- #1 Swallow the Sea
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,437 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: Lovecraftian 33.1%, Underwater 19.9% ★, Survival 15.6%, Nature 9.1%, Action 6.6%
- #2 Deep Blue: Devour and Evolve
96% matchVery Positive82% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: ZHOUZEMING
Windows
Play as different fish, devour opponents in the ruthless underwater world of survival of the fittest, and evolve your abilities.
Why similar: Underwater 32.2% ★, Survival 13.8%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 13.3%, Cartoon 13.1%
- #3 Feed the Deep
96% matchVery Positive89% of 478 reviews2024
Dev: Luke Muscat
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Underwater 20.4% ★, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 11.2%, Survival 6.5%
- #4 Primordialis
95% matchVery Positive94% of 834 reviews2025
Dev: Kyler Natividad
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Primordialis is a physics-based roguelike fish builder. Unleash your creativity to defeat creatures using venomous tentacles, electrical shocks, or exploding children. The possibilities are endless. Explore the primordial depths to reveal its secrets and discover what lies beyond.
Why similar: Underwater 26.6% ★, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 15.3%, Nature 14.3%, Survival 9.7%
- #5 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
94% matchVery Positive80% of 895 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Roguelite 26%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Roguelike 21.9%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Action 7.9%
- #6 Cellfish
94% matchVery Positive81% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: BRTL Games
Windows
Collect food to evolve and fight for your life against enemy cells in this deep underwater, survivor-like, roguelite experience. Unlock parts to customize your character and become your own unique cell.
Why similar: Roguelike 26.8%, Action 16%, Nature 15.1%, Casual 13.2%, Relaxing 12%
- #7 Feed and Grow: Fish
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 21,066 reviews2016
Dev: Old B1oodPub: Greens s.r.o.
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!
Why similar: Underwater 61.6% ★, Survival 27.1%, Action 6.6%, Colorful 3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #8 FISH FEAR ME
92% matchVery Positive86% of 219 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: Roguelite 29.8%, Roguelike 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Top-Down 11%, Action 10.6%
- #9 Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,967 reviews2026
Dev: Odd Dreams DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Animal Evolution Roguelite. Hunt, Flee, Scavenge and Thrive in a living ecosystem. Choose from 125+ Evolutions and Specialisations for unique creature combinations in every run. Adapt to survive the natural curve in order to beat carcinisation... or get Darwin'd trying!
Why similar: Roguelite 25.3%, Survival 20.4%, Roguelike 20.2%, Nature 18.5%, Action 7%
- #10 Dive The Depths
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: FrizuoPub: Starpixel Studios
Windows
Dive The Depths is an action-roguelike set beneath the ocean's surface. As a humble diver, you must navigate the world filled with bizarre sea creatures, submerged ruins, and forgotten histories. Can you conquer the depths and unravel the secrets that hidden beneath the waves?
Why similar: Underwater 39.6% ★, Roguelite 21.1%, Roguelike 17.6%, Horror 7.9%, Action 5.3%
- #11 Octogeddon
90% matchVery Positive92% of 1,308 reviews2018
Dev: All Yes Good
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!
Why similar: Underwater 27.4% ★, Roguelite 25.5%, Roguelike 21.7%, Action 10.2%, Casual 7.4%
- #12 Feeding Frenzy 2 Deluxe
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,688 reviews2006
Dev: PopCap Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The feeding frenzy begins again! Swim and swerve through underwater worlds, chow down on smaller fish, and chomp your way to ocean supremacy. But watch out: boatloads of pesky predators are looking to make lunch out of you.
Why similar: Underwater 57.6% ★, Casual 31.6%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #13 We Need To Go Deeper
89% matchVery Positive86% of 6,021 reviews2019
Dev: Deli Interactive LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.7%, Underwater 22.3% ★, Roguelite 13%, Hand-drawn 10%, Cartoon 8.6%
- #14 Sea of Survivors
87% matchVery Positive81% of 415 reviews2023
Dev: Nah Yeah Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
In Sea of Survivors, you can sail your ship in any direction but you can never stop moving. Evade and destroy hordes of pirates and sea monsters to gain experience, level up and choose upgrades for your ship. Explore oceans filled with mysterious curses, unlock treasures and fight for survival.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.3%, Roguelite 22%, Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #15 Tasty Blue
88% matchVery Positive89% of 715 reviews2015
Dev: Dingo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tasty Blue is an underwater side-scrolling eat 'em up game. You start as a small goldfish with an insatiable appetite. After being overfed by your owner, you'll escape into the ocean and eat everything that you encounter. The more you eat, the bigger you get!
Why similar: Underwater 45.4% ★, Survival 16.1%, Horror 8.3%, Action 7.7%, Relaxing 7%
- #16 They Breathe
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,296 reviews2014
Dev: The Working Parts
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
They Breathe is a short journey into the depths of a forest filled with water. As you swim deeper, it's up to you to figure out the rules of an insidious ecosystem where nothing is as it first seems, and where everyone is after the same precious resource – oxygen!
Why similar: Underwater 20.6% ★, Lovecraftian 19.6%, Survival 17.9%, Hand-drawn 15.7%, Nature 11.9%
- #17 Shadow of the Depth
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 475 reviews2025
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
Why similar: Roguelite 29.1%, Roguelike 22.6%, Hand-drawn 19.2%, Top-Down 11.7%, Action 8.6%
- #18 Ace of Seafood
85% matchVery Positive90% of 641 reviews2016
Dev: Calappa GamesPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 63.9% ★, Survival 17.5%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Action 6.9%
- #19 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 509 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Underwater 65% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Action 11.3%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #20 Death in the Water 2
83% matchVery Positive83% of 1,792 reviews2023
Dev: Lighthouse Games Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 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 60.4% ★, Survival 24%, Horror 10.9%, Action 4.7%
- #21 Aphotic Descent
84% matchMixed63% of 78 reviews2023
Dev: Broiled Squid Studios
Windows
In Aphotic Descent, you play as a diver whose submarine crashed at the bottom of the ocean. With no other option for survival, you must make your way to a nearby underwater research facility facing terrifying creatures, all while descending deeper and deeper...
Why similar: Underwater 51.6% ★, Nature 18%, Horror 12.8%, Action 7.8%, Colorful 7.3%
- #22 King Of Water
82% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Little Studio
Windows
The classic big fish eat small fish game. You will grow step by step from a small shrimp to an invincible existence. Dodge dangers from land, chase weak species, and conquer mysterious monsters. And you can play with your friends.
Why similar: Underwater 36.8% ★, Roguelike 17.3%, Survival 15.8%, Nature 14.4%, Relaxing 10.5%
- #23 Ocean Punk
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 167 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.3%, Survival 27.5%, Sci-fi 14.8%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #24 Lake of Creatures
79% matchVery Positive94% of 324 reviews2024
Dev: ANTENNA GAMES
Windows
Difficult action FISHING ROGUELIKE, where you slaughter mutated creatures with weapons that shoot lasers and explosions!!! 💥 Catch fish to buy treasures that MODIFY YOUR BUILD and end up with CRAZY SYNERGIZING ATTACKS that melt those noob enemies
Why similar: Roguelite 37.2%, Roguelike 37.1%, Action 10.9%, 2D 10.2%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #25 Nautical Survival
78% matchVery Positive99% of 188 reviews2026
Dev: Idan Rooze
Windows
Captain an armed sea vessel to fight off hordes of oceanic terrors! Navigate between outposts to upgrade your boat, equip powerful weapons, manage your economy and hire crew members to your aid in this unique take on the survivors-like formula.
Why similar: Roguelite 30.2%, Roguelike 23.2%, Survival 18.1%, Top-Down 12.8%, Action 7.8%
- #26 Dungeon Core
81% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2023
Dev: Talismanic Entertainment
Windows
Dungeon Core is a roguelite top-down shooter where you get to explore the sewers and beyond to ultimately reach an old underground research facility. Old nuclear waste has caused dangerous mutations in creatures due to a failed experiment. You set out to destroy the abandoned nuclear core.
Why similar: Roguelite 21.7%, Roguelike 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 13.4%, Top-Down 9%
- #27 Barotrauma
78% matchVery Positive94% of 86,224 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Underwater 41.5% ★, Survival 24.6%, Horror 12.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%, 2D 6.2%
- #28 Cat Goes Fishing
80% matchVery Positive94% of 16,005 reviews2015
Dev: Cat5Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.9 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: Underwater 45.1% ★, Nature 18%, Relaxing 11.8%, 2D 7.7%, Colorful 7.5%
- #29 Underwater
81% matchMixed68% of 75 reviews2021
Dev: Andreev WorldsPub: Gamesforfarm
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: Lovecraftian 86.8%, Action 7.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #30 ASTRONAUTILUS
79% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: neozoid.games
Windows
Your ship has crash-landed on a stray rogue planet, and you're out of fuel... It's up to you to delve beneath the frozen surface and find a way to get your ship back into space while fighting strange sea creatures and uncovering the mysteries of the world beneath the ice!
Why similar: Underwater 52% ★, Action 18.3%, Colorful 17.5%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #31 Endoparasitic 2
77% matchVery Positive87% of 631 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 48.8%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Horror 12%, Top-Down 11.5%, Action 6.8%
- #32 Gem Defender: Soyjak Survivors
75% matchVery Positive94% of 1,118 reviews2023
Dev: Coby DoxPub: GoonCorp Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Follow Chud on his fight against Dr Soystein's 'jak army in this spine-tingling survival shooter. NOW FEATURING BADLANDSCHUGS
Why similar: Satire 28.2% ★, Survival 14.6%, Roguelike 13.6%, Cartoon 13.2%, Horror 9%
- #33 X-Mutation
76% matchVery Positive85% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: ProjectX
Windows
Survive thousands of monsters in X-Mutation, a hardcore 3D top-down rogue-lite action game. Mutate your body into diverse weapons, choose from hundreds of mutations, and uniquely upgrade to craft your personal combat style!
Why similar: Roguelite 35%, Roguelike 29.3%, Survival 19.7%, Casual 8.1%, Action 7.9%
- #34 Aquamarine: Explorer's Edition
77% matchMixed67% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Moebial StudiosPub: Hitcents
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based playable comic book about surviving in an alien ocean. Explore a planet reclaimed by nature. Forage, salvage, and cultivate to survive. Uncover a lost history. Discover who you are. Find your way home.
Why similar: Underwater 26.3% ★, Roguelite 12.9%, Survival 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.5%, Roguelike 11%
- #35 Subnautica 2
70% 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 50.7% ★, Survival 23.2%, Horror 14.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Action 2.6%
- #36 Operation Octo
73% matchVery Positive99% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Klub Kofta Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as an Octopus scientist fighting off sunken skeletons in this frantic aquatic Tower Defense! Discover sea life turrets from unique biomes: Pistol Shrimp! Navy Seal! Death Ray! Deploy turrets whilst dodging enemy bullets as you venture the seven seas!
Why similar: Underwater 44.4% ★, Survival 19.6%, Cartoon 16.9%, Casual 5.5%, Action 4.9%
- #37 Critical Fishing
74% matchVery Positive96% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: lazygun
Windows
Take part in wormkinds heroic struggle for freedom from their archnemesis. Upgrade your arsenal, tools and submarine to decimate the fish population to reach the ultimate goal: to boldly go where no worm has gone before.
Why similar: Underwater 64.1% ★, Action 12.1%, Casual 9%, 2D 8.7%, Colorful 5.4%
- #38 Nuclear Throne
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 19,540 reviews2015
Dev: Vlambeer
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
Why similar: Roguelike 38.5%, Roguelite 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Action 7.7%, Top-Down 6.7%
- #39 fishy
74% matchVery Positive87% of 421 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?
Why similar: Action 50.4%, Casual 43.4%, Colorful 6.2%
- #40 Multicellular
76% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Multicellular will take you back in time, to the dawn of life. Build your multicellular organism and combat hunger, the environment, darkness and other organisms. Everything in this new world can kill you, will you be able to survive?
Why similar: Roguelite 29%, Survival 23.2%, Nature 19.5%, Relaxing 15.1%, Casual 7%
- #41 Fantasy Madness: Bloodbath
73% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: Night Steed Games
Windows
Fantasy Madness: Bloodbath is a roguelike action-survival game where forces of nature fight against hordes of evil. Gain new skills, loot powerful items and defeat all who stand in your way… By all means!
Why similar: Roguelite 29.8%, Survival 18.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Nature 12.3%, Action 7.5%
- #42 Sea Fantasy
71% matchVery Positive87% of 580 reviews2025
Dev: METASLA
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Save the world by fishing! This is a brand new action RPG game where you stand on an adventure to fish the Sea'Az, the marine life of this world, in a vast pixel world. This is not a peaceful fishing game. The destruction of the world is imminent....
Why similar: Top-Down 31.7%, Survival 25.8%, 2D 18.6%, Action 18%, Singleplayer 6%
- #43 UNDER the WATER - an ocean survival game
75% matchMostly Negative33% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: UTW Team
Windows
How long do you survive on a small island in the middle of a flooded world?
Why similar: Underwater 46% ★, Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Survival 14.8%, Relaxing 8.3%, Action 6.3%
- #44 Sipho
71% matchVery Positive85% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: All Parts Connected
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. Play in adventure or sandbox mode.
Why similar: Underwater 40.3% ★, Roguelite 21%, Survival 12.6%, Nature 10.4%, Action 10.1%
- #45 SUNLESS SEA
72% matchVery Positive83% of 9,506 reviews2015
Dev: Failbetter Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.6%, Survival 16.1%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 8.3%, Horror 5.9%
- #46 Zlime: Return Of Demon Lord
70% matchVery Positive97% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: DUO AB Indie Developer
Windows
Enter the world of Zlime, an action Roguelike game where you'll embark on a thrilling adventure in a demonic realm. Experience an unique transformation system, devour your foes, enhance your powers, and battle your way to victory! Prepare for an exhilarating and challenging gameplay experience!
Why similar: Roguelite 26.7%, Roguelike 24.4%, Cartoon 22.3%, Action 10.7%, Casual 8.8%
- #47 Maneater
69% matchVery Positive87% of 24,836 reviews2021
Dev: Tripwire Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Why similar: Underwater 41.7% ★, Satire 32.5% ★, Nature 17.8%, Action 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #48 Sparkle 2 Evo
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,103 reviews2013
Pub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Control the evolution with the touch of your finger. Can you grow the biggest Sparkle in the world?
Why similar: Survival 19.1%, Relaxing 17.1%, Top-Down 13.1%, Casual 10.4%, Action 10.1%
- #49 Bronana
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: busy bear
Windows
Bronana is a thrilling and hilarious survival roguelike. Embody the spirit of a fearless banana warrior to take down waves of vicious snack monsters. Through a rich variety of random events, grow stronger, evolve abilities, and face off against challenging bosses to save the homeland.
Why similar: Roguelite 22.1%, Cartoon 19.7%, Roguelike 18.1%, Survival 18%, Relaxing 9.2%
- #50 Water Womb World
66% matchVery Positive97% of 300 reviews2026
Dev: Yames' Games
Windows
Aqua Catholicism; Explore Man's Original Sin Under The Sea
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.2%, Underwater 24.4% ★, Horror 13.5%, Casual 7.6%, 2D 3.7%
- #51 PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 107 reviews2026
Dev: ChillyRoom
Windows
PlatyGuard: Swarm Slayer is a 2D action roguelike platformer RPG set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, infused with biopunk and dark sci-fi flair. Survive the chaos, clash with mutant foes, and explore mysterious sites in this indie adventure!
Why similar: Roguelite 31.5%, Roguelike 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Hand-drawn 10%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #52 Depths of Sanity
69% matchVery Positive88% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: Bomb Shelter Games
Windows
A mysterious signal. A missing crew. And the one man trying to piece it all together. As Abe Douglas, dive deep into a fully underwater metroidvania to explore massive oceanic biomes, battle monstrous bosses, and piece together a mystery that threatens not only your crew, but your own sanity.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.1%, Underwater 41.3% ★, 2D 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #53 Depth of Extinction
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Roguelite 45.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Sci-fi 17.1%, 2D 8.6%, Singleplayer 4%
- #54 Sacabambaspis Chronicle
68% matchVery Positive90% of 100 reviews2023
Dev: KIMIDORI SOFT
Windows
As a player, you become Sacabambaspis and live each day with your fellow Sacabambaspis, growing and evolving by swimming in the sea and eating plankton. Progress through the story with your companions in Sacabambaspis, and see what happens in the end.
Why similar: Underwater 61.5% ★, Survival 20.6%, Nature 16.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #55 BELOW
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,353 reviews2018
Dev: Capybara Games
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
BELOW is a solitary journey through the haunted depths of a forbidden isle. Explore. Survive. Discover.
Why similar: Roguelite 30.5%, Roguelike 24.8%, Top-Down 14.2%, Horror 14%, Action 12.4%
- #56 Swirl W@tch
67% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Sleeper Games
Windows · Linux
Swirl W@tch is a tense stealth-action roguelite that takes place on an over-exploited gas giant. Infiltrate industrial installations, evade or eliminate guard ships, commit corporate sabotage and grow the movement to unlock new gear. Can your actions free this otherworldly world?
Why similar: Underwater 33.2% ★, Roguelite 22.7%, Roguelike 14.4%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #57 WORLD OF HORROR
65% matchVery Positive90% of 9,764 reviews2023
Dev: panstaszPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.8 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: Lovecraftian 43%, Roguelite 17.6%, Horror 12.4%, Roguelike 12%, Survival 10.2%
- #58 Fish
68% matchMixed51% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: GamGoo
Windows
It is a clicker game where you feed the fish. Click on the screen to feed the fish. You can get new fish every 3 hours.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Thriller 22.1%, Horror 12.7%, Relaxing 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #59 Wooden Ocean
67% matchVery Positive97% of 236 reviews2020
Dev: Leif Ian AndersonPub: Self
Windows
Kill cosmic gods and their fascist sycophants in a post-entropy future. Become Violence. Become Romantic.
Why similar: Horror 63.7%, 2D 26.5%, Singleplayer 9.8%
- #60 20 Minutes Till Dawn
64% matchVery Positive91% of 28,804 reviews2023
Dev: flanne
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.6%, Roguelite 20%, Survival 16.2%, Horror 9.5%, Action 5.1%