- #1 Abyssal Rust
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inmersionbit
Windows
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: Underwater 34.5% ★, Submarine 23.5% ★, Survival Horror 11.7%, Survival 8.1%, Horror 7.9%
- #2 Submarine Terror
96% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: Sungame Studio
Windows
A sinister entity lurks in the depths. Descend into the abyss and extract knowledge about it.
Why similar: Submarine 33.8% ★, Underwater 33.5% ★, Sailing 18.4% ★, Horror 9%, Exploration 2.6%
- #3 The Diving Bell
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paul BanksPub: PHB Media LTD
Windows
Trapped in a deep-sea diving bell, your systems are failing. Descend to find a missing expedition - survive what's hunting you.
Why similar: Underwater 27.6% ★, Submarine 23.5% ★, Survival Horror 14.6%, Horror 9.6%, Survival 7.2%
- #4 Sunken Veins
95% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: Skedaddle Games
Windows
Sunken Veins is a resource management horror game set in a deep sea mining facility. You collect resources deposited by an underwater drill, avoid adaptive monsters and drain away overwhelming floods of water caused from mining operations.
Why similar: Underwater 28.6% ★, Submarine 23.4% ★, Mining 19.2% ★, Survival Horror 10.1%, Survival 8.4%
- #5 BATHYSPHERE
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: base0
Windows
The year is 1940—you wake up in a bathysphere, stuck in an endlessly repeating battle against enemies unknown. Investigate your surroundings and uncover the truth behind the time loop.
Why similar: Underwater 28.2% ★, Submarine 21.1% ★, Psychological 8.8%, Roguelike 8.2%, Horror 8%
- #6 Open Waters
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FluffyGameDev
Windows
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: Underwater 42.2% ★, Sailing 21.4% ★, Horror 12%, Survival Horror 10.6%, Exploration 4.2%
- #7 The Oily Depths
93% matchVery Positive85% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Ryan R. Burns
Windows
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: Underwater 30.3% ★, Submarine 29.7% ★, Survival Horror 11.7%, Horror 8.4%, Dark 8.2%
- #8 13km Deep
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RatLovers Studio
Windows
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: Underwater 34.7% ★, Submarine 27.5% ★, Horror 9.1%, Survival 8.7%, Survival Horror 8.2%
- #9 Subnautica 2
90% matchVery Positive92% of 69,226 reviews2026
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 44.8% ★, Survival 14.9%, Survival Horror 12.4%, Horror 11.2%, Exploration 7.5%
- #10 Sea under the sea under the sea
91% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: MA
Windows
An underwater survival horror game where the Earth is covered in water
Why similar: Underwater 40.2% ★, Submarine 31.5% ★, Horror 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
- #11 Full Fathom
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DÆMON House
Windows
Full Fathom is an oceanic survival horror game. Pilot a deteriorating submarine as it drifts through grim waters, keeping it maintained as it is your only lifeline in the hostile, merciless ocean.
Why similar: Underwater 31.2% ★, Submarine 26.4% ★, Survival Horror 13%, Survival 8.6%, Horror 6.9%
- #12 ABYSSAL
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HauntSoft
Windows
ABYSSAL is a deep-sea survival horror game about fixing underwater structures, securing biohazards, performing maintenance, and more.
Why similar: Underwater 27.4% ★, Submarine 23.8% ★, Mining 20.6% ★, Survival 9.2%, Horror 5.9%
- #13 Killer Depths
89% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Stardust Smithy
Windows
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: Underwater 35.8% ★, Submarine 31.1% ★, Horror 9.7%, Survival Horror 9.1%, Dark 6.8%
- #14 The Abyss Below
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Relay
Windows
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: Underwater 42.5% ★, Submarine 33.1% ★, Exploration 8.3%, Horror 7.3%, Psychological Horror 5.5%
- #15 Subterror
86% matchVery Positive90% of 473 reviews2025
Dev: Team Monumental
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.
Why similar: Underwater 33.6% ★, Submarine 25% ★, Horror 10.3%, Survival Horror 9.7%, Perma Death 9.6%
- #16 Project SEVER
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Siberian MakeshiftPub: IndieArk
Windows
Project Sever is a fusion of submarine simulator and horror. Master the controls of the Soviet Project "Sever" submarine and learn to keep it in working order to escape the deadly underwater trap and solve the mystery of the Anomalous Zone.
Why similar: Underwater 30.9% ★, Submarine 28.1% ★, Sailing 18.1% ★, Horror 7.1%, Psychological Horror 6%
- #17 Flash Diving
85% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Paraxodon
Windows
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: Underwater 41.3% ★, Submarine 31.5% ★, Horror 11.1%, Psychological Horror 6.6%, Survival Horror 5%
- #18 Watertight
84% matchVery Positive89% of 184 reviews2025
Dev: Tiny Studio
Windows
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: Underwater 32.4% ★, Submarine 29.7% ★, Horror 13.4%, Psychological Horror 8.9%, Psychological 6.1%
- #19 DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.
Why similar: Underwater 35.2% ★, Survival Horror 13%, Survival 10.3%, Horror 8.4%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #20 Submergent
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2024
Dev: 626 Interactive
Windows
Explore and navigate an underwater cave in your submarine.
Why similar: Underwater 37.4% ★, Submarine 33.2% ★, Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.4%, Dark 5.1%
- #21 Abyss Diver
82% 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 44.9% ★, Mining 17.7% ★, Survival Horror 17.4%, Dark 7.6%, Exploration 6.3%
- #22 Sunken Seeker
81% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Reckonment Studio
Windows
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: Underwater 46.3% ★, Submarine 36.3% ★, Exploration 8.9%, Horror 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #23 Dark DieMansion
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tempus Rift Games
Windows
Escape a dark, randomly generated mansion where creatures stalk you in the shadows. Outsmart them by manipulating the environment, restoring the power, and scavenging supplies to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 27.9%, Horror 18.8%, Perma Death 9%, Survival 8.9%, Dark 8.2%
- #24 Feed the Deep
80% matchVery Positive89% of 477 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: Underwater 34.5% ★, Roguelike 11.4%, Roguelite 10.9%, Horror 8.4%, Dark 8.4%
- #25 Silent Wreckage|寂靜沉輪
81% 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 45.2% ★, Survival Horror 19.6%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Horror 10.5%, Exploration 5.7%
- #26 Barotrauma
79% matchVery Positive94% of 85,951 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 31.1% ★, Submarine 30% ★, Survival 13.6%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Horror 8.3%
- #27 Ocean Pressure
79% matchMixed66% of 29 reviews2023
Dev: Ivan Huliakevich
Windows
Ocean Pressure is a singleplayer game where you as an old scientist piloting your handmade submarine in the bottom of the ocean. Your mission is explore the ocean and collect required data with help of your submarine.
Why similar: Underwater 36.9% ★, Submarine 31.2% ★, Survival Horror 8.4%, Horror 7.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #28 Eclipse Below
78% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: CactusBall
Windows
A co-op submarine piloting horror game with asymmetrical elements where your survival is dependent on the effectiveness of communication between your crew and the efficient management of resources left behind by the old world.
Why similar: Submarine 26.4% ★, Sailing 22.5% ★, Underwater 20.8% ★, Horror 8.3%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #29 Iron Lung
78% matchVery Positive92% of 10,646 reviews2022
Dev: David Szymanski
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon.
Why similar: Underwater 38.2% ★, Submarine 32.6% ★, Horror 12.5%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Dark 4.9%
- #30 Submeris
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: OxygenStudio
Windows
Submeris is an underwater mining adventure set beneath a mysterious island. Dig, upgrade your gear, survive dangerous depths, and uncover the legendary treasure hidden far below the ocean floor!
Why similar: Underwater 32.1% ★, Submarine 27.1% ★, Mining 22.1% ★, Horror 7%, Exploration 5.5%
- #31 Aquarift
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloxStudios
Windows
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: Underwater 42.6% ★, Submarine 38.2% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Action 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #32 Depths of Sanity
76% 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: Underwater 36.5% ★, Submarine 28.5% ★, Metroidvania 13.8%, Exploration 6%, Psychological Horror 5.8%
- #33 Deepophobia
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hassan Saeed KarimPub: Said Karim (my dad lol)
Windows
Swim deeper and deeper into this underwater horror game. Explore open worlds, save your friends, escape monstrous creatures....What are you waiting for? the depths are beckoning you to go deeper!
Why similar: Underwater 45.5% ★, Survival Horror 17%, Survival 9.1%, Horror 8.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #34 Seal The Breach
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ACarterGames
Windows
A 3D survival experience set within a cramped one-man submarine exploring a hostile ocean trench.
Why similar: Submarine 36% ★, Underwater 26.8% ★, Horror 13.2%, Survival Horror 11.6%, Psychological Horror 8.2%
- #35 The Trench
75% matchVery Positive86% of 156 reviews2022
Dev: Omar Chapa Hernandez
Windows
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: Underwater 37.9% ★, Submarine 31.8% ★, Survival Horror 14.9%, Horror 9.9%, Dark 3.3%
- #36 Magnavis
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vorles Games
Windows
Magnavis is a first-person 3D horror game for 1–4 player co-op. Pilot your submarine through tight caves without crashing, complete assigned missions, repair damaged systems, and whatever you do, don’t die.
Why similar: Underwater 33.8% ★, Submarine 32.4% ★, Survival Horror 14.1%, Horror 8.2%, Dark 5.9%
- #37 ABYSS - 9
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iron Cat Forge
Windows
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: Underwater 40% ★, Submarine 31.4% ★, Survival Horror 18.9%, Exploration 5%, Action-Adventure 4.1%
- #38 Titanic Terror
73% matchNo user reviews
Windows
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: Underwater 40.1% ★, Submarine 34.1% ★, Horror 8.7%, Exploration 7.3%, Psychological Horror 6.7%
- #39 Forgotten Fears
73% matchMixed56% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Sviatoslav Solianyk
Windows
Forgotten Fears is a collection of five small horror games, ranging from rainy forest to deep underwater.
Why similar: Underwater 29.4% ★, Survival Horror 13.8%, Horror 12.3%, Perma Death 10.1%, Survival 8.8%
- #40 Guilt Lurks Below
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: The Ambitious Game Dev
Windows
Explore the deepest depths of an under ground ocean as you survey the environment by recording audio and taking pictures. Collect fuel found in the caves of these depths. Be careful though, Some thing lurks in these waters.
Why similar: Underwater 51.2% ★, Survival Horror 17.5%, Horror 13.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%, Action-Adventure 4.1%
- #41 Thalassophobia
72% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: NGreenDev
Windows
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: Underwater 46.1% ★, Submarine 44.4% ★, Horror 8.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #42 Hadal
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CoralHeavens
Windows
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: Underwater 37.9% ★, Submarine 33.2% ★, Survival Horror 15.6%, Exploration 6%, Action-Adventure 5%
- #43 Last Dive: Echo Trench
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Trenchveil Studio
Windows
Descend from the fragile safety of your diving bell into a dark shipwreck zone, search for sunken gold, survive escalating anomalies, and uncover what keeps pulling you back.
Why similar: Underwater 54.8% ★, Horror 17%, Psychological Horror 12%, Exploration 8%, Dark 7.5%
- #44 Subterene
72% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: PossmonautPub: Trashtronaut
Windows
Bore deep below the earth's surface in your all-terrain mining vehicle. Drill for ores, scan for artifacts, and explore an expansive subnautical cavern system.
Why similar: Mining 26.6% ★, Submarine 18.4% ★, Underwater 15% ★, Metroidvania 12.3%, Survival 12.1%
- #45 深渊之钩 Hook of Abyss
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 废土钓鱼队 Wasteland FishermenPub: Shepherds Games
Windows
In Hook of Abyss, sail a post-flood world, battle mutant fish with your hook, upgrade your ship, and face ever-changing roguelite challenges in the deep.
Why similar: Underwater 29.3% ★, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 12.7%, Exploration 9.7%
- #46 Monstrum
71% matchVery Positive91% of 3,698 reviews2015
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.
Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Horror 22.1%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Survival 8.5%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #47 CRUSH DEPTH
67% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Earth Giant
Windows
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: Underwater 44.1% ★, Submarine 30.9% ★, Horror 10.4%, Exploration 6.9%, Action-Adventure 4.9%
- #48 Sinking Eternity
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZeroByte
Windows
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 40.1% ★, Submarine 22.1% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 12.7%, Exploration 6.8%
- #49 Scyla
68% matchPositive80% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Belice StudiosPub: Voxel School
Windows
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: Underwater 40.7% ★, Submarine 34.7% ★, Survival Horror 10.5%, Exploration 7.3%, Action-Adventure 4.6%
- #50 Abyss of Neptune
70% matchMixed69% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: Abyssmal GamesPub: Synodic Arc
Windows
Abyss of Neptune is a survival horror game set in the deep seas of the Bermuda Triangle. You are sent to investigate a mysterious underwater signal, but there is more to it than meets the eye. Do you have what it takes to survive the abyss?
Why similar: Underwater 45.9% ★, Survival Horror 19.7%, Metroidvania 14.6%, Horror 11.7%, Action-Adventure 4.7%
- #51 Void Hazard
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RealPeach
Windows
Trapped in a zero-gravity space station twisted by a corrupted AI, you must survive a labyrinth of shifting corridors and relentless obstacles. Scavenge for resources, upgrade your suit, and fight your way through terrifying threats.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.8%, Perma Death 15.1%, Roguelike 12.7%, Horror 11.4%, Survival 11.1%
- #52 Barren Depths
69% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Kyle Obranovic
Windows
Escape a confusing cave system without being eaten in this short, underwater horror game.
Why similar: Underwater 65.2% ★, Survival Horror 19.7%, Horror 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #53 Pakicetus Redux
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorphic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In deep-sea action-adventure game Pakicetus Redux, take command, choose your mission, and lead the escort submarine Salvation along a seafloor rift. Balance resource collection, upgrades, and the fate of human civilization as you battle an emerging enemy bent on stopping your search for a new home.
Why similar: Underwater 32% ★, Submarine 24.4% ★, Mining 19.5% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Exploration 6.4%
- #54 PLURA
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Park JiseongPub: VVC GAMES
Windows
This Game is Casual 3D Horror Game.
Why similar: Underwater 35.8% ★, Survival Horror 24.5%, Horror 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Exploration 7.3%
- #55 Find, Eat, Hide: Till Dawn
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bhoot Schloss
Windows
This game is a horror survival single-player game. Avoid ghosts, find food, eat and survive. In each round, buildings, furnishings, and food are placed with some degree of randomness. Survival times stack. The longest survival time is saved.
Why similar: Survival Horror 17.2%, Survival 13.8%, Perma Death 13.7%, Roguelike 11.6%, Horror 10.3%
- #56 The Dive
67% 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 47.1% ★, Horror 11.4%, Psychological 10.4%, Dark 10.1%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
- #57 Forlorn
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Rainmade Games
Windows
Forage, craft, build, hunt, explore. Tackle the wilderness and anything lurking in the shadows in this single-player survival horror adventure.
Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Perma Death 16.5%, Survival 14.3%, Horror 10.5%