
MISTWATER is a challenge for people with Thalassophobia. Can you find salvation in the vast, terrifying ocean? It's just you, the ocean, and an old, rusty boat.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Exploration, Singleplayer, Adventure.

MISTWATER is a challenge for people with Thalassophobia. Can you find salvation in the vast, terrifying ocean? It's just you, the ocean, and an old, rusty boat.

UNDER the WATER - an ocean survival game
How long do you survive on a small island in the middle of a flooded world?

RED SKIES AT DAWN
A first-person sailing adventure where peaceful passages can turn treacherous. Master your yacht, take on paid voyages and discover hidden anchorages along an unfamiliar coast. Read the weather, plot your course and seek shelter as storms build and waves tower overhead.
How long do you survive on a small island in the middle of a flooded world?
Why similar: Sailing 34.2% ★, Underwater 26.7% ★, 6DOF 14.1% ★, Simulation 7.7%, Open World 6.6%
A first-person sailing adventure where peaceful passages can turn treacherous. Master your yacht, take on paid voyages and discover hidden anchorages along an unfamiliar coast. Read the weather, plot your course and seek shelter as storms build and waves tower overhead.
Why similar: Sailing 62.8% ★, Simulation 16.3%, Survival 6.2%, Exploration 5.5%, Thriller 4.3%
Open Waters is a first-person ocean survival horror game. Stranded in a small boat, you must navigate treacherous waters, evade creatures of the deep, and find your way back to safety before the ocean drags you into its depths.
Why similar: Underwater 42.1% ★, Sailing 36.2% ★, Open World 9.2%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Exploration 5.1%
Become a settler arriving in an archipelago on the edge of civilization. Life here is harsh and dangerous. But great rewards await the brave and the lucky! You have only a small ship at your command and the determination to find your place in this new world. Ready to set sail?
Why similar: Sailing 68.3% ★, Simulation 27.5%, 3D 3.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Forge your path through the islands—Hunt for sea animals and other resources to make a profit. Buy and upgrade boats and fishing gear, and sail across the seas!
Why similar: Sailing 51.7% ★, Underwater 20.5% ★, Exploration 10.3%, Simulation 8.5%, Open World 8.4%
Sail the seas and oceans on your own ship. Transport valuable goods, earn money, buy bigger ships. Fortune awaits you!
Why similar: Sailing 52.6% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Survival 12.7%, Open World 11.9%, Realistic 3.3%
Salvage Unlimited puts you in the captain’s seat of a small salvage company. Accept contracts, use your boat’s sonar to locate wrecks hidden beneath the water, and bring your finds back to port to complete jobs. Buy, sell, and upgrade your fleet to take on bigger contracts and earn greater rewards.
Why similar: Sailing 48.9% ★, Underwater 36.3% ★, Exploration 9.3%, Open World 3.8%, 3D 1.6%
Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!
Why similar: Underwater 55.7% ★, Simulation 19%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 8.2%, Realistic 1.8%
Investigate the world's most famous mystery in an open-world adventure set on Loch Ness. Explore by boat, investigate sightings, gather and analyse evidence, dive beneath the surface, and uncover long-buried secrets across the legendary loch and Highlands, where not every discovery is what it seems.
Why similar: Sailing 37.6% ★, Underwater 30.4% ★, Simulation 12.4%, Exploration 7.4%, Survival 6.4%
You are aboard a sailing ship bound for the New World. No one knows how far away land still is, and food and fresh water are running out. You and the other eight crew members all want to make it to the other side alive.
Why similar: Sailing 64.2% ★, Simulation 19.1%, Survival 8.3%, Exploration 4.8%, 3D 3.1%
A few logs, one harpoon, no land in sight. Pull driftwood from the sea and build your raft into a floating town, on your own or with friends you invite straight from Steam. Dive to the ocean floor. Raiders come at night, sharks circle, and somewhere out there, a leviathan is waiting.
Why similar: Sailing 41.6% ★, Underwater 28.2% ★, Survival 9.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Open World 6.2%
Ship handling, maneuvering and mooring with tugboats simulator. Feel like the captain of a passenger ships, cruise liners, cargo ships, battleships or aircraft carrier.
Why similar: Sailing 63.8% ★, Simulation 24.5%, Exploration 8.4%, 3D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Idle Sailor is a relaxing idle adventure where you sail between world destinations, livestream your journey, capture underwater photos of unique fish, and unlock upgrades to make each voyage faster and more rewarding.
Why similar: Sailing 51.1% ★, Underwater 31.7% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Exploration 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Opportunity is near. Follow clues, solve the puzzles, and stay persistent in the chase of a new way of life. Explore, survive, and thrive in this open world adventure story.
Why similar: Sailing 44.6% ★, Underwater 31% ★, Exploration 8.4%, Open World 7.3%, Survival 5.8%
Live and work in complete darkness at the bottom of the ocean, in a simulation of one of the most extreme professions on the planet: saturation diving. But with only about 5% of the deep ocean explored, imagine what could be lurking down there with you in the dark?
Why similar: Underwater 51.7% ★, Simulation 25.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Realistic 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
『Whale Fall』is a single-player game in which you journey through a magnificent ocean world while controlling a variety of sea creatures.
Why similar: Underwater 45.8% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Cinematic 14.7%, Realistic 9.6%, Walking Simulator 8.4%
Dive down and see what lies beneath the surface. Discover a vast underwater world as different fishes. The game does not offer any real "Game Play" but is more of a simulation.
Why similar: Underwater 62% ★, Simulation 25%, Open World 10%, 3D 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Saturation is a short horror game where you work as a saturation diver and deep sea welder. After six months at the bottom of the ocean, your shift is coming to an end, but so are your nerves...
Why similar: Underwater 55.7% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Exploration 9.5%, Psychological Horror 7.9%, Walking Simulator 6.9%
Project Sever is an adventure submarine simulator with a touch of horror. Master the controls of an old Project "Sever" submarine and learn to maintain it in working order to escape a deadly underwater trap and solve the mystery of the Anomalous Zone.
Why similar: Sailing 34.7% ★, Underwater 30.9% ★, Simulation 10.9%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Exploration 7%
Dive deeper than ever before! Search for Atlantis across 8 unique global locations. Manage your oxygen, breach the surface to plan your next move, and use dynamite or underwater robots to carve your path. Discover over 50 marine species in this immersive diving adventure.
Why similar: Underwater 62% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Exploration 12.2%, Open World 5.2%, Survival 4.9%
Echo: The Dolphin Story is a single-player game that can also be played with friends in co-op mode (up to five players). Join forces, explore the world, and find your pod!
Why similar: Sailing 39.8% ★, Underwater 29.5% ★, Simulation 19.1%, Exploration 8.4%, 3D 2.9%
Verano is a third-person fishing adventure set in a fantastical archipelago. Players step into the role of a young fisherman who embarks on a heartfelt quest to find a cure for a mysterious curse.
Why similar: Sailing 43.3% ★, Underwater 31.4% ★, Simulation 8.7%, Exploration 7.9%, Open World 6.4%
Survive the dangerous swamp on a floating raft. Gather resources, craft tools, catch fish, purify water, expand your shelter, and defend yourself from hungry crocodiles lurking beneath the surface.
Why similar: Underwater 27.9% ★, Simulation 26%, Survival 11.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Inventory Management 8.8%
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 54.6% ★, 6DOF 14.1% ★, Simulation 13.1%, Survival 9.5%, Cinematic 6.5%
Ships 22 is a combination of an economic strategy and a ship control simulator. Manage and upgrade your port, recruit a crew, carry out your mission and enjoy your sea adventures!
Why similar: Sailing 59.3% ★, Simulation 16.7%, Open World 10.9%, Exploration 6.9%, 3D 3.1%
Underwater Life is an indie simulator game made in 2D graphics with pleasant musical accompaniment.
Why similar: Underwater 40.2% ★, Sailing 35.6% ★, Simulation 13.4%, Survival 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Ladybugs and storm is open world exploration simulation, it is about ladybugs survival through the storm, the mission is explore the towers on tiny islands for some food, so the ladybugs will survive through the storm
Why similar: Underwater 49.1% ★, Survival 14%, Simulation 12.2%, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 10.4%
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 70.3% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Exploration 11.7%, Open World 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Discover an immersive ocean Eco-Sim where you can be almost any animal under the sea! From a tiny seahorse to a massive blue whale, experience the endless circle of life in a massive world of reefs, shipwrecks, and hidden wonders.
Why similar: Underwater 44.1% ★, Simulation 13.8%, Open World 10.4%, Cinematic 7.8%, Exploration 7.7%
A physics-based boat game, from sailboats to powerboats. Take the helm of foilers, catamarans or RIBs on a sea that really decides your speed. Race against opponents, or just sail wherever you want.
Why similar: Sailing 66.6% ★, Simulation 18.3%, Open World 6.8%, Exploration 3.4%, Realistic 2.8%
The Ender Ocean principle? Locate and collect waste (plastic bags, bottles, lost nets...) thanks to underwater robots connected to a collection boat, in order to valorize them afterwards, all from home.
Why similar: Underwater 53.1% ★, Simulation 25.5%, Exploration 10.7%, Realistic 6.9%, 3D 3.2%
AQUANOX 2: REVELATION is a new story of the underwater world Aqua. In 2666 a young freighter pilot called William Drake sets out to search for the heritage of a mythical ancestor. He is looking for adventure - and finds greed, ruthlessness, merciless hatred … and also unexpected help.
Why similar: Underwater 62.4% ★, 6DOF 29% ★, Simulation 7.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Wreck Below is an underwater horror game where you dismantle wrecks and avoid the unseen threat of The Arbiter.
Why similar: Underwater 51.9% ★, 6DOF 29.3% ★, Exploration 8.3%, Psychological Horror 8.2%, 3D 1.9%
A meditative kayaking and photography sim. Open water, a slow boat, and nowhere you have to be. Paddle until you feel like stopping, photograph whatever catches your eye, dive underwater to explore what's down there. Nothing chases you. Nothing is timed. You're just chilling and exploring.
Why similar: Underwater 38.9% ★, Sailing 27.4% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Exploration 7.7%, Realistic 5.8%
Captain your own vessel in this cozy Caribbean sailing management sim. Hire crew with unique personalities, outfit your ship, trade between tropical ports, and weather dynamic storms with skill-based sailing physics.
Why similar: Sailing 65% ★, Simulation 17.5%, Survival 6.8%, Exploration 6.2%, Open World 4.5%
Explore a hidden underwater ecosystem beneath the surface of a remote crater lake. Become familiar with the diverse local wildlife, investigate submerged ruins and wrecks, and recover lost equipment. Make new discoveries as you go deeper. But be careful, the lake might hold unknown dangers.
Why similar: Underwater 54.3% ★, Open World 12.4%, Simulation 11.2%, Exploration 10.8%, Inventory Management 9.5%
Survival simulator in extreme conditions. The game takes place in the Arctic ocean. The pilot of a cargo plane makes a hard landing on the water. To survive, the player will have to search for a cargo washed up on the shore.
Why similar: Sailing 39.1% ★, Underwater 24.6% ★, Simulation 10.7%, Survival 10.3%, Open World 8%
A sinister entity lurks in the depths. Descend into the abyss and extract knowledge about it.
Why similar: Underwater 41.9% ★, Sailing 39% ★, Open World 8.8%, Realistic 5.8%, Exploration 4.1%
Cruise ship handling, maneuvering and mooring simulator. Feel like the captain of a large cruise liners.
Why similar: Sailing 66.9% ★, Simulation 28.2%, 3D 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
Why similar: Sailing 47.3% ★, Survival 14.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 9.1%
Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.
Why similar: Underwater 52.4% ★, Survival 14.9%, Exploration 11.3%, Open World 10.7%, Psychological Horror 8.7%
Dive into an epic underwater world in "Fish Survivor" where you'll start as a small fish and embark on an exciting survival journey. Hunt, feed and grow into super-sized sea creatures as you explore an amazing underwater playground, all while evolving and gaining new abilities along the way.
Why similar: Underwater 65.7% ★, Simulation 17.6%, Survival 16.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Race around sunken streets in your jet ship, swing between collapsed skyscrapers with your trusty harpoon and build your reputation amongst the colourful inhabitants of the CyberSeas!
Why similar: Sailing 56.1% ★, Underwater 30.3% ★, Exploration 10.5%, 3D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.1%
Where's the Boat is a sandbox open world survival crafting game set on an archipelago of deserted islands. Gather resources, craft tools, tend to your needs and travel from island to island in search for a way back to civilization.
Why similar: Sailing 39.3% ★, Simulation 15.9%, Survival 13.4%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%
An atmospheric underwater drilling roguelite beneath the icy crust of Enceladus. Pilot your submarine, explore the depths, mine resources through procedural caves and upgrade your base. Each dive is darker and more dangerous, and you must face the terrors lurking in the shadows. Live. Dive. Repeat.
Why similar: Underwater 40.4% ★, Sailing 33.2% ★, Survival 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Psychological Horror 7.6%
Are you afraid of the sea and other waters? Overcome your fear of the dark and deep water in this simulator. No one will stand by your side on the open sea. Go into the water and try to survive.
Why similar: Underwater 41.6% ★, Survival 11.6%, Exploration 10.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Walking Simulator 8.8%
Explore the Pacifica archipelago, different islands, secrets and villages await you...Earn money by fishing in a fishing mini-game. Hunt down the sea monster with your upgraded boat and save your home!
Why similar: Sailing 51.9% ★, Underwater 29.3% ★, Exploration 9.3%, Open World 6.5%, 3D 2.4%
Embark on an unplanned expedition as Ethan, a sailor on a quest to find his lost twin Thomas. Navigate the Alaskan archipelago, survive the harsh weather, and unravel the mystery of Iris d'Enfer. The Archipelago Promise is a FREE Survival Game made by Students from Breda University.
Why similar: Sailing 57.3% ★, Exploration 10.2%, Open World 10%, Survival 8.7%, Realistic 7.8%
Capture footage in the abyssal depths of the ocean. The sub offers safety. The open water does not.
Why similar: Underwater 52.8% ★, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Walking Simulator 10.9%, Exploration 9.2%, Thriller 7.9%
Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago.
Why similar: Sailing 47.1% ★, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Exploration 10.5%, Walking Simulator 9.1%, Realistic 6.4%
Following Seas is a game about ships and the sea. Transport cargo, fish, and fight the weather in an unforgiving open world. Featuring elements of realistic ship management, you can use the stars to navigate, batten the hatches, and get lost beyond the edges of the map.
Why similar: Sailing 48.9% ★, Underwater 21.3% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Open World 7.7%, Exploration 6.7%
Sea Warden is a co-op survival adventure set on the back of Ao, a giant sea turtle journeying across a shattered world. Build, craft, explore, and defend your living base as you travel between forgotten islands in search of lost knowledge and stranded souls.
Why similar: Underwater 32.8% ★, Sailing 28.7% ★, Survival 16.6%, Open World 12.6%, Exploration 7.7%
The water is no longer calm. The undersea world has undergone a transformation from tranquil environment to a place of unspeakable violence, graphic murder and horrific danger.
Why similar: Underwater 67.5% ★, 6DOF 24.9% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Hungry fish - an unusual endless adventure as a restless insatiable mysterious fish that feeds on its counterparts. Change your appearance over and over again and consume as many fish as possible to reach new records!
Why similar: Sailing 51.9% ★, Underwater 40% ★, Simulation 6%, Psychological Horror 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Deep Blue Fantasy is a roguelike strategy adventure game set in an underwater world. Collect weapons, recruit crew, hold the lucky dice in your hand, and embark on a journey into the unpredictable depths of the sea!
Why similar: Sailing 45.6% ★, Underwater 35% ★, Simulation 10.4%, Exploration 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Build your dream boat, repair engines and deliver goods in the Marianas like the real deal.
Why similar: Sailing 43.5% ★, Simulation 19%, Open World 12.6%, Cinematic 7.5%, Exploration 7.2%
Descend from the fragile safety of your diving bell into a dark shipwreck zone, search for sunken gold, survive escalating anomalies, and uncover what keeps pulling you back.
Why similar: Underwater 57.2% ★, Psychological Horror 19.2%, Exploration 10.9%, Walking Simulator 10.6%, 3D 1.8%
An open World Space Logistics Simulator set in the future where humanity have just started the BIG colonization effort of a new found world. Manage fuel economy and mine ores
Why similar: Sailing 59.2% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Open World 12.3%, Exploration 11.8%, 3D 2.3%
Navigate an open-world ocean in a rusted submarine with monstrous creatures lurking in the depths. Collect artifacts, upgrade your submarine and descend into even deeper waters. If you didn’t fear the deep sea before, now you will.
Why similar: Underwater 52.5% ★, Sailing 15.5% ★, Open World 11.4%, Survival 10.1%, Exploration 8.6%