- #1 Human Phobia
97% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: SAFING
Windows
Immerse yourself in a world of your own nightmares and fears. In this game, you play as different unique characters whose deepest fears have become a reality. Choose your phobia and experience an intriguing storyline!
Why similar: Underwater 29.5% ★, Action-Adventure 16.1%, Action 13%, Adventure 12.4%, Exploration 10.4%
- #2 Exit the Backrooms
96% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: ~Nutty~
Windows
Embark on a journey through 8 levels of the Backrooms designed to trigger the liminal feeling in your brain. Be ware, because one of the 4 entities could be stalking you at any moment.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 18.4%, Exploration 14.8%, First-Person 12.7%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Linear 9.1%
- #3 Hadalis
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goat Studios
Windows
Hadalis is a co-op deep sea survival game where every mistake can be fatal. Alone or with a crew, descend into the hadal zone while keeping your fragile submersible intact as pressure, creatures, and failing systems push you to the brink. Will you endure the abyss?
Why similar: Underwater 28% ★, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Exploration 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.1%, Co-op 7.8%
- #4 Diving Bear
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Play as a bear diving underwater to explore the ocean’s depths. Collect shells, plants, treasures, and other valuable items from the underwater world. Use your finds to upgrade your gear, allowing you to dive deeper. The deeper you go, the more secrets and hidden places you can discover.
Why similar: Underwater 49% ★, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Action 10.9%, Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8%
- #5 Clocknockers 2
94% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
BAD DUDES HAVE FROZEN TIME ALL OVER THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TO RETURN TIME TO NORMAL AND SAVE THE PEOPLE OF EARTH.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.1%, Family Friendly 18.8%, Exploration 18.1%, Action 15.6%, 3D 11.6%
- #6 .
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StartUpGames
Windows
A co-op horror about searching the depths of the ocean for treasure.
Why similar: Underwater 39.1% ★, Action-Adventure 12.7%, Exploration 9.8%, First-Person 8.8%, 3D 6%
- #7 Crab Crawl
93% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: PatientRock LLC
Windows
A short, cheerful action-adventure game where you guide a crab in search of food. Avoid a variety of predators, sea-born obstacles, litterers, rival crustaceans, and explore the hostile waters to find all the tasty treats and save the bay along the way.
Why similar: Underwater 38% ★, Action-Adventure 17.7%, Family Friendly 17.3%, Exploration 12%, Action 6.9%
- #8 Fish Market
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raykwaza
Windows
This is a first-person Japanese horror game where you wake up in a nightmare world after being killed at a fish market. Encounter hostile creatures and traverse impossible environments to find a way home.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 27.9%, Exploration 22.9%, Adventure 12%, First-Person 11.2%, 3D 8.9%
- #9 LumenFall
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FishTeeth Studios
Windows
A first‑person atmospheric stealth horror game about exploring an abandoned neighborhood, solving environmental puzzles, and surviving the presence created by the Engineer’s broken experiment.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26%, Adventure 19.9%, Exploration 17.9%, First-Person 15.6%, Atmospheric 11.3%
- #10 Snake Galaxy Online
91% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Vivid Unity Games
Windows · Mac
Snake Galaxy Online is a 3D game based on the famous Snake. Travel the universe, save the people of the stars and defeat evil in this fun adventure for all ages.
Why similar: Cartoon 25.5%, Action-Adventure 20.7%, Adventure 14.6%, Exploration 14.6%, 3D 9.5%
- #11 Die Daddy Die
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mad Cauldron
Windows
Die Daddy Die is a 3d adventure and platform game in which you control a slime thrown by a Cosmic God, capable of deforming his body at will, solving traps and situations that arise in order to continue advancing.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.5%, Action 24.6%, Adventure 19.8%, Exploration 17.4%, 3D 11.4%
- #12 Deja Vu : The Backrooms
89% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: Mihnea Simionescu
Windows
Deja Vu portrays The Backrooms as a manifestation of mental illness. Join forces with up to four friends and endeavor to escape the confines of both your own mind and the mundane existence that led you here.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.4%, Action 17.8%, Exploration 14.3%, Adventure 14.3%, First-Person 10.5%
- #13 Is This the Way
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Moth GamesPub: Navras Arena
Windows
Is This The Way is a chaotic 1–4 player online co-op survival game. Escape adaptive robot enemies, conquer physics-based parkour, and respawn to try again as teamwork turns into hilarious sabotage in unpredictable, fast-paced matches.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 18.4%, Action 16.7%, Adventure 13.4%, Family Friendly 11.2%, Exploration 10.9%
- #14 3am on Fish Island
88% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: krishGames
Windows
Walk the streets of Fish Island and collect food. Become sober. Stay alert. There are ghosts. Made with the Godot Engine.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.5%, Action 20.2%, Adventure 16.1%, Exploration 15.6%, 3D 10%
- #15 Wreck Below
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tide Hermit
Windows
A 1-4 player co-op deep-sea horror game where crews dismantle wrecks inside a paranormal oceanic phenomenon. Complete research operations, survive hostile entities, and uncover the source in the depths.
Why similar: Underwater 45.4% ★, Action-Adventure 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Action 5.2%
- #16 Pressure Protocol
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZenoLithic
Windows
A 1-4 player co-op survival horror game set in a collapsing underwater facility where a relentless creature hunts you and your crew through the dark.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.4%, Action 16.3%, Exploration 13.7%, First-Person 10.3%, Adventure 9.3%
- #17 Cat Clean Ocean
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: AGE Zero
Windows
In Cat Cleans Ocean, play as a cat in an astronaut suit on a serene mission to clean a polluted ocean. Explore six unique regions, using tools like the Trash Magnet and Doddy the Drone to collect trash and upgrade your equipment. Relax, strategize, and restore the ocean’s beauty.
Why similar: Underwater 43.1% ★, Cartoon 17.4%, Exploration 9%, Family Friendly 8.9%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #18 The Last Cure
84% match7 user reviews25% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Stybite
Windows
Survive the hunt in The Last Cure – a terrifying co-op survival horror where every sound matters, every shadow hides danger, and the cure is your only hope.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.2%, Action 18.7%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 13%, 3D 10.4%
- #19 OPEN UP SIR!
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZweiBier Indie
Windows
Co-op for 2–4 players about firefighters: you take on funny and dangerous calls — rescue, extinguish, and break things.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.6%, Action 21%, Adventure 16.7%, First-Person 14.8%, Atmospheric 10.8%
- #20 The Sinking Structure, Clione, and Lost Child -Log2
85% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: MATRE
Windows
Two silent wanderers,6 full chapters,A game of exploration and adventure.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 29.7%, Adventure 22.7%, Exploration 21.2%, 3D 13.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%
- #21 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE: Foreword
83% matchVery Positive82% of 266 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots GamesPub: Take Aim Games
Windows
This prologue was created to present an overall concept of the main game through a pair of gameplay hours to introduce you to some of the game’s mechanics, creatures, and ideas.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 19.6%, Exploration 18.1%, First-Person 13.4%, Action 10.8%, 3D 9.8%
- #22 SWAMH
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: katarausoncho
Windows
A 3D action-adventure game where a mermaid uses the power of her song to dispel the dark mist and restore the ocean’s vibrant beauty. Purify the darkened corals by delivering your song and restore their beauty. Swim swiftly by passing through bubble rings scattered across the field.
Why similar: Underwater 37.8% ★, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Exploration 16.5%, Action 9.6%, 3D 8.4%
- #23 Down There Somewhere
82% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: AyfjayGames
Windows
Can you survive ?A small submarine is sent to the depths of the ocean for research. But an unidentified creature attacks the submarine. You know that the rescue team will send a new submarine in about 10 hours. Can you survive 10 hours in the dark depths of the ocean?
Why similar: Underwater 28.7% ★, Action-Adventure 19.3%, Action 19.1%, Adventure 14.9%, First-Person 9.5%
- #24 Traíras
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marcos RiffelPub: Riffel Games
Windows
For those who love exploring the underwater worlds in games, "Traíras" is the perfect adventure!
Why similar: Underwater 55.5% ★, Cartoon 17.6%, Action 7.8%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 6.5%
- #25 Bakar Game
81% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: ME Designs
Windows
Join Bakar on an exciting quest to find his friend Hassouna in this adventure game filled with lush landscapes, educational puzzles, and thrilling challenges. Traverse diverse environments, meet beloved cartoon characters, and perfect for players of all ages!
Why similar: Cartoon 26.8%, Action-Adventure 18.8%, Exploration 15.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Family Friendly 10.5%
- #26 JAMBREDREK: TWO GUNS
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Devils on the Loose
Windows
A first-person action-adventure set in the 1990s. Play as a corrupt police officer as you move through story-driven locations, investigate crime scenes, and make morally questionable choices.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 29.7%, First-Person 18.5%, Exploration 17.9%, Action 14.3%, Atmospheric 11.4%
- #27 Spectrum Siege
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Fantasy Vortex
Windows
Master the art of strategy in Spectrum Siege, a vibrant turn-based game of grid domination. Jump, capture, and outmaneuver your opponents on a dynamic board.
Why similar: Underwater 48.3% ★, Cartoon 17.9%, Action-Adventure 15%, Action 9.2%, Family Friendly 5.1%
- #28 Abyss Diver
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: JMT Games
Windows
Explore the abandoned city deep beneath the ocean. Gather resources before your oxygen runs out, and cooperate with your teammates amidst the threat of monstrous creatures. A cooperative underwater survival action game where a single decision can mean life or death.
Why similar: Underwater 45.1% ★, Online Co-Op 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 9.1%, Action 7.7%
- #29 Penni's Adventure
78% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Smallhousegames
Windows
The Lightbearers have invaded, altering your world with technology! Save friends and send bears packing in this family-friendly action platformer!
Why similar: Family Friendly 23.5%, Action-Adventure 18.3%, Cartoon 14.7%, Action 12.1%, 3D 11.7%
- #30 Cavemates
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Clueless Games
Windows
Cavemates is a co-op multiplayer adventure, where you and your mates find something you maybe shouldn’t have. Work together, cross different biomes, each with their own challenges, and try to bring the egg back home in one piece.
Why similar: Adventure 14.2%, Co-op 11.2%, Action-Adventure 11%, Physics 10.3%, First-Person 10.1%
- #31 Nightmare Nursery
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pothos' games
Windows
An old-school retro stylised horror where you play as an urban explorer, who has been intrigued by rumours regarding an abandoned nursery, with claims of hauntings and disappearances, now hidden by towering trees, left to be nothing but a forgotten memory in the public's eye.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.9%, Exploration 20.4%, First-Person 13.5%, 3D 10.8%, Adventure 9.5%
- #32 Spongiorno: Schwammfred Moving Company
75% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: HappyHoppo
Windows
The most realistic moving-stuff-with-bubbles simulator in the world. Bubble your way through handcrafted underwater fishtank levels and load stuff onto your truck in this skill checking puzzle platformer. Experience an unique bubble physics gameplay!
Why similar: Transportation 45.1% ★, Underwater 40.8% ★, Physics 8.4%, Family Friendly 5.7%
- #33 Escape from MLC
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MLC Student Run
Windows
Welcome to Escape from MLC, a game created by students of Metropolitan Learning Center. MLC is a school in Northwest Portland, OR. This is a game based inside of MLC.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.5%, Adventure 21.6%, Exploration 18.3%, First-Person 12.7%, 3D 11.6%
- #34 VR Hiroshima 1945
77% matchMixed50% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: William of Oxford
Windows
This is a sad story, a tragic moment. In the summer of 1945, atomic weapons were used for the first time in human history.
Why similar: Underwater 50.1% ★, Adventure 17.6%, Exploration 17.2%, First-Person 15.1%
- #35 Cave Dive
75% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Zyndrosoft Interactive
Windows
Discover a vast and mysterious underwater world hidden beneath a remote cave on the surface. With procedurally generated cave systems and up to 9,999 unique underwater environments to explore, no two dives are ever the same.
Why similar: Underwater 30.2% ★, Action-Adventure 19.4%, Exploration 13.4%, Adventure 11.6%, First-Person 9.7%
- #36 Deep Diving Adventures 2
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salient GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
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 60.5% ★, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Adventure 8%, First-Person 5.4%
- #37 Digger Beach
73% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Makatski
Windows
It's just you and the beach. Find out what this cute sand is hiding. Collect and sell treasures, upgrade your equipment. Will you be able to find out all the secrets of the beach in a small town?
Why similar: Underwater 46.2% ★, First-Person 12.7%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Exploration 7.8%, Adventure 6%
- #38 Temple of Steel
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nox Metrica
Windows · Mac
A first person survival horror game where you become trapped in a monumentaly vast place known as the Temple of Steel. Explore and escape it as its chilling abominations attempt to devour your soul, and as you struggle with a personal story of revenge, hatred and guilt.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.3%, Adventure 18.1%, Exploration 16.2%, Action 12.9%, First-Person 10.9%
- #39 Silent Wreckage|寂靜沉輪
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DeepEcho
Windows
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 45.7% ★, Atmospheric 10.4%, Action 8.7%, Exploration 8.7%, Action-Adventure 8.5%
- #40 The Dive
74% 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 44.2% ★, Action-Adventure 9.4%, First-Person 9.3%, Linear 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #41 Somnium: Awaken
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aerift Games
Windows
Somnium: Awaken Is a first-person horror adventure. Solve puzzles, find clues, and unlock the horrors behind the danger lurking in the shadows of the facility. Discover the inner truths and the fears that were left behind.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 20.7%, Action 18%, Exploration 14.5%, Adventure 14.5%, First-Person 10.6%
- #42 Whale Singer: Rise of the Leviathan
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Telescope Game Studios
Windows
Play as a majestic humpback whale in a musical adventure where ancient songs hold the power to face an ominous threat destroying the oceans. Master ancestral melodies, explore stunning underwater realms, purify corrupted waters, and uncover the truth behind the Leviathan.
Why similar: Underwater 46.7% ★, Exploration 17.1%, 3D 9.9%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Adventure 6.7%
- #43 Grim Shift
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Eternal Worlds Studios
Windows
Grab your flashlight and explore the cursed graveyard in Grim Shift, a tense co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Forced by the cult to go out everynight and gather treasures for them. But you are not alone... the cemetery hides a lot of secrets along with the deadly monsters.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.2%, Exploration 17.5%, Action 14.9%, First-Person 14.1%, 3D 11.3%
- #44 Midnight at Forest
72% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Gladiator Games
Windows
Try to escape from the Forest as you setup camp, then realize you were locked in there by a Park officer. There were 5 keyholes, so you had to find one key for each one.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.5%, Adventure 21.7%, Exploration 19.8%, First-Person 16.1%, 3D 12.7%
- #45 Cornfield Escape
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aethvion
Windows
Trapped in a dense cornfield, you must navigate hidden landmarks, avoid noise traps and outsmart a relentless stalker that hunts by sound. Stay quiet, read the signs and escape before it reaches you.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 29.6%, Adventure 22.7%, Exploration 20.5%, 3D 13.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%
- #46 Subnautica 2
65% matchVery Positive91% of 98,787 reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 49% ★, Exploration 12.4%, Co-op 8%, First-Person 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.2%
- #47 Mumble Pines: The Arrival
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dino Nugget Studios
Windows
In this first-person story-driven horror game, you take a job as a janitor to access a run-down island summer camp that got shut down, after the dissapearence of your younger brother, which was only one of many incidents. It’s up to you to uncover the island’s buried secrets.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22%, Exploration 18.8%, First-Person 13.7%, Action 11.6%, 3D 10.8%
- #48 Mobula
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gatos Gordos Games
Windows
Dive into a sprawling, interconnected underwater world and fight battle-hardened foes in this Top-Down 2.5D Action Adventure.
Why similar: Underwater 40.8% ★, Action-Adventure 18.5%, Exploration 14.4%, Cartoon 9.6%, Action 6.8%
- #49 Saturation
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pawdventure Games
Windows · Linux
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 55.5% ★, First-Person 11.4%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 10%, Adventure 6.2%
- #50 Scary Cave Diving
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ekblad
Windows
Can you hold your breath when panic sets in? Experience the terror of deep-sea cave diving. Scavenge resources and fight to survive as you navigate procedurally generated underwater caves stalked by an apex predator!
Why similar: Underwater 51.6% ★, First-Person 11.6%, Action 7.9%, Adventure 6.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #51 Cypress Legacy
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Cypress Inheritance, LLC
Windows · Mac
As Lorna you have now learned of Alfred Cypress, your grandfather. You have also encountered the technology he has invented and now you have gained access to a few of the virtual training areas he has created. This particular one is located in a mansion to help learn more about how him.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.1%, Action 19.6%, Adventure 18.7%, Exploration 16.8%, 3D 10.8%
- #52 Rope Up!
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: ElpocoPub: HappinessTyranno
Windows
Shoot your rope, latch on, swing, and climb higher.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 24.1%, Exploration 16.9%, Physics 11.6%, First-Person 10%, Family Friendly 8.1%
- #53 Wonders of the Deep
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Salty Water
Windows
Wonders of the Deep is a third-person underwater exploration adventure with puzzles, marine wildlife, and diving mechanics in a mysterious world.
Why similar: Underwater 46.9% ★, Adventure 14.5%, Exploration 14.3%, Action-Adventure 13.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%
- #54 Fairies Circus
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Giganoto Studios
Windows
Immerse yourself in horror in first person: you play as Joe and face the horror. Your wife has disappeared, the house is not safe anymore and something is stalking you. Explore, solve puzzles and escape before it's too late. You are not alone... and time is running out.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23%, Action 20.4%, Adventure 16.3%, Exploration 14.7%, First-Person 10.7%
- #55 Apex Complex
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jason FosterPub: Jay Games
Windows · Mac
You work the night shift. Tonight, Patricia isn't well, she's had a meltdown and taken everything on the company's net along with her. Make your way through the evolving complex facility, reach the core and shut her down, before she shuts you down!
Why similar: Action-Adventure 21.2%, Exploration 18.6%, First-Person 13.7%, Action 12%, 3D 10.6%
- #56 Blade of the Yokai
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Storm Eye Studios
Windows · Linux
Journey through Edo period Japan as you fight demons and explore dungeons to save Japan from demon lord Oden in Blade of the Yokai.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.2%, Action 22.7%, Adventure 18.1%, Exploration 17.5%, Family Friendly 16.5%
- #57 MíManny
65% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Radonox Studios
Windows
Trapped in a dark environment, you must escape from the relentless Butcher. Every shadow hides a threat, and every mistake could be your last in this tense survival horror experience. Will you survive the night?
Why similar: Action-Adventure 22.7%, Exploration 19.1%, First-Person 15%, Action 11.5%, 3D 10.1%
- #58 Lost In Winter
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liquid Pixel Games
Windows
Join Siku, a fierce and cunning wolf, on a thrilling journey as he seeks to rescue his pack from a notorious hunter gang, with the invaluable aid of Uki, a resilient spirit guide.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 26.2%, Exploration 21.4%, Action 14.5%, 3D 13.2%, Adventure 12%
- #59 Tkium Exclusion Area
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Tkium
Windows
Tkium Exclusion Area is a short horror escape game which takes place in an asylum. You need to escape the area before the fear takes over you. Find levers, discover systems and solve problems. Will you find the exit in one piece?...
Why similar: Action-Adventure 29.3%, Exploration 20.9%, Action 17.9%, First-Person 17.1%, 3D 13.4%