Games Like Maneater

Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!

Why similar: Underwater 66.1% ★, Open World 16.8%, Simulation 9%, Action 3.6%, Adventure 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its core loop of hunting smaller creatures, growing larger, and becoming the ecosystem’s dominant predator strongly mirrors Maneater’s evolution fantasy.

Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.

Why similar: Underwater 54.4% ★, Gore 24.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Third Person 4.4%, Action 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This asymmetric multiplayer game lets you play as a shark stalking and devouring divers in tense underwater environments.

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 60.4% ★, Gore 21.7%, Violent 11.9%, Action 2.5%, Adventure 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: You play a rapidly growing, human-devouring monster that tears through facilities from the villain’s perspective, with similarly gleeful gore.

Combat in Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 is savage, gritty, and brutal. Players hunt each other down in various game modes with the constant threat of terrifying sharks joining in on the bloodshed. Tear divers apart as you take on the role as the ocean's top apex predator, The Great White.

Why similar: Underwater 53.9% ★, Open World 27.9%, Exploration 11.4%, Action 3.9%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers direct shark-versus-human carnage, giving you a more arcade-like version of Maneater’s predator fantasy.

Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

Why similar: Open World 56.2%, Third Person 14.8%, Simulation 12.8%, RPG 6.8%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Playing as a dinosaur in a hostile open ecosystem captures Maneater’s animal-survival and apex-predator appeal, albeit in multiplayer form.

The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 48.5% ★, Open World 12.3%, Dark Humor 10.3%, Gore 8.6%, Third Person 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Like Maneater, it is a humorous power fantasy about playing the threat humans desperately try to stop while upgrading your destructive toolkit.

Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!

Why similar: Open World 26.1%, Gore 21.1%, Violent 15.6%, Hack and Slash 10.5%, Third Person 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Alex Mercer’s mutation-driven open-world rampage delivers the same escalating power, gore, and antihero destruction as an upgraded Maneater shark.

Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!

Why similar: Gore 35.1%, Violent 31.7%, Third Person 19.1%, Action 10.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its dinosaur classes let you hunt humans and other players as powerful prehistoric predators in chaotic multiplayer battles.

Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.

Why similar: Dark Humor 29.2%, Villain Protagonist 18.5% ★, Open World 16.6%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Third Person 13%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world alien rampage pairs absurd dark comedy with upgrades, civilian terrorizing, and satisfying large-scale destruction.

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 67.2% ★, Gore 22.5%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its wave-based underwater horror puts you amid aggressive sharks and sea monsters, emphasizing the same dangerous ocean atmosphere from the other side.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Underwater 57% ★, Open World 23.5%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 3.2%, Adventure 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It replaces shark rampages with survival and exploration, but its open underwater world and dangerous creature-filled biomes make it a strong oceanic counterpart.

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Why similar: Underwater 57.1% ★, Open World 22.7%, Exploration 8.6%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: This more focused sequel offers another hostile underwater ecosystem to explore, survive, and uncover at your own pace.

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 56.5% ★, Gore 20.8%, Violent 12.3%, Simulation 5.4%, Action 4%

Why You'll Like It: This underwater hunting game revolves around surviving encounters with lethal sea life in murky, tense marine environments.

Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58.9% ★, Violent 18.4%, Third Person 8.5%, Action-Adventure 7.3%, Action 3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a comic villain-protagonist campaign where consuming humans and spreading chaos are the central pleasures.

BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.

Why similar: Open World 36.5%, Hack and Slash 16%, RPG 10.4%, Third Person 9.7%, Action RPG 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its mutant-animal protagonist, aura of ecological weirdness, melee combat, and customizable abilities make it a fitting open-world action alternative.

Pilgor's baaack! Gather your herd and venture forth into Goat Simulator 3; an all-new (at least on Steam), totally realistic, sandbox farmyard experience. Invite up to three friends in local or online co-op, create carnage as a team, or compete in mini-games and then not be friends anymore.

Why similar: Open World 44.3%, Action-Adventure 19.1%, Exploration 18.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Adventure 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: The open-world animal chaos, absurd objectives, and physics-driven destruction match Maneater’s irreverent sandbox humor.

How evil can you get? Discover how corruptible you are in Overlord, the twisted fantasy action adventure where you can be evil (or really evil). In the game's seriously warped fantasy world, players will become the Overlord and get first-hand experience of how absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.3% ★, Dark Humor 10.5%, RPG 8.1%, Third Person 8%, Hack and Slash 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Commanding evil minions while terrorizing a fantasy world scratches Maneater’s playful role-reversal of being the monster rather than the hero.

A retro city smash 'em up with satisfying destruction physics. Play as a Giant Monster unleashing terror upon mankind in this modern arcade experience with the action turned up to eleven.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57.1% ★, Dark Humor 22.1%, Gore 15.6%, Action 2.2%, Adventure 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its comedic kaiju destruction and civilian-smashing mayhem deliver the same mischievous, over-the-top destructive energy.

Run, Gun and Eat your way through this roguelite RPG shooter. In a world where every enemy is edible, what you eat and how much you eat drives everything from your waistline to branching skill trees to weapon crafting. Shoot fast. Eat big. Satisfy your appetite for destruction.

Why similar: Gore 31%, Violent 24.6%, RPG 16.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: Eating enemies to gain stats, mutations, and new abilities makes its action-heavy progression loop feel like a compact 2D cousin to Maneater’s evolution system.

Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 51.9% ★, Hack and Slash 12.9%, Dark Humor 8.8%, Action RPG 8.4%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG lets you play an undead necromancer building power by killing enemies and raising them into your personal horde.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Open World 55.3%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 13.5%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: You begin as a vulnerable predator and steadily become a terrifying supernatural apex threat by hunting victims and acquiring new powers.

Control a tiny ball of grey goo with the ability to eat anything smaller than itself. The more it eats, the bigger it gets! Eat rats, dinosaurs, gladiators, samurai, pyramids, volcanoes... Everything! Soon you'll be eating the entire planet.

Why similar: Action 41.8%, Adventure 34.3%, Singleplayer 23.9%

Why You'll Like It: You grow from tiny to enormous by consuming progressively larger objects, echoing Maneater’s satisfying escalation through constant feeding.

Play with friends against endless waves of man eater sharks.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 45%, Atmospheric 21.1%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 14.9%

Why You'll Like It: This arcade shark action game focuses on aggressive underwater combat and devouring enemies in a more streamlined format.

Shark Simulator is a WTF physics sandbox. Play as Ed the shark, and give those tourists a vacation they will remember!

Why similar: Simulation 62.3%, Action 37.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a smaller-scale but direct option for players who primarily want to control a shark and cause havoc around human targets.

Become a customizable giant monster with manifold skills in Gigapocalypse, inspired by classical Kaijū movies such as “Godzilla” and “King Kong” and the game classic “Rampage”.

Why similar: Action 86.9%, Singleplayer 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Playing a customizable giant monster destroying cities provides a similarly cathartic villain-protagonist power fantasy.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Open World 46.4%, RPG 15.5%, Exploration 13.8%, Simulation 6.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: The open-world progression loop is driven by dismantling nearly everything around you, gathering upgrades, and steadily becoming more capable.

Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

Why similar: Open World 56.6%, Exploration 22.2%, Simulation 15.7%, Adventure 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its creature-evolution systems let you shape an animal from a tiny organism into a powerful species, appealing to Maneater’s growth fantasy.

The Full Package, Remastered – With enhanced graphics, improved lighting, reworked environments, and visual effects, Steelport and The Third Street Saints have never looked so good.

Why similar: Dark Humor 23.7%, Open World 23.4%, Satire 16% ★, Third Person 10.9%, Action-Adventure 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-world missions, ridiculous humor, upgrades, and indiscriminate destruction make it a good match for Maneater’s chaotic tone.

Kill. Eat. Evolve. METAL! \m/

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 38.7% ★, Hack and Slash 12.9%, Gore 12.5%, Violent 10.8%, Open World 10%

Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 34.6% ★, Gore 26.3%, Violent 23.2%, Dark Humor 6.7%, Open World 5.4%

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

Why similar: Open World 37.6%, Violent 23.3%, Simulation 22%, Singleplayer 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Return to an apocalyptic Earth in Darksiders III, a hack-n-slash Action Adventure where players assume the role of FURY in her quest to hunt down and dispose of the Seven Deadly Sins. The most enigmatic of the Four Horsemen, FURY must bring balance to the forces that now ravage Earth.

Why similar: Hack and Slash 26.3%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Open World 11.9%, Violent 10.7%, Gore 7.2%

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 32.5% ★, Dark Humor 24%, Nature 16.6%, Exploration 10.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Play as different fish, devour opponents in the ruthless underwater world of survival of the fittest, and evolve your abilities.

Why similar: Underwater 58.1% ★, Action RPG 16.4%, Action-Adventure 10.4%, Third Person 9.3%, Action 5.1%

You are Cahal, a powerful Garou who chose to go into exile after losing control of his destructive rage. He can transform into a wolf and a Crinos, a huge ferocious beast. Master your three forms and their powers to punish those who defile Gaia.

Why similar: Gore 19.3%, Violent 17.8%, Hack and Slash 17.6%, Action RPG 11.6%, Third Person 10.6%

Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 36.5% ★, Dark Humor 13.5%, Hack and Slash 12.4%, Open World 8.9%, Action RPG 8.6%

Become a demonic priestess of lust and use her unique skills to take revenge on your enemies. Regain your kingdom making hell tremble under your hooves! Leave no one alive if they won't bend the knee.

Why similar: Gore 34.6%, Violent 25.6%, Female Protagonist 18.8%, Action-Adventure 5.2%, Exploration 4.8%

Underwater hunting: Plunge into the underwater world. Your character-a small fish piranha. The glory of these river predators is truly black - river killers, bloodthirsty robbers, river hyenas, sharks. And she always wants to eat.

Why similar: RPG 65.1%, Adventure 34.9%

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

Why similar: Gore 27.7%, Dark Humor 24.4%, Action RPG 15.5%, Hack and Slash 14.5%, Action-Adventure 11.4%

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: Open World 39.7%, Exploration 22.6%, RPG 11.8%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Simulation 7.4%

Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 53.8% ★, Third Person 11%, Action 9.4%, Adventure 7.9%, Action-Adventure 7.2%

In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.

Why similar: Open World 20.1%, Violent 18.6%, RPG 16.1%, Gore 11.2%, Third Person 9.2%

Ever wanted to be a giant monster rampaging through a city? Experience mindless chaos as you destroy all in your path, earning new abilities, new monsters and new ways to wreak havoc.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 63% ★, Violent 15.9%, Action 9%, Action-Adventure 8.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Take on the role of a merciless torturer. Earn money from video transmissions of your manhunts.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.3% ★, Gore 22.5%, Violent 18.7%, Third Person 4.8%, Simulation 4.2%

In the seas of the distant future, humans have all but disappeared. In your current, newly-awakened state, you are no more than a piece of seafood. However, you have been blessed with the talent for leading your allies into battle. Do whatever it takes to become the Ace of Seafood.

Why similar: Underwater 54.5% ★, Open World 19.7%, Third Person 11%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 3.7%

Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.

Why similar: Violent 19.9%, Hack and Slash 14.2%, Action RPG 12.6%, Open World 11.3%, RPG 11.1%

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: Nature 55.5%, Open World 20.3%, Simulation 19.6%, Singleplayer 4.6%

I Am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. Swim, fly, roll and chomp your way to the open ocean in a bid for freedom and to re-unite once again.

Why similar: Dark Humor 40.4%, Third Person 24.5%, Simulation 20%, Adventure 12.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

Why similar: Simulation 29.7%, Open World 28.5%, Violent 21.8%, Singleplayer 8.2%, Atmospheric 5.9%

Their Flesh Is Your Weapon. Mortal Shell II is a standalone sequel action-RPG with adrenaline-charged, high-stakes combat. Possess warrior Shells, dethrone false gods, redeem a ravaged world.

Why similar: Violent 20.3%, Open World 17.2%, Action RPG 15%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Gore 7%

Humanity has been destroyed - and it's up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose AI companion, CH1-P, to shred and slay the evil Adorable Army!

Why similar: Gore 37.5%, Hack and Slash 26.1%, Third Person 15.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Action 4.5%

Are you ready, kids? The cult classic is back, faithfully remade in spongetastic splendor! Play as SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy and show the evil Plankton that crime pays even less than Mr. Krabs.

Why similar: Underwater 54.8% ★, Open World 21.3%, Action-Adventure 10.2%, Action 5.6%, Adventure 5.4%

Take an exciting journey with Twisty, the floating brain monster, as he battles his way out of an insane asylum in this hilariously bizarre, action/adventure game.

Why similar: Villain Protagonist 26.7% ★, Gore 21.2%, Violent 19.9%, Dark Humor 8.8%, Satire 7.6% ★

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Why similar: Open World 25.5%, Nature 20%, Third Person 10.3%, Exploration 10.3%, RPG 7.5%

Hunt fish with the iron swimmer Daisy at the beautiful beach of Parang Blue Island. And crush the vile pirates aiming for the caught fish. Daisy's companions each have their own unspeakable stories. Gain their trust and reach the hidden truths of Parang Blue Island.

Why similar: Underwater 47.4% ★, Hack and Slash 23.4%, Action-Adventure 10.3%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Third Person 4%

Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!

Why similar: Open World 45.4%, Violent 17.8%, Gore 14.1%, Action 7.6%, Third Person 4.2%

The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.

Why similar: Underwater 40.1% ★, Dark Humor 33.2%, Satire 17.5% ★, Atmospheric 5.3%, Adventure 4%

Just Die Already is an old people mayhem sandbox game created by the designers of Goat Simulator. You are old and angry and you've just been kicked out of your retirement home. How will you survive in a world that wants you to Just Die Already?

Why similar: Open World 32.9%, Gore 26.7%, Violent 21.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Third Person 5.9%

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Why similar: Simulation 74.4%, Singleplayer 15.6%, Atmospheric 10%

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: Open World 69.1%, Simulation 22.4%, Singleplayer 8.5%