Games Like Tales of Metal

DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.2%, Sailing 22.8% ★, Fishing 13.1% ★, Inventory Management 9.5%, Exploration 5.2%

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 26.4%, Fishing 17% ★, Inventory Management 13.8%, Sailing 12.3% ★, Exploration 7.4%

Reefland Odyssey is an exciting adventure game where you sail through the ocean and clean up pollution. Your mission is to collect garbage and make the ocean a cleaner, healthier place. Get ready to set sail on an epic journey to preserve and protect the ocean!

Why similar: Sailing 35.1% ★, Fishing 20.5% ★, Lovecraftian 15.3%, Open World 8.7%, Exploration 7.5%

VOID SAILS is a single-player adventure where you captain a flying ship across uncharted space. Sail through mysterious worlds, battle powerful foes, and make story-defining choices. Uncover dark secrets in a game where every discovery could bring you closer to the truth—or to madness.

Why similar: Sailing 33.7% ★, Lovecraftian 29.8%, Lore-Rich 7.7%, Exploration 6.9%, Story Rich 5.5%

In The Little Cat and the Sea, you will explore various uniquely styled sea regions, go fishing, dive, collect a variety of marine creatures and seabirds, battle large fish, and build up a harbor.

Why similar: Sailing 40% ★, Fishing 22.5% ★, Inventory Management 13.3%, Exploration 10.1%, Open World 7%

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 42.8%, Exploration 11%, Survival 11%, Story Rich 7.8%, Dark 6.3%

Pilot customizable steamships through a Lovecraftian Polynesian archipelago. Explore and survive handcrafted missions, manage cursed cargo, and balance sanity against power. Face the deep alone or in optional co-op expeditions.

Why similar: Sailing 31.8% ★, Lovecraftian 29.2%, Inventory Management 15.6%, Open World 8.1%, Exploration 6.5%

In this naval sandbox RPG you assemble a motley crew of misfits and sail into a broken ocean to solve the mystery of why the world is falling apart. Engage in tense ship to ship combat and experience a new unique story every time you play. The helm is yours Captain.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.5%, Sailing 30.2% ★, Top-Down 8.4%, Open World 8%, Exploration 6.3%

Forge your path through the islands—Hunt for sea animals and other resources to make a profit. Buy and upgrade boats and fishing gear, and sail across the seas!

Why similar: Sailing 41.5% ★, Fishing 23.3% ★, Open World 9.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Stylized 6.7%

UMIGARI is a first-person harpoon fishing game set in the foggy waters off the coast of Japan. Hunt fish with your harpoon, sell your catch, buy fuel, and upgrade your gear. Alone at sea, the more you explore, the stranger the fish become.

Why similar: Sailing 29.6% ★, Lovecraftian 26.8%, Fishing 16.4% ★, Inventory Management 13.7%, Exploration 6.3%

A short melancholic boat trip across the ocean — explore the vast seas and learn about memories that aren't quite your own.

Why similar: Sailing 38.6% ★, Fishing 24.6% ★, Open World 12%, Exploration 10.6%, Adventure 5.8%

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: Lovecraftian 33.8%, Sailing 30.9% ★, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Exploration 8.1%, Atmospheric 5.3%

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.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.3%, Sailing 32.5% ★, Open World 11.9%, Adventure 5.7%, Exploration 5.4%

The Last Cargo is a dark survival horror - where your road to independence leads through the hell of imprisonment.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33%, Inventory Management 17.5%, Top-Down 10.6%, Survival 10.2%, Exploration 7.3%

A cheap trip to a paradise harbor lands you in a rotten fishing town full of mutants, anomalies, and fish worth a fortune. Fish by day, sell your catch, upgrade your old trawler, dig up the story, and try not to kick the bucket after dark.

Why similar: Sailing 40% ★, Fishing 21.5% ★, Open World 9.3%, Survival 8.9%, Exploration 7.5%

This is a game set in the Cthulhu Age of Sail, with gameplay centered on card-based survival, construction, and exploration. You will play as an amnesiac survivor, piloting a living ship to explore this mysterious and dangerous fantasy world.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Sailing 32.2% ★, Open World 7.8%, Simulation 6.8%, Exploration 6.1%

Enter the dangerous world of king crab fishing in the deadly Bering Sea! Take command of your own fishing vessel, use realistic equipment, combat hazardous Alaskan waters and become the world's best crab catcher!

Why similar: Sailing 42.4% ★, Fishing 23.2% ★, Open World 12.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Adventure 7.5%

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.8%, Exploration 8.7%, Top-Down 8.5%, Survival 8%, Story Rich 7.6%

Hunt massive sea monsters armed with just a harpoon and a simple fishing boat! A large scale boss-rush game, currently still in development.

Why similar: Sailing 34.1% ★, Lovecraftian 33.6%, Fishing 13.6% ★, Exploration 6.2%, Open World 5.5%

Sail the seas and oceans on your own ship. Transport valuable goods, earn money, buy bigger ships. Fortune awaits you!

Why similar: Sailing 47.3% ★, Open World 15.3%, Survival 14.7%, Simulation 7.1%, Adventure 6.1%

When Bento, an amateur documentarian vanishes, three strangers are drawn to the Drowned Lake to find him. As the lake’s dark past comes to light, so do the secrets buried deep within them. Explore, survive, and investigate the dark waters in this fishing survival horror game.

Why similar: Fishing 31.2% ★, Lovecraftian 28.7%, Inventory Management 10.1%, Exploration 9%, Story Rich 6.1%

Pharos Light is a survival horror game inspired by “The Lighthouse” and Lovecraft. Upgrade the Lighthouse with unique equipment, develop the island, and survive the night.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.5%, Survival 13%, Dark 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%, Inventory Management 6.9%

Embark on a narrative adventure in a mist-covered world where memories fade and harbors hide secrets. Rebuild your ship, help its people, and unravel the mystery threatening to erase the oceanic world of Shippin forever.

Why similar: Sailing 37.7% ★, Fishing 11% ★, Story Rich 10.5%, Dynamic Narration 9.5% ★, Top-Down 8%

You are flesh, blood and bones. A fragile mortal, in a land of something far bigger than yourself.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.9%, Top-Down 10.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Exploration 6.9%, Stylized 6.6%

You've made a mistake trying to summon a beast from the depths. Explore a huge manor to solve your mess. Can you find the sacred grimoires before being consumed by the darkness?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.6%, Inventory Management 25%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Top-Down 4.9%

Explore the deep jungle in search of your grandpa, engage with the locals, discover dark secrets about the valley and choose its and subsequently your own fate...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.7%, Lore-Rich 12.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Open World 9.8%, Story Rich 9.5%

The Flux is not keen on giving away its secrets, and you’re one of them. Sail a vast planet under a blanket of stars and use your tools and wits to remind yourself of what was lost and what could come next. An open world mystery about understanding the end of the world.

Why similar: Sailing 36.8% ★, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Story Rich 8.6%, Space 8.5%

Fishing Alone is a game where you play as an automata service robot, endlessly fishing in a tranquil, post-apocalyptic world, uncovering fragments of the lost human past.

Why similar: Sailing 38.3% ★, Fishing 23.1% ★, Open World 11%, Exploration 9.3%, Stylized 4.1%

基于“克苏鲁神话”世界观下的Roguelike动作冒险游戏作品。玩家将在游戏中身临其境地接触洛夫克拉夫特笔下那些不可名状之物。通过不同的选择调查世界的谜团，合理控制自己的san值让自己在残酷的走位-射击战斗中生存下去！获取装备，磨练技巧，挫败古神与外神们的邪恶计划！

Why similar: Lovecraftian 82.3%, Adventure 7.4%, RPG 5.7%, Indie 4.6%

Where's the Boat is a sandbox open world survival crafting game set on an archipelago of deserted islands. Gather resources, craft tools, tend to your needs and travel from island to island in search for a way back to civilization.

Why similar: Sailing 31% ★, Inventory Management 22.8%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 12%, Exploration 9.7%

Pilot a submarine through a world swallowed by the ocean and explore what remains of civilization. Catch unique creatures, trade across floating cities, and upgrade your vessel in a narrative adventure with exploration, resource management, and meaningful encounters.

Why similar: Sailing 27.3% ★, Inventory Management 24.2%, Fishing 23.2% ★, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 6.6%

A cozy fishing game made with care, full of discovery, gentle progression, and hundreds of things to catch. Set out to explore the sea, upgrade your boat, and uncover stories, fun facts, and legendary finds along the way.

Why similar: Sailing 29.1% ★, Fishing 24.3% ★, Inventory Management 13.7%, Open World 8.3%, Exploration 8.2%

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 49.3%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 9.8%, Atmospheric 8%, Stylized 7.2%

Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.3%, Lore-Rich 11.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Open World 7.7%

Play the role of Professor Dyer, a geologist at Miskatonic University who travelled to Antarctica in 1930 as the leader of a research expedition, in this 3D first-person horror survival adventure game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 85.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Indie 5.4%

Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 40.4%, Inventory Management 17.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Story Rich 9.7%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Soul Searching is a narrative survival game about sailing away from your homeland.

Why similar: Sailing 58.1% ★, Survival 18.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Indie 6.7%, Adventure 6.1%

A fishing, sailing, and management adventure inspired by Brazil’s rivers and seas. Manage your gear, customize your character, set up your fishing kit and boat, unlock quests across the waters, and discover fish and hidden treasures. Dive into the relaxing world of Bubuia.

Why similar: Sailing 51.8% ★, Fishing 30.8% ★, Exploration 9.5%, Adventure 5.5%, Indie 1.6%

Explore and survive a twisted Hundred Acre Wood while being hunted by an old childhood friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. Rescue Christopher Robin with the help of Eldritch Beasts that were once familiar faces. Discover what took place and has changed a once beautiful land into something dark and dangerous.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 52.7%, Story Rich 9.8%, Dark 9.6%, Exploration 9.3%, Stylized 7.5%

The Sands of Yuggoth is a single-player game where you hunt, mine, explore and uncover the sinister secrets of Yuggoth. Sell your loot, upgrade your rover and scour the desert in search of long-buried secrets. Explore the mysterious planet created by the mad genius of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.6%, Open World 12.7%, Inventory Management 8.3%, Story Rich 8.2%, Exploration 7%

Investigate the world's most famous mystery in an open-world adventure set on Loch Ness. Explore by boat, investigate sightings, gather and analyse evidence, dive beneath the surface, and uncover long-buried secrets across the legendary loch and Highlands, where not every discovery is what it seems.

Why similar: Sailing 35% ★, Fishing 17.8% ★, Lore-Rich 9.1%, Exploration 8%, Open World 7.8%

Explore a living Earth 10,000 years after humanity. Observe wildlife, survive dangerous ecosystems, and build a growing Digital Vivarium from what you discover. Progress through understanding, not combat, in a world that continues without you.

Why similar: Open World 16.3%, Lore-Rich 15.8%, Exploration 15.5%, Top-Down 12.2%, Adventure 9.3%

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 55.8%, Story Rich 10.8%, Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.8%, Atmospheric 6%

Join the expedition! Explore the icy depths of Glacialis - a newly discovered moon of Neptune. Discover, collect, and survive.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.1%, Fishing 18.6% ★, Open World 9.4%, Survival 9.2%, Exploration 7.2%

Become the captain of a fishing trawler in this atmospheric adventure game! Explore, fish, trade, talk (even to yourself), and enjoy classical music from vinyl records you can find throughout the world.

Why similar: Sailing 41.7% ★, Fishing 20.9% ★, Top-Down 9.5%, Exploration 8.9%, Open World 7.9%

Cock the hammer, pull the trigger, count to six. Release the cylinder, eject the shells, count to six again. You hold death in your hand, and death is heavy. Descend to the abyss, shoot the horrors you can comprehend, and survive the horrors you cannot.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.1%, Inventory Management 20.2%, Top-Down 11.5%, Exploration 9.1%, Dark 7.3%

The Academy of the Cosmic Realm is a short first-person horror game where you explore an old abandoned academy to discover what terrible event led to it's closure.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.1%, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Story Rich 7.9%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Adventure 5.2%

Captain a 1920s cargo boat, trading goods between diverse ports, from the arctic to tropical islands. Buy low, sell high, upgrade your vessel, and navigate a vast ocean. Explore new routes, and grow your trade network to build a fortune or lose it to the ocean floor.

Why similar: Sailing 47.9% ★, Inventory Management 22.8%, Exploration 11.2%, Open World 9.2%, Adventure 4.8%

Set sail on the dark waters of a forgotten archipelago. Catch mutated monsters with customizable gear, master eldritch magic, and fight for survival. Take up arms to fend off sea beasts in an unforgiving Lovecraftian world.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.7%, Fishing 23.2% ★, Inventory Management 18.2%, Exploration 7.1%, Story Rich 6.7%

An immersive land sailing adventure where you master the wind to explore scarred lands and the remnants of lost civilizations, piecing together how humanity’s bond with nature was broken. Customize your land yacht and learn to navigate storms, calms, and shifting winds across a wind ruled world.

Why similar: Sailing 38.7% ★, Open World 10.7%, Lore-Rich 9%, Exploration 8.9%, Survival 7.4%

IORETIN is a survival horror game inspired by PS2 classics. You are a young fisherman who must save your brother trapped at sea while facing abyssal monsters. Explore a city inspired by a real one and fight for survival using melee weapons.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.2%, Fishing 27.2% ★, Story Rich 7.1%, Stylized 7.1%, Exploration 6%

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 33.4%, Sailing 28.4% ★, Fishing 14.6% ★, Open World 10%, Top-Down 8.9%

Play as the dog, Doctor Shiberson. Catch fish, explore wild trails, and fight friendly monsters. Help the locals, gather treasures, and uncover the secrets of the Eight Lakes Valley. Can you catch the 4 legendary golden fish?

Why similar: Sailing 36.6% ★, Fishing 25.2% ★, Open World 11.7%, Exploration 9.5%, Stylized 8.5%

A game about sea adventures. Here you will find many different quests, here you can find an alien, find various treasures. Catch from the sea not only fish, but also different items that can help you in trouble.

Why similar: Sailing 45.6% ★, Fishing 22.8% ★, Open World 9.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Story Rich 7.1%

Catch & Cook is a fishing adventure game in which you are not only a fisherman, but also a restaurant owner. Explore the ocean, catch fish and cook them in your own restaurant. A wide variety of fish, recipes and gameplay mechanics await you. So, what are you waiting for?

Why similar: Sailing 42.7% ★, Fishing 25.3% ★, Exploration 8.9%, Stylized 6.2%, Adventure 4.9%

Trapped inside an ancient labyrinth, chased by the mythical Minotaur. Will you reach the center? And if so, what will you discover about yourself there, in the dark?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 37.9%, Survival 14.4%, Top-Down 13.6%, Dark 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.8%

A guilt-ridden fisherman sails into forbidden waters. With every catch, the echoes of his life rise to the surface. Unravel the past, seek redemption’s light, or be consumed by the Mourning Tide. A fishing horror game.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.4%, Fishing 30.2% ★, Atmospheric 5.7%, Stylized 5.7%, Adventure 4.7%

Chronicle of Innsmouth is a point'n'click adventure inspired by Lucas' retro classics from the 90s and H.P. Lovecraft's works. Investigate, gather info and solve enigmas to unveil the secrets of the cursed town of Innsmouth, a forsaken place surrounded by horrifying rumors.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 89.7%, Adventure 10.3%

1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 73.5%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Adventure 4.5%, Dark 3.2%

When a grocery list becomes a struggle to survive against cosmic horrors, will you make it through the door? Stay alive, solve the mystery and make your offerings - or end up on a missing person poster in this first-person, non-linear nightmare. But you'd better hurry, the store's closing soon.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.2%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Story Rich 10.5%, Open World 8.4%, Exploration 7.3%