishing 30.9% ★, Surreal 10.7%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.7%, Horror 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror title that centers on the eerie and lonely nature of fishing in dark waters.
- #8 SILT
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 875 reviews2022
Dev: Spiral Circus GamesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 29.7% ★, Surreal 19.2%, Dark 14.7%, Interactive Fiction 12.9%, Horror 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric underwater puzzle-adventure that uses a dark, monochromatic aesthetic to build tension.
- #9 The Oily Depths
91% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2026
Dev: Ryan R. Burns
Windows
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% ★, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Surreal 12.6%, Dark 12.3%, Mystery 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A short, atmospheric psychological horror game that emphasizes the dread of the deep ocean.
- #10 Inscryption
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,157 reviews2021
Dev: Daniel Mullins GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 23.1%, Dark 22.9%, Horror 19.3%, Story Rich 19.1%, First-Person 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a seemingly simple game mechanic to hide a deep, dark, and surreal psychological narrative.
- #11 Narcosis
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,427 reviews2017
Dev: Honor Code, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 36.2% ★, Psychological Horror 17.1%, Horror 12.5%, Mystery 8.5%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game set in the deep sea that focuses on isolation and psychological deterioration.
- #12 The Night Fisherman
90% matchVery Positive82% of 771 reviews2020
Dev: de FaultPub: Far Few Giants
Windows · Mac
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 22.7%, Narration 19.3%, Conversation 16.9%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy experience that uses the act of fishing to explore dark themes and player choices.
- #13 Whale Flesh
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: SUPERita
Windows
A short horror game where you dig through the flesh of a giant whale
Why similar: Psychological Horror 31.8%, Horror 15.7%, Dark 13.2%, Surreal 12.9%, Adventure 11%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian psychological horror game that shares the dark, surreal tone of the seed game.
- #14 Dreadline: Net Quota
87% matchMostly Positive71% of 213 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Brigade
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 58.5% ★, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%, 3D 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D first-person horror game that directly mirrors the fishing-for-survival loop of the seed game.
- #15 Mysteries Under Lake Ophelia
88% matchVery Positive91% of 270 reviews2021
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Relax, and fish in a very strange lake.
Why similar: Fishing 67.8% ★, Horror 10.2%, Psychological Horror 10%, Adventure 7.3%, 3D 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends casual fishing simulation with unsettling horror elements and life-sim mechanics.
- #16 Buckshot Roulette
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 115,773 reviews2024
Dev: Mike KlubnikaPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Why similar: Dark 30.1%, Horror 18.9%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, First-Person 13.8%, Surreal 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features high-stakes, dark humor, and intense psychological pressure within a confined, surreal environment.
- #17 Swallow the Sea
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,422 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: ItsTheTalia
Windows · Linux
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 29.1% ★, Dark Humor 27.8%, Dark 19.1%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, surreal underwater game that focuses on the harsh reality of the food chain.
- #18 The Trench
86% matchVery Positive86% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Omar Chapa Hernandez
Windows
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 31.3% ★, Narration 16.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Horror 9.3%, Mystery 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A submarine-based horror game that emphasizes the isolation and terror of the deep sea.
- #19 Sharks and Minnows
83% matchVery Positive93% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: CollinPub: Collin's Game Company
Windows
Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.
Why similar: Underwater 69.6% ★, Horror 30.4%
Why You'll Like It: An indie horror exploration game that focuses on the dangers lurking beneath the water's surface.
- #20 Who's Lila?
82% matchVery Positive95% of 3,515 reviews2022
Dev: Garage Heathen
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face
Why similar: Surreal 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Horror 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, interactive-fiction experience that challenges the player's perception through psychological manipulation.
- #21 The Dive
85% matchMixed58% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: W0nnaFight
Windows
Linear underwater horror game about a search dive that quickly turns into fight for survival after an encounter with hellish creature.
Why similar: Underwater 34.8% ★, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Dark 12.9%, Horror 9.5%, Linear 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that uses underwater exploration to build a sense of impending doom.
- #22 Cruelty Squad
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,134 reviews2021
Dev: Consumer Softproducts
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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.
- #23 Underwater
84% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforgames
Windows
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 23.8%, Mystery 15.5%, Story Rich 14.6%, Dark 14.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes the atmospheric terror of being trapped in an aquatic environment.
- #24 GeraScopia
82% matchVery Positive95% of 88 reviews2023
Dev: Roeb
Windows
When lost in the Depths, the only way to go is up. You will Escape- one way or another.
Why similar: Fishing 36.1% ★, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Mystery 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: A mysterious, atmospheric horror game that uses a unique visual style to convey a sense of unease.
- #25 WORLD OF HORROR
79% matchVery Positive90% of 9,731 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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%, Mystery 16.2%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dark, and interactive-fiction game inspired by cosmic horror and retro aesthetics.
- #26 SIGNALIS
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 31,986 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 40.3%, Dark 22.6%, Mystery 16.9%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that excels at building an oppressive, atmospheric, and surreal narrative.
- #27 Pathologic 2
81% matchVery Positive92% of 11,869 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 18.6%, Choices Matter 15.1%, 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.
- #28 Crabmeat
78% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: Nicholas McDonnellPub: Searching Interactive
Windows
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% ★, Thriller 15.2%, Atmospheric 7.4%, First-Person 6.1%, Horror 6%
- #29 GONE Fishing
78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,630 reviews2025
Dev: GONE Studios
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 52.6% ★, Horror 11.4%, Dark 10%, Adventure 7.1%, First-Person 7%
- #30 Fatum Betula
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,092 reviews2020
Dev: Bryce Bucher
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 29.1%, Adventure 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A short, surreal, and atmospheric game that leaves the player questioning their reality.
- #31 UMIGARI | ウミガリ
77% matchVery Positive81% of 841 reviews2026
Dev: Chilla's Art
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Horror 9.4%, First-Person 6.2%
- #32 Still Wakes the Deep
77% matchVery Positive88% of 10,965 reviews2024
Dev: The Chinese RoomPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 25.8% ★, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Dark 14.3%, Horror 12%, Story Rich 9%
- #33 CloverPit
75% matchVery Positive90% of 22,113 reviews2025
Dev: Panik ArcadePub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A rogue-lite slot machine nightmare. Gamble for your life in a never-ending debt simulator!
Why similar: Dark Humor 26.3%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Surreal 16.5%, Dark 12.7%, Horror 9.2%
- #34 FISH FEAR ME
76% matchVery Positive86% of 218 reviews2025
Dev: HEATHER FLOWERS
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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%
- #35 SHIATH
75% matchVery Positive92% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: theJameskrik
Windows
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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 18%, Surreal 16.5%, Narration 15%, Mystery 9.8%
- #36 Murky Divers
74% matchVery Positive88% of 5,170 reviews2024
Dev: Embers
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 43.7% ★, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Horror 13.9%, First-Person 9.4%, Mystery 6.7%
- #37 POOLS
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,027 reviews2024
Dev: Tensori
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 27.5%, Surreal 22%, Underwater 14.4% ★, Atmospheric 9.9%, First-Person 8.6%
- #38 THRESHOLD
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,227 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 15.7%, Surreal 13.9%, Thriller 13.5%, Dark 12.1%, Horror 9%
- #39 fishy
76% matchVery Positive95% of 79 reviews2021
Dev: I Choose Paradise
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 30.3% ★, Underwater 24.3% ★, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Thriller 9.5%, Surreal 8.3%
- #40 Cat Named Mojave
73% matchVery Positive96% of 257 reviews2025
Dev: Stargazers Studios
Windows
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 19.6%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Surreal 13.4%, Thriller 12.7%, Horror 8.2%
- #41 Dollmare
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,009 reviews2024
Dev: Alex GradePub: Almost Done Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24.6%, Thriller 16.7%, Horror 14.8%, First-Person 10.2%, 3D 9%
- #42 Lake Minnewaska
72% matchVery Positive96% of 139 reviews2024
Dev: Bait ShackPub: USC Games
Windows · Mac
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 39.6% ★, Narration 14.6%, Interactive Fiction 14.2%, Story Rich 7.4%, Atmospheric 5.5%
- #43 PROXIMATE
71% matchVery Positive93% of 872 reviews2024
Dev: Cain Maddox
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 20.1% ★, Satire 14% ★, Dark Humor 12.5%, Interactive Fiction 9.4%, Psychological Horror 9.2%
- #44 Water Delivery
71% matchVery Positive87% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Frozen Lake Software
Windows
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 15.9%, Surreal 14.9%, Dark 11.2%, Mystery 10.1%, Horror 9.4%
- #45 Cat Goes Fishing
73% matchVery Positive94% of 15,677 reviews2015
Dev: Cat5Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 5.3%
- #46 Obey the Voice™
69% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2026
Dev: svklmrtPub: Patchwork Interactive
Windows
You are here to listen to The Voice, do what he says. But don't listen to other voices...
Why similar: Dark 18.5%, Horror 16.6%, Thriller 12.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 8.4%
- #47 Watertight
69% matchVery Positive88% of 175 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Studio
Windows
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 24.1% ★, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Interactive Fiction 12%, Horror 11%, Surreal 9.7%
- #48 Death in the Water 2
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,771 reviews2023
Dev: Lighthouse Games Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.
Why similar: Underwater 61.4% ★, Atmospheric 12.5%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 8.3%, 3D 6.7%
- #49 Mouthwashing
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 36,133 reviews2024
Dev: Wrong OrganPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 20.6%, Surreal 12.8%, Thriller 11.9%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Dark 9.6%
- #50 The Salesman
68% matchVery Positive83% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: Backstab IndustriesPub: Bad Ideas Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 24.6%, Horror 16.2%, Dark Humor 11.4%, Dark 9.4%, Linear 7.7%
- #51 EarWorm
66% matchVery Positive96% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: TOR2
Windows
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 20.8%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Thriller 14.8%, Horror 7.6%, Story Rich 6.8%
- #52 The Shore
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,945 reviews2021
Dev: Ares DragonisPub: Dragonis Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Underwater 29.4% ★, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Narration 17.8%, Horror 13.5%, First-Person 8.1%
- #53 Death in the Water
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 295 reviews2019
Dev: Lighthouse Games Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
How long will you survive in this open water diving experience as you go head to head with terrifying Great Whites as they threaten to tear you apart?!
Why similar: Underwater 73.9% ★, Horror 13.1%, First-Person 6.8%, 3D 6.3%
- #54 tuna hake's underwater
66% matchVery Positive99% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: osuika
Windows · Linux
you are a fish who does tricks
Why similar: Underwater 63.2% ★, Fishing 28.3% ★, 3D 8.6%
- #55 ORDER 13
65% matchVery Positive86% of 1,359 reviews2025
Dev: Cybernetic WalrusPub: Oro Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 26.9%, Dark 17%, Horror 14.8%, Mystery 13%, First-Person 11.2%
- #56 Solitude Underwater
70% matchMixed62% of 81 reviews2022
Dev: Maximus AktypisPub: Big MA16 Studios
Windows · Linux
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 30.8% ★, Horror 15.7%, Conversation 12.8%, Adventure 10.3%, Dark 10.2%
- #57 Unusual Tales: Deep Below
64% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2026
Dev: Jall
Windows
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 28.7%, Horror 17.2%, First-Person 11%, Adventure 10.4%, Conversation 7.8%
- #58 SOMA
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 50,500 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Psychological Horror 23.6%, Dark 17.5%, Horror 15.2%, Story Rich 11.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%
- #59 F.I.S.H.
67% matchVery Positive93% of 208 reviews2021
Dev: Tim KashaniPub: Fireapples
Windows · Mac
A very intense rhythm game where you enforce road safety on unsuspecting fish
Why similar: Psychological Horror 51.3%, Linear 48.7%
- #60 These Darker Tides
65% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel Drip Games
Windows
Welcome [EMPLOYEE] to your new job protecting Deep Sea Cables from creatures of the deep. We're not liable for loss of limbs, sanity, or life while on the job. Don't forget to keep your desk clean and your eyes on those cameras!
Why similar: Underwater 41.6% ★, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 10.3%, First-Person 8.7%
