
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.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Underwater, Adventure, Atmospheric, Horror.

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.

Crathos Deep
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.

To The Deep
Dive into a surreal deep sea dream. Survive by devouring and evolving, and encounter a cast of strange, mysterious companions. Explore, upgrade, and uncover the "truth" hidden beneath the beautiful waves. This is more than an adventure—it is a dimension-breaking dive to the deep.
Descend down the arctic depths in Crathos Deep, a cosmic horror narrative adventure. Explore the vast abyss with your submarine and utilize your expeditionary drone to reach the dark corners of the ocean. Investigate a lost research institute to unravel the unsettling mystery of its downfall.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.5%, Underwater 26% ★, Horror 15.8%, Open World 7%, Adventure 5.4%
Dive into a surreal deep sea dream. Survive by devouring and evolving, and encounter a cast of strange, mysterious companions. Explore, upgrade, and uncover the "truth" hidden beneath the beautiful waves. This is more than an adventure—it is a dimension-breaking dive to the deep.
Why similar: Underwater 50.3% ★, Lovecraftian 28.9%, Adventure 7.6%, Exploration 4.4%, Psychological Horror 3.8%
In Moonfall Voyage, sailing is at the heart of exploration. Your goal is to free colossal guardians from a powerful curse. Each guardian you encounter offers unique sailing challenges and puzzles as you uncover the history of this world, and restore balance to the fragile realm.
Why similar: Underwater 25.9% ★, Lovecraftian 24.7%, Sailing 23% ★, Open World 5.3%, Adventure 5.1%
Dive into a sunken ocean liner lost in the deep sea. In this narrative-driven 3D survival horror puzzle game, explore a claustrophobic environment while managing limited air resources, solving puzzles, evading unknown horrors, and uncovering the truth behind a distortion of time and space.
Why similar: Underwater 43.3% ★, Survival Horror 13.2%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Adventure 6.1%
Descend into the abyss, following the trail of a vanished expedition. Piece together their story through the recordings they left behind and uncover why none of them ever returned to the surface.
Why similar: Underwater 41.5% ★, Lovecraftian 20.9%, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, Adventure 6%
Sail through a mysterious open world island in your trusty boat, scavenge for resources to upgrade it, and face off against Maja.
Why similar: Sailing 34.6% ★, Open World 15.5%, Horror 15.2%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Adventure 4.8%
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 44.8% ★, Open World 13.1%, Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Sailing 8.2% ★
Explore the deepest depths of an under ground ocean as you survey the environment by recording audio and taking pictures. Collect fuel found in the caves of these depths. Be careful though, Some thing lurks in these waters.
Why similar: Underwater 48% ★, Horror 15.9%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Adventure 6.7%
Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.
Why similar: Underwater 35.7% ★, Lovecraftian 25.6%, Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.2%, Psychological Horror 4.8%
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 46.1% ★, Horror 14.3%, Open World 12.6%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Exploration 4.7%
Escape a confusing cave system without being eaten in this short, underwater horror game.
Why similar: Underwater 59.9% ★, Horror 16.2%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 3.7%, Adventure 2.9%
Underwater, you're alone. Or almost alone. You're a diver doing routine work: cleaning the seabed, collecting waste, fixing pipes. But deep down there's always something wrong. Explore, repair, survive — and try not to lose your mind.
Why similar: Underwater 35.6% ★, Lovecraftian 25.9%, Horror 11.3%, Survival Horror 9.8%, Psychological Horror 4.1%
A short underwater horror game where you pilot a one-person submarine into a lightless trench, tracking a signal that has started answering back.
Why similar: Underwater 45.4% ★, Horror 17%, Lovecraftian 12.7%, Survival Horror 8%, Psychological Horror 7.7%
Dive into an unforgiving underwater nightmare alone or with friends! Complete deadly missions for the Union in the terrifying depths of Gornak. Repair broken pipes, replace defective equipment, and gather scattered body parts to pay off your debt... if the local fauna doesn't get you first.
Why similar: Underwater 33.4% ★, Lovecraftian 18.9%, Survival Horror 10.1%, Open World 10%, Horror 9.3%
Submechanic is a short horror game where you take an after-hours maintenance job at Captain Frill's Bar and Grill. You're required to climb down into the tanks in order to perform various repairs.
Why similar: Underwater 61% ★, Horror 21.7%, Adventure 4.6%, Atmospheric 4.6%, First-Person 3.3%
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 49% ★, Horror 18.5%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Adventure 6.5%
You are an employee of U.D.E. Your mission is to explore the ocean depths, investigate ancient artifacts, and... save your own skin. Survive, uncover the corporation's secrets, and find out what lies hidden in the depths.
Why similar: Underwater 38.4% ★, Lovecraftian 24.6%, Horror 12.4%, Survival Horror 6.4%, Adventure 5.2%
Your sight is limited in this first-person psychological horror game in the deep abyss. Use sound to your advantage, while you still have your mind in this experience of pure mind-numbing terror. Try to survive long enough to discover the terrible secrets... if you can...
Why similar: Underwater 32.5% ★, Lovecraftian 24.8%, Horror 12.6%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 6.4%
The Shore VR is a first-person story-driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations. You will play the role of a man who ends up on a mysterious island. Strong elements of Lovecraftian horror, struggle to survive in an unknown world.
Why similar: Underwater 28.9% ★, Lovecraftian 26.6%, Open World 10.9%, Horror 9.7%, Survival Horror 6.4%
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: Lovecraftian 37.9%, Underwater 28.1% ★, Horror 14.3%, Psychological Horror 5.5%, Exploration 4.4%
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 38.8% ★, Lovecraftian 27.1%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 10.7%, Adventure 3.8%
A co-op horror about searching the depths of the ocean for treasure.
Why similar: Underwater 46.9% ★, Horror 14.1%, Open World 11.7%, Action-Adventure 5%, Exploration 4.7%
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
Why similar: Underwater 36.7% ★, Lovecraftian 32.5%, Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 5%, Exploration 4.2%
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 58% ★, Horror 15.9%, Adventure 5%, Survival Horror 4.8%, Exploration 4.6%
A sinister entity lurks in the depths. Descend into the abyss and extract knowledge about it.
Why similar: Underwater 40.6% ★, Sailing 23.4% ★, Horror 13.4%, Open World 11.4%, Atmospheric 3.3%
The mother vessel is adrift in space, out of fuel and doomed. Your mission is the colony’s only hope for survival. Will you be able to navigate the claustrophobic canyons when your ship begins to fail?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.7%, Horror 17.8%, Underwater 16.9% ★, Open World 12%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
Welcome to the world of The Coma 3: Bloodlines. In this realm of shadows rumors and urban legends become reality, and danger lurks around every corner. If a living intruder dies here, their body will be severed from their spirit and never wake again ...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35%, Horror 21%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Adventure 9.5%, Psychological Horror 6.2%
Souls Alive: Origins is a Lovecraftian survival horror game set in a dark sci-fi future. Explore a world where reality bends, ancient cults return, and Cthulhu stirs once more. With a strong focus on story, atmosphere, and visual detail.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.3%, Horror 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Adventure 6.4%, Psychological Horror 4.9%
Full Fathom is an oceanic survival horror game. Pilot a deteriorating submarine as it drifts through grim waters, keeping it maintained as it is your only lifeline in the hostile, merciless ocean.
Why similar: Underwater 35.6% ★, Lovecraftian 14.5%, Open World 10.9%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Horror 9.7%
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 53.6% ★, Horror 19.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Adventure 7.1%, Exploration 4.8%
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: Lovecraftian 26.7%, Underwater 22.2% ★, Horror 15.6%, Survival Horror 11%, Psychological Horror 7%
Scylla's Depths Underwater Horror game, This game features detailed health and radiation systems you're managing more than just a health bar with the dynamic damage and Combat systems. Almost everything is procedural and physics based.
Why similar: Underwater 57.4% ★, Survival Horror 15.2%, Horror 11.8%, Action 5.3%, Psychological Horror 3.7%
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: Underwater 42.2% ★, Sailing 35.2% ★, Open World 5.9%, Exploration 5.1%, Action-Adventure 4.3%
Gospel Of Steel is a first-person deep-sea welding horror game set in the shadow of a dying, bio-mechanical god. While employed by a cult, the player explores the depths alone, repairing pipelines and fending off the hostile ecosystem.
Why similar: Underwater 72.7% ★, Horror 17.6%, Adventure 4.2%, First-Person 2.8%, 3D 2%
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.
Why similar: Underwater 42.1% ★, Sailing 36.2% ★, Open World 9.2%, Psychological Horror 6.2%, Exploration 5.1%
You take on the role of a diver who has been kidnapped by an organization that is using you to find some ancient artifacts. They have tried to obtain these artifacts in the same way but have failed, and they will not rest until they have them and place them on a statue.
Why similar: Underwater 51.4% ★, Horror 14.6%, Psychological Horror 7.3%, Adventure 7%, Exploration 6.4%
A 3D survival experience set within a cramped one-man submarine exploring a hostile ocean trench.
Why similar: Underwater 28.8% ★, Lovecraftian 24.4%, Horror 17.5%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
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Why similar: Underwater 41.6% ★, Lovecraftian 24.5%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Exploration 4.4%
On Halloween night, a group of teens tells horror stories, and each one comes to life in Lost Sanity. In the first chapter, Call of the Sea, you play as Megan Claire, trapped in an underground prison while cultists awaken a marine entity; slip through shadows, follow clues, and guard your sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.3%, Horror 17.2%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Adventure 5.7%
Aquavern is an underwater survival game where you're forced into the dark web's deadliest game show. Recover loot to sell and buy upgrades that will help you survive deadly creatures and treacherous biomes, pushing deeper in search of the artifact that can set you free.
Why similar: Underwater 46.3% ★, Adventure 16.8%, Horror 14.3%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Exploration 4.8%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Underwater 46.1% ★, Lovecraftian 37.4%, Psychological Horror 6.1%, Horror 5.9%, Adventure 4.1%
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: Lovecraftian 31.9%, Underwater 29.7% ★, Horror 15.2%, Psychological Horror 7.4%, Adventure 4.1%
A cave-diving body horror game
Why similar: Underwater 42.1% ★, Lovecraftian 26.4%, Horror 12.4%, Psychological Horror 5.5%, Survival Horror 4.4%
Very short on-rails collector game where you're stuck in the guts of a cosmic sea creature, polluted by waste.
Why similar: Underwater 71.7% ★, Horror 19.3%, Action 4.5%, First-Person 2.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Dungeon Crawler Survival Horror where exploration is your greatest weapon. Explore a warping city, where reality is slowly unraveling. Survive terrifying creatures, manage your physical and mental condition, and find a way out of the maddening cosmic truth about the world around you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Horror 16.5%, Adventure 6.8%, Atmospheric 4.1%
This Game is Casual 3D Horror Game.
Why similar: Underwater 37.5% ★, Horror 21.2%, Survival Horror 18.1%, Psychological Horror 12.5%, Exploration 4.6%
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: Lovecraftian 32.9%, Sailing 15.6% ★, Open World 14.1%, Horror 10%, Survival Horror 6.4%
Explore, Fish and discover the mysteries hidden within Lake Facade. A short narrative puzzle/adventure game with multiple endings and secrets to find.
Why similar: Underwater 34.2% ★, Lovecraftian 29.9%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 6.3%, Adventure 4.8%
Drowned Echo is a narrative-driven VR horror experience in which you explore a sunken ship, using your hands to swim, interact with tools, and uncover a Lovecraftian presence that is corrupting the environment.
Why similar: Underwater 29.9% ★, Lovecraftian 26.2%, Adventure 12.1%, Horror 7.5%, Action-Adventure 7.2%
You were surgically altered into a mermaid and are now trapped within an abandoned aquarium. Adapt to your new body, survive the horrors lurking within and find a way to escape.
Why similar: Underwater 62.3% ★, Horror 24%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, 3D 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Follow a mysterious marine biologist down to the depths to study a whalefall at the bottom of the ocean. Photograph specimen, collect samples and discover more about your closed-off marine biologist as her mind unravels and she believes there is something down there with her.
Why similar: Underwater 67.8% ★, Horror 18.3%, Adventure 7%, Atmospheric 4.9%, First-Person 1.5%
Burn Depth is an tense, underwater, horror exploration game. Find a path through a dangerous and unexplored area of the ocean filled with menacing creatures. Manage your vessel's resources, survive the dive, and uncover the mysteries beneath the sea floor.
Why similar: Underwater 41.5% ★, Lovecraftian 23.9%, Horror 12.3%, Psychological Horror 5.5%, Action-Adventure 3.9%
Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.
Why similar: Underwater 61.4% ★, Horror 29.3%, Exploration 9.3%
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 42.3% ★, Sailing 21.5% ★, Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 10.5%, Exploration 4%
Dive into Mermaid's Paradoxical Tale, a 3D exploration puzzle game. Traverse sun-kissed islands and eerie underwater caves, solve intriguing puzzles, and uncover the mystery of the dark creatures that lurk in the deep caves menacing the peaceful aquatic realm.
Why similar: Underwater 67.9% ★, Open World 16.7%, Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 4.9%, First-Person 1.6%
The light is your only lifeline. Descend into a crushing, thalassophobic abyss where every photograph could be your last. Investigate unpredictable deep-sea horrors and explore the vast, dark unknown - all while being 'assisted' by a darkly sarcastic AI.
Why similar: Underwater 37.3% ★, Lovecraftian 23.7%, Horror 12.3%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Psychological Horror 6.7%