
Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.
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Sunken Engine Lovecraftian Ship Repair Simulation. Restore your father’s old shipyard. Each arriving ship carries a dark mystery to be solved. Keep your customers satisfied while dealing with the strange and eerie happenings on the island.

Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!

Ship Graveyard Simulator
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Life Sim 15.6%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Dark 7.8%, Simulation 6.5%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Naval 58.9% ★, Life Sim 20.1%, Simulation 10.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%, First-Person 2.7%
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 52.5%, Mystery 14.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Horror 6.8%, Atmospheric 6.4%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Simulation 43.4%, Atmospheric 33%, First-Person 14.3%, Singleplayer 9.3%
Become the custodian of a store dealing in occult antiquities. Explore the quaint and gloomy town of Undermere, where strange goings-on and dark mysteries abound. Find and identify arcane artefacts, use your collection to aid the townsfolk with their unusual problems — and remember to pet your cat!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.6%, Mystery 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Dark 10.2%, Simulation 8.6%
Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.9%, Time Management 20%, Mystery 9%, Choices Matter 8.8%, Story Rich 6.8%
Take a night shift job in a place that runs on habit, not purpose. Restock shelves, take deliveries, clean the mess, and try to make it till morning. Not everything feels right and you’re never quite alone. Something waits in the dark.
Why similar: Time Management 20.2%, Life Sim 18.2%, Immersive Sim 14%, Choices Matter 8%, Dark 6.6%
Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!
Why similar: Life Sim 40.4%, Immersive Sim 31.4%, Simulation 18.6%, First-Person 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: Simulation 59%, First-Person 18.2%, Singleplayer 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%
Care is an atmospheric first person horror game with puzzle elements, where your choices have consequences. Be observant with your surroundings and unravel the horrific secrets that hide within these walls.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Mystery 12.6%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Dark 9.2%
Workshop Simulator allows you to repair and refurbish items using a range of restoration mechanics such as disassembling, cleaning, sanding and painting. The accompanying story will immerse you in the nostalgia of tinkering with your grandfather.
Why similar: Life Sim 35.8%, Immersive Sim 28.9%, Simulation 15.1%, Atmospheric 9%, 3D 4.4%
Operate an oil-drilling submarine while taking instructions from a mysterious voice. Fail your quota, and they’ll cut your oxygen. This is deep-sea horror. Obey or drown.
Why similar: Mystery 24.8%, Dark 20.9%, Horror 15.5%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Simulation 12.4%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.1%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Mystery 9.4%, Dark 8.2%
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 54.3%, Dark 12%, Horror 11.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.8%
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!
Why similar: Naval 65.5% ★, Simulation 20%, Atmospheric 8.5%, First-Person 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Dust off your torch and hammer - it's time to get back to work, you have a new job to do. Visit the new beach coast with the largest, biggest ship graveyard in the world, dismantle huge ship parts and collect tons of precious steel. Roll up your sleeves, it's time to get back to the business.
Why similar: Simulation 61.6%, Atmospheric 23.3%, First-Person 15.1%
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 63.1%, Dark 11.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 7%, Horror 6%
Build your own yacht empire! Renovate old yachts, patch their hulls, fix their engines, and add new parts. Design and install beautiful interiors of your vessels. Pilot your ships and check how they handle the water. A completely new installment in the famous ‘Mechanic Simulator’ universe!
Why similar: Naval 66.7% ★, Immersive Sim 17.9%, Simulation 10.6%, 3D 3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.
Why similar: Life Sim 21.1%, Time Management 19%, Dark 13.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.8%
England, 1940. The Luftwaffe is preparing for the invasion of Britain and the RAF need every man to stop it. They need you. Join the ground crews as they struggle to keep the aircraft flying. Repair engine, patch bullet holes, rearm machine guns and more.
Why similar: Simulation 71.8%, Atmospheric 14.1%, First-Person 8%, Singleplayer 6.1%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 33.4%, Time Management 27.5%, Simulation 20.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, First-Person 4.9%
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Why similar: Naval 36.9% ★, Mystery 30.6%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Horror 3.4%
The depths of the Atlantic hide more than 12,000 sunken ships out of which at least half haven’t been located yet. As a depth explorer you will earn money from extracting valuable cargo from wrecks, grow your company, buy exploration vessels and real estate.
Why similar: Mystery 37%, Story Rich 24.2%, Simulation 24.1%, First-Person 9.3%, Singleplayer 5.4%
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: Lovecraftian 49.2%, Mystery 12.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Horror 9.8%, Atmospheric 7.4%
Hell Dive is a first-person horror game where you are a Maritime Operative alone aboard a submarine. Sent on a mission to revive an abandoned deep-sea colony, you uncover dark secrets as terrifying and deadly horrors await in its depths
Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.6%, Horror 10.3%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Dark 8.7%, Story Rich 8.3%
Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Mystery 18.7%, Dark 13.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%
What are the most important moments in your life? Lost At Sea is a game about life and death, about coming to terms with your past and about family. Set on a beautiful island, this game will force you to face your fears and take stock of your life through imaginative puzzles and a relatable story.
Why similar: Mystery 30%, Atmospheric 19.5%, Story Rich 18.7%, Horror 17.6%, First-Person 9.5%
You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.2%, Mystery 20.9%, Dark 15.3%, Horror 13.7%, Simulation 7%
A short first-person horror game. An accident cripples your submarine while trying to find the wreck of the Titanic. In the darkness, you must restore life-support systems through tense puzzles, only to discover that you are not alone.
Why similar: Horror 30.6%, Atmospheric 23.7%, Story Rich 17%, Dark 16.6%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Handyman needed—ASAP! The investor’s coming in the morning, and the house still isn’t ready! Take on an extra shift where horror meets simulation. Tackle the chaos, uncover dark secrets, and finish everything before dawn.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26%, Simulation 17.5%, Mystery 14.1%, Horror 14%, Dark 9.5%
You only have 21 days until this living city dies. The clock is ticking. You can’t be everywhere at once. Decide what to explore, who to meet and see every decision shape the curious stories and terrible secrets of this branching narrative game.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.4%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 9.1%, Simulation 6%
You’re the captain of a cursed ship in this crew management roguelite! Command your crew, keep the ship afloat, defeat pirates and deep-sea beasts, and sail as far as it takes to lift the curse.
Why similar: Naval 88.3% ★, Simulation 11.7%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 61.5%, Simulation 10.5%, Dark 10.3%, Horror 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%
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 42.2%, Mystery 18.3%, Story Rich 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Dark 10%
A pixel art psychological horror game inspired by the Flannan Isles mystery. Manage a remote lighthouse, handle limited resources, and confront eerie occurrences as isolation erodes your sanity. Multiple endings await based on your choices and actions. How long can you last?
Why similar: Life Sim 24.5%, World War I 19.9% ★, Mystery 19.1%, Story Rich 13.2%, Horror 12.9%
Discover what connects a lost ship’s disappearance with Devil’s Island and a local family’s unsolved murder.
Why similar: Mystery 55.7%, Horror 17.2%, Story Rich 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Singleplayer 4.3%
Become a Gunsmith and unveil the great pleasure of working in your own workshop! Repair, restore and personalize guns to make unique pieces that every firearm lover will appreciate.
Why similar: Simulation 68.2%, First-Person 18.5%, Singleplayer 13.3%
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: Naval 58.6% ★, Horror 20.3%, Simulation 18.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Return home to Port Wake and rebuild your family business. Docked is a realistic, task-driven simulator where you operate heavy machinery, restore and develop the port's infrastructure, and manage day-to-day operations to help your port expand and thrive.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 50%, Simulation 31.9%, 3D 7.9%, Singleplayer 5.4%, First-Person 4.7%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Mystery 28.3%, Choices Matter 27.2%, Simulation 21%, Atmospheric 15.7%, 3D 7.9%
CRUSH DEPTH is first-person sci-fi horror game set at the bottom of the ocean. A salvage operation that would set you up for life goes sideways when you realize you're not alone down there. You'll solve puzzles and run from danger as you uncover the mysterious fate of Eclipse Station.
Why similar: Horror 25.4%, Story Rich 21.5%, Simulation 21.1%, Atmospheric 12.8%, First-Person 8.5%
A grisly mystery in a small town unfolds across centuries through the stories of its residents. Orchestrate their work, grow resources, upgrade skills, and create automated production loops between past and future eras. All to uncover a sprawling secret embedded in the flow of time.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26%, Mystery 20.2%, Thriller 14.2%, Dark 13.7%, Story Rich 12.5%
Become a dishonest computer repairman, steal rams. Burn the motherboards!
Why similar: Life Sim 35.1%, Simulation 22.7%, Immersive Sim 18.7%, Mystery 9.8%, Dark 6.5%
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: Naval 63.4% ★, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Atmospheric 5%, First-Person 2.6%
Supermarket simulator meets horror. You’re a clerk at a 24-hour convenience store. During the day - serve customers and hit your sales goals. At night - beware of strange clients. Try to survive 7 days in the Far North.
Why similar: Life Sim 23.1%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Mystery 10.7%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Dark 9.2%
Pirate Cove Simulator will have you run a shop and tavern on the Island of the Damned, to get rich and buy your way out of the pirate afterlife. Trade with restless undead pirates, run your own distillery and turn local plants into potent drinks, search for hidden treasures, or just go fishing.
Why similar: Simulation 48.3%, Life Sim 37.3%, Singleplayer 7.9%, First-Person 6.6%
Father´s Island is a mystic, surreal visual novel / playable B-Movie in a 3D open world, with hundreds of buildings, structures and relics, wildlife and strange machinery. Combining dense atmosphere with mystery, horror & exploration!
Why similar: Horror 100%
A slow-burn atmospheric horror game about managing a toast shop in a desolate location in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Make toasts for customers, cash in, buy more ingredients, and witness strange events unfolding.
Why similar: Time Management 20.1%, Immersive Sim 19.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Mystery 10.7%, Story Rich 8.4%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 53.1%, Simulation 31.9%, First-Person 9.1%, Singleplayer 5.8%
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 55%, Mystery 12.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Dark 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%
Experience a nerve-racking Lovecraftian adventure, rebuilt from the ground up with modern graphics and gameplay. Become Sherlock Holmes, and find yourself at the heart of the terrifying Cthulhu Mythos as you investigate a series of mysterious disappearances in Europe and the US.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 46%, Mystery 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Horror 7.7%
Cage an angel. Ransack Heaven. In a far-flung dystopian future, the Angel Engine Initiative carries on as the last hope for humanity. Seal yourself in your operating room, perform surgery on comatose test subjects, and pray you make it out alive.
Why similar: Time Management 46.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Horror 11.9%, Thriller 8.1%, Story Rich 7.7%
Become a Mech Mechanic to deconstruct, rebuild, paint and fix gigantic iron machines. You live in an age of enormous machines and you better get ready to get your hands dirty!
Why similar: Life Sim 42.6%, Immersive Sim 38.2%, Simulation 15.1%, First-Person 4.2%
BROKEN LIFE is an atmospheric, fully voiced Point-and-Click Adventure set in a war-torn world. Follow Leo, a former soldier, as he returns to his hometown to uncover the fate of his family, restore his home, and confront the dark secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Dark 20.6%, Story Rich 19.6%, Horror 18%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Atmospheric 14.1%
Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.
Why similar: Life Sim 59.7%, Mystery 23%, Horror 10.7%, 3D 3.6%, Singleplayer 3%
Dive into a surreal ocean abyss in an atmospheric puzzle-adventure. Explore dangerous waters, possess sea creatures and solve environmental puzzles to discover what lies deep below the surface…
Why similar: Dark 38.9%, Horror 30.1%, Atmospheric 27.1%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Become a phone repair technician, get the opportunity to look into the personal data of customers. Influence their destinies if you dare!
Why similar: Time Management 35.3%, Life Sim 28.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 9.3%, Simulation 8.3%
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 49.3%, Horror 12.3%, Mystery 10.9%, Dark 9.1%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.
Why similar: Simulation 62.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, First-Person 11.5%, Singleplayer 7.9%
In the not so distant past, the Isle of Abbot underwent a mysterious evacuation event. Delve into the secrets of this unsettling place and elicit the girls' tragic fate. An interactive visual novel with psychological and lovecraftian undertones.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.1%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Mystery 12.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%, Simulation 7.7%