Games Like Sunken Ships

The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.

Why similar: Submarine 43.1% ★, Underwater 30.6% ★, Exploration 9.6%, Mystery 7.4%, Adventure 5.6%

Under the Water Depths is a first-person game in which you will dive into a trench in the middle of an unknown ocean. The depths of the sea hide sinister yet mystical secrets.

Why similar: Underwater 36.7% ★, Submarine 32% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 10.7%, Exploration 8.9%

Sunken Seeker is a short, first-person underwater horror experience. Forced to pilot a decaying submersible, you have 7 days to pay off a massive debt. Navigate pitch-black waters, scan for salvage beyond your headlights, and survive the shift before the Director cuts your life support.

Why similar: Submarine 46% ★, Underwater 32.4% ★, Exploration 10%, Adventure 7.3%, Atmospheric 3.2%

Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...

Why similar: Underwater 38.5% ★, Submarine 32.2% ★, Adventure 11.9%, Exploration 10.1%, Atmospheric 5%

The ocean didn't get dirty on its own. Pilot your submarine through vast underwater worlds, collect the trash humanity left behind, and uncover what's been growing in the dark. Clean, explore, upgrade and try not to look too closely at what's following you.

Why similar: Submarine 47.2% ★, Underwater 27.9% ★, Mystery 9.2%, Adventure 7.4%, Exploration 4.3%

Immerse yourself in an alien ocean in this open-world survival game. Explore the biomechanical depths, tame alien creatures, pilot submarines, and uncover the mysteries of the alien entity known as Thalassa.

Why similar: Submarine 34.4% ★, Underwater 27% ★, Naval Combat 19.1% ★, Exploration 7%, Mystery 6%

When the mysterious Doctor Hoffmann hires your submarine to explore the east Caribbean sea, you accept, unware of the danger he is leading you into...

Why similar: Submarine 36.2% ★, Underwater 23.3% ★, RPG 10.8%, Exploration 9.4%, Mystery 7.8%

Adventure and submarine exploration game. Control your Bathyscaphe with the help of a logbook. Through the game puzzles, bullet-hell sequences, and skill-based challenges, you will be plunged miles and miles into the depths where the ocean seems to have no end.

Why similar: Submarine 42.9% ★, Underwater 26.7% ★, Exploration 6.6%, Adventure 6.5%, Mystery 6%

Explore the ice-encrusted ocean of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Why similar: Submarine 43.2% ★, Underwater 28.3% ★, Mystery 10.8%, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 5.1%

Diluvion is a 3D deep sea, Jules Verne inspired, exploration game with RPG elements and thrilling submarine combat. As the Captain of your own vessel, you must grow and manage your crew as you search for the secrets of the past in a hauntingly beautiful flooded world.

Why similar: Underwater 47.1% ★, Submarine 23.2% ★, RPG 17%, Adventure 10.5%, Indie 2%

A journey of the last ocean cleaner submarine that is tasked to restore the ecosystem of a dying earth. "Plasticalypse: TrashSub Adventures“

Why similar: Submarine 38% ★, Underwater 32.2% ★, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 7.4%, Mystery 6.6%

Abyss Crew is a multiplayer coop game aboard a steampunk submarine. Each player is a member of the submarine crew - pilot, gunner, sonar, or engineer. Explore the abyss to find precious mineral - but beware, as sprawling menaces lurk in the darkness...

Why similar: Submarine 37.4% ★, Underwater 23.8% ★, Naval Combat 12.4% ★, Party-Based RPG 9.4%, RPG 7.3%

Survive in a harsh underwater environment filled with mysterious and aggressive fauna. Gather resources, build bases, and craft equipment to explore an underwater alien world! Swim through interconnected biomes in a metroidvania style.

Why similar: Submarine 52.2% ★, Underwater 32.2% ★, Adventure 8.1%, 2D 6.1%, Indie 0.8%

A 3D survival experience set within a cramped one-man submarine exploring a hostile ocean trench.

Why similar: Submarine 49.2% ★, Underwater 20.3% ★, Mystery 11.4%, Adventure 7.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Join an expedition to the unexplored abyss – a fascinating world of strange creatures, lost vessels, and a wealth of untold secrets. Search for ancient wrecks, underwater trenches, missing airplanes, and even the Titanic. Climb on board your mini-sub and dive as deep as you dare!

Why similar: Submarine 47.3% ★, Underwater 37.2% ★, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 3.1%, Colorful 2.8%

Discover the origins of magic in a story driven action adventure submarine RPG. Dive deep into the depths of the ocean, and help the Metal Guild to protect the sea. Stop the pirate groups from stealing the resources of the ocean. Along the way you will also have to fight against seamonsters.

Why similar: Submarine 28.6% ★, RPG 25.2%, Underwater 17.3% ★, Adventure 15.6%, Exploration 8.1%

Sinking Eternity is a single-player underwater exploration RPG. Survive extreme depths, hide from dangerous sea creatures, and uncover the secrets of a civilization lost for millennia.

Why similar: Underwater 29.2% ★, Submarine 29.1% ★, RPG 11.7%, Mystery 10.7%, Exploration 8%

Explore and navigate an underwater cave in your submarine.

Why similar: Submarine 47.5% ★, Underwater 29.6% ★, Mystery 6.6%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Adventure 5.3%

A submarine touring the Titanic has gone missing. As part of the coast guard, you have been called in to locate and rescue the crew before their oxygen runs out.

Why similar: Submarine 46.5% ★, Underwater 30.4% ★, Exploration 8.9%, Mystery 6.7%, Adventure 4.1%

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: Submarine 39.9% ★, Underwater 28.3% ★, Mystery 7.9%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 5.6%

Control a submarine or a diver into the depths of unknown underwater worlds and take photographs of alien animals, plants and artefacts. Continue your journey through this casual, side-scroller, exploration game and collect stars to unlock more secrets before travelling to an alien home planet.

Why similar: Submarine 47.1% ★, Underwater 24.8% ★, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 8.3%, Atmospheric 4.8%

A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.

Why similar: Submarine 46.9% ★, Underwater 30.4% ★, Mystery 5.6%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Adventure 5.4%

As a cataclysmic event rocks the planet, you find yourself in an old, decrepit submarine tasked with only one goal: survive. Manage the internal systems to keep yourself alive and fend off undersea horrors as they attempt to cut your journey short.

Why similar: Submarine 61.1% ★, Underwater 35.1% ★, Atmospheric 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Descend through the ocean layers, purify marine life, and survive the abyss in this bullet hell roguelite. Face colossal bosses, choose powerful upgrades, and uncover the curse's origin. Can you save the ocean before you become fish bait?

Why similar: Submarine 46.2% ★, Underwater 36.6% ★, Atmospheric 5.4%, Adventure 5.2%, Exploration 4.9%

A sinister entity lurks in the depths. Descend into the abyss and extract knowledge about it.

Why similar: Submarine 56.3% ★, Underwater 31% ★, Atmospheric 4.8%, Exploration 3.8%, Adventure 3.6%

The surface is dead. The war is lost. As a Rusted Retaliator, you must survive the post-apocalyptic ocean of 1963. Pilot submersibles, feed scrap to the Replicator, and mine Nukelium to earn Pressure Points from HQ. Buy better gear, fight the SeaBots, and reclaim the deep.

Why similar: Submarine 37.8% ★, Underwater 30.1% ★, RPG 10.3%, Exploration 7.9%, Adventure 6.5%

Dive into the waters of Scyla, a third-person 3D exploration adventure inspired by Lovecraft's universe. Discover the mysteries hidden into the depths as you pilot a submarine through a strange cave system. Run away from a criature that stalks you.

Why similar: Submarine 48.1% ★, Underwater 31.2% ★, Exploration 9%, Adventure 8%, Indie 1.8%

The Temple is an interactive visual novel game adapted from the short story of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft. The game is being developed by a single person.

Why similar: Submarine 31.6% ★, Underwater 22.6% ★, RPG 21.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Adventure 6.5%

At first the alien outbreak spreading throughout the oceans was confined. We delayed our extinction rather than avert it. As part of a salvage crew, you search the hellish containment zones, where a treasure trove of lost tech can help you and your crew eke out a living in a slowly dying world.

Why similar: Submarine 42.6% ★, Underwater 31.4% ★, Adventure 8.6%, Stylized 5%, Colorful 4.3%

An underwater survival horror game where the Earth is covered in water

Why similar: Submarine 49.7% ★, Underwater 35.2% ★, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 2.7%, Indie 0.6%

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: Submarine 41.5% ★, Underwater 25.1% ★, Adventure 14.7%, Exploration 11.8%, Atmospheric 5%

Dive for treasure in a chaotic region of the Pacific known as the Triangle of Doom. Avoid starvation, battle strange monsters, and voyage past the point of no return to the undersea.

Why similar: Underwater 35.8% ★, RPG 32.4%, Adventure 18.4%, 2D 4.7%, Atmospheric 4.7%

In the year 5026, you are a disposable miner sent to the bottom of the ocean on the ABYSS-9 expedition. Pilot your 'iron coffin', manage unstable vital systems, and survive uncharted abyssal creatures. In the abyss, silence is as dangerous as the pressure.

Why similar: Submarine 45.5% ★, Underwater 32.1% ★, Adventure 9.8%, Exploration 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Submarine VR takes you on a adventure-filled underwater simulation experience! Dive deep and cruise through the endless uncharted nature of the ocean and you will see clownfish, dolphins, penguins and mysterious sea animals. Get close to the sea surface and sail in the open sea with your cruise ship

Why similar: Submarine 60% ★, Underwater 23.8% ★, Exploration 8.9%, Adventure 6.1%, Indie 0.8%

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: Submarine 43.9% ★, Underwater 30.8% ★, Exploration 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Stylized 4.1%

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: Submarine 48.8% ★, Underwater 27.6% ★, Mystery 11.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Exploration 4.7%

Voice of the Ocean is a single-player adventure about a lost world, and the echoes of a forgotten past. Use your voice to sing ancient melodies and explore a world lost beneath the waves. Dive into the depths to uncover the power within your song and learn why you may be the last of your kind.

Why similar: Submarine 48.1% ★, Underwater 24.4% ★, Exploration 12.3%, Adventure 7.3%, Stylized 3.4%

A first-person submarine exploration game, where the you write and sketch your story as you navigates the frozen depths, manages the submarine's systems and come ever closer to uncovering the never-seen secrets beneath the ice.

Why similar: Submarine 39.9% ★, Underwater 26.8% ★, Mystery 7.8%, RPG 7.3%, Exploration 6.8%

Iron & Ivory is an asymmetric head-to-head VR showdown; you either take command of the submersible as the VR captain or use the desktop and play as the Sea Beast. Battle alone or against your friends and use strategy, reflexes, and stealth to destroy your opponent.

Why similar: Submarine 41.8% ★, Underwater 24.7% ★, Naval Combat 22.7% ★, Exploration 6.3%, Atmospheric 3%

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: Submarine 47.6% ★, Underwater 31.4% ★, Mystery 10.1%, Adventure 6%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Short horror game where you survey the descent of a capsule through a hole in the middle of an ocean, with only 4 lights and your ears to ensure your surroundings remain clear.

Why similar: Submarine 49.2% ★, Underwater 36.2% ★, Adventure 7.1%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 1.1%

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: Submarine 47.4% ★, Underwater 38.5% ★, Exploration 7.8%, Adventure 6%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Simple turn-based RPG where you make your way across different marine-based landscapes, fighting several harmful species or objects in a quest to save the ocean.

Why similar: Submarine 53.4% ★, RPG 32.5%, 2D 6.7%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%

A turn-based RPG about a rogue skeleton storming the halls of mage society on a quest for justice, peace and unity.

Why similar: RPG 32.2%, Party-Based RPG 19.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 6.8%

🌊 A physics-based underwater 2D platformer. 🚀 Propel yourself out of the water, chain trajectories, and dive always more deeply. 📸 Photograph strange creatures and follow an expedition whose outcome remains uncertain.

Why similar: Submarine 49.2% ★, Underwater 34.9% ★, Adventure 9.2%, 2D 2.8%, Atmospheric 2.8%

Pilot a submarine in a horrific, deep sea expedition. Study the monsters the lurk below and look for their signs. Adjust your speed, noise and light levels to scare off, or hide from whatever you think is out there. Poor judgment will lead to a watery grave.

Why similar: Submarine 51.9% ★, Underwater 33% ★, Adventure 8.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

7821 Akuji is a first person liminal horror experience. Pilot a tiny, jury-rigged submersible to rescue a lost science crew.

Why similar: Submarine 55.7% ★, Underwater 34.7% ★, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 2.1%, Indie 0.8%

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 45.6% ★, RPG 21%, Adventure 13.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Atmospheric 4.4%

KAI is a game of Exploration and Adventure between the sidereal space and underwater depths. Skillfully lure and guide groups of fish to solve puzzles, access new areas and uncover the truth behind the mission entrusted to you, Akira, and the other crew members aboard the ship.

Why similar: Submarine 37.5% ★, Underwater 27.8% ★, Mystery 13.6%, Exploration 7.6%, Adventure 5.7%

You owe the Orcfather an absurd amount of money to stay alive, and only the abyssal casinos have that kind of cash. Dolphin Keno is a number-goes-up gambling roguelike about rigging keno machines to make impossible money. After all, you’re a dolphin hacker!

Why similar: Submarine 33.4% ★, RPG 29.6%, Underwater 24.5% ★, 2D 5.8%, Colorful 5.1%

"Adorabilis" is a game where you control a white ghost to protect adorabilis from various threats while sending it home. You'll have to dodge enemies and trap, or using skills to get through difficulties on the way to home.

Why similar: Submarine 27.8% ★, Underwater 20% ★, Adventure 19.3%, 2D 11.7%, Exploration 11.4%

Under the Sea is a 3D survival mini game based on time attack, race against time to survive, collect the lights and gain time to live in a world full of enemies.

Why similar: Submarine 47.1% ★, Underwater 32.2% ★, Adventure 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%, Colorful 3.3%

A crew of players experience the tense atmosphere of a WW2 U-boat, manning the stations in this realistic co-op simulation game. Several crews may play together in a wolfpack, completing missions based on iconic events during the different stages of German U-boat warfare. Solo play included.

Why similar: Submarine 47% ★, Naval Combat 36.2% ★, Underwater 15.8% ★, Atmospheric 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Informant Red is assigned to a ten year old settlement on a river that is fearful in light of a massacre that left over half the village dead on a forest expedition. As she spends more time getting to know the locals, she discovers clues that suggest this incident was no accident.

Why similar: RPG 53.4%, Adventure 29.8%, Mystery 10.7%, Indie 6.2%

AQUABYSS is a unique steampunk open underwater world inspired by the works of Jules Verne & Herbert G. Wells. In story-driven adventure (optional), you will explore, trade, mine and harvest resources, take missions and encounter pirates, krakens and NPCs.

Why similar: Submarine 34.1% ★, Underwater 24.2% ★, Naval Combat 21.1% ★, RPG 9.2%, Exploration 6.2%

The world of No-Lens has drowned and with it went the land, people, and stories that came before. Many ages have passed since then and people have found little reason to explore the sea. Take control of the Fisherman and explore this drowned world and restore the joy of adventure across the seas…

Why similar: RPG 41.7%, Adventure 26.1%, Exploration 15.3%, 2D 7.7%, Atmospheric 6.7%

Guide a Nereid Freight submarine crew through Europa’s hostile under-ice oceans. Deliver essential cargo, salvage wrecks, repair failing stations, hunt dangerous lifeforms, and survive in the crushing darkness where every dive carries risk — and nothing stays quiet for long.

Why similar: Submarine 51% ★, Underwater 32.2% ★, Exploration 8.2%, Adventure 4.8%, Atmospheric 3.1%

A minimalist 3d incremental clicker about cleaning a dam with a submarine. Dive Deep. Scrap Hard. Get Paid.

Why similar: Submarine 39.3% ★, Underwater 33.5% ★, Exploration 13.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Atmospheric 4.1%