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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: Submarine 41.3% ★, Underwater 24.2% ★, Co-op 17.7%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Simulation 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive co-op submarine simulator that captures the intense pressure and complex crew management of the seed game.

Ship of Fools is a seafaring cooperative roguelite. Set sail, man the cannons and battle sea monsters through the tempestuous seas of the Archipelago. Are you fool enough to stop the Aquapocalypse?

Why similar: Co-op 22.8%, Roguelite 18.4%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Loot 11.9%, Roguelike 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A nautical roguelite that focuses on cooperative ship defense and chaotic combat against oceanic threats.

Void Crew is a Chaotic, Co-op Roguelite game for 1 to 6 players: Outfit your spaceship and crew for thrilling quests, brave fierce enemies in Space Battles... and try not to panic!

Why similar: Co-op 25.9%, Roguelite 16.7%, Multiplayer 13.4%, PvE 13.1%, Online Co-Op 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar experience of managing a complex vessel with friends while navigating dangerous space environments.

Explore a neon galaxy in your very own battleship in this 1- to 4-player couch co-op adventure.

Why similar: Co-op 54.3%, Multiplayer 28.4%, Action 8.8%, 2D 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A frantic co-op game where players must coordinate to operate different stations on a ship to survive.

A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 32.7%, Underwater 30.3% ★, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 10.3%, Exploration 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that focuses on the isolation and danger of diving into mysterious, procedurally generated underwater depths.

Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.

Why similar: Underwater 41.9% ★, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Loot 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.4%, PvE 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror game that tasks players with diving into underwater facilities to recover data while avoiding threats.

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 45.1%, Steampunk 25.1% ★, Exploration 10.3%, Roguelike 7.9%, Roguelite 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, story-rich exploration game that emphasizes the dangers of navigating a mysterious, subterranean ocean.

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 38.4% ★, Underwater 28.1% ★, Lovecraftian 24.4%, Exploration 4.5%, 2D 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A Metroidvania that leans heavily into the Lovecraftian submarine horror aesthetic and exploration.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Underwater 70.8% ★, Exploration 11.6%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Adventure 3.7%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: The essential underwater survival game that masterfully builds tension through exploration and environmental storytelling.

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 69.4%, Exploration 17.2%, Simulation 7.6%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Perfectly captures the Lovecraftian nautical atmosphere and the sense of dread found in deep-sea exploration.

Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat.

Why similar: Underwater 38.1% ★, Team-Based 23.6%, Co-op 17.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Online Co-Op 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: An asymmetrical multiplayer game that pits divers against sharks, emphasizing the tension of underwater combat.

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 46% ★, Steampunk 24.5% ★, Submarine 21.9% ★, Action 4.2%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep-sea submarine exploration experience with a focus on survival and navigating an underwater world.

Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!

Why similar: Co-op 29.5%, Online Co-Op 25.4%, Multiplayer 23.4%, Roguelike 21.7%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person roguelike that emphasizes cooperative dungeon crawling and high-stakes teamwork.

Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.3%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Roguelike 16.8%, Co-op 15.5%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite that features intense local co-op and competitive mechanics similar to the chaotic nature of the seed game.

Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.

Why similar: Submarine 34.6% ★, Underwater 26.5% ★, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Co-op 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror game set in underwater environments that focuses on team-based survival.

Strategy co-op online multiplayer game about living on a spaceship with your roommates. You'll need to generate resources, take care of a deadly alien infestation, upgrade your appliances and build your sustainable space home. Living together is never easy, especially when you are in outer space!

Why similar: Co-op 55.4%, Multiplayer 32.2%, Online Co-Op 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative strategy game about managing a shared space, requiring the same level of coordination as submarine crews.

Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

Why similar: Co-op 37.1%, Multiplayer 24.9%, Underwater 16.7% ★, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that focuses on maintaining a vessel while scavenging resources from the ocean.

Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!

Why similar: Co-op 41.2%, Online Co-Op 29.5%, Multiplayer 23.7%, Action 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic co-op management game that requires constant communication to keep your vehicle moving forward.

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

Why similar: Submarine 56.5% ★, Underwater 37.8% ★, Exploration 3.5%, Adventure 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A claustrophobic horror experience that perfectly captures the feeling of being trapped in a tiny submarine in an ocean of blood.

Choose your loadout, blast through the corrupted denizens of a sunken civilization, and wield godly powers in Abyssus – a fast-paced 1-to-4 players FPS and roguelite brinepunk adventure.

Why similar: Steampunk 16.4% ★, Underwater 16.2% ★, Co-op 13.3%, Submarine 11.9% ★, Roguelite 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite shooter set in an underwater world that emphasizes exploration and combat against strange creatures.

Dive into the Ocean Keeper – a cooperative roguelike where four survival miners defend their Mech Spider, fight with endless hordes of monsters, and dig for resources. Team up with your friends, upgrade between waves, and survive the deep caves, full of treasures… if you can.

Why similar: Roguelite 21.3%, Roguelike 18.8%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Multiplayer 15.1%, Exploration 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite that combines underwater exploration with tower defense mechanics in a high-pressure environment.

Climb up from the depths of Hell. Scale various worlds solo or chained together with your friends in the 1-4 player platforming sensation.

Why similar: Co-op 46.1%, Online Co-Op 19%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Exploration 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative platformer that forces players to work together, mirroring the dependency found in submarine crews.

Never Split the Party is an ultra social rogue-like! You're one of four adventurers joining together to explore a procedurally generated dungeon, amass powerful upgrades, and cooperate with your fellow adventures to conquer and crush the evil dungeon champions!

Why similar: Roguelike 22.6%, Co-op 19.7%, Multiplayer 17.7%, Roguelite 17.3%, Online Co-Op 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op roguelike that heavily emphasizes the importance of staying together to survive, much like the seed game.

Rogue Heroes is a topdown, roguelite adventure game inspired by the Zelda franchise. Play solo or team up with your friends to combat procedurally generated dungeons and take down the evil Titans that threaten to overwhelm the land of Tasos!

Why similar: Co-op 27.5%, Roguelite 17.2%, Roguelike 14.3%, Online Co-Op 14%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative action-adventure game with roguelite elements that captures the fun of dungeon crawling with friends.

The world's been flooded. All you have left is your Super Raft Boat… and your friends! Work together to expand your raft while fending off the strangely violent (and wealthy??) creatures of the sea in this multiplayer roguelike shooter. Will your crew survive and reach the Final Island?

Why similar: Co-op 21%, Online Co-Op 17.9%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 12.3%, PvE 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced co-op roguelite that focuses on defending a small vessel from waves of enemies.

Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.

Why similar: Co-op 30.2%, Multiplayer 23.1%, Online Co-Op 21.3%, PvE 8.5%, Exploration 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: While 3D, it is the gold standard for cooperative ship management and crew-based naval combat.

Play as different fish, devour opponents in the ruthless underwater world of survival of the fittest, and evolve your abilities.

Why similar: Underwater 51.8% ★, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 13.7%, Cartoon 12.9%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: An underwater survival roguelite that focuses on evolution and navigating dangerous aquatic ecosystems.

Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.

Why similar: Submarine 37.7% ★, Underwater 24.2% ★, Co-op 11.4%, Online Co-Op 9.7%, PvE 7%

Tools Up! is an exciting local co-op that tests your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock!

Why similar: Multiplayer 34.4%, Co-op 25.5%, Simulation 20.3%, Action 11.1%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic cooperative game that tests your ability to coordinate tasks under pressure, similar to managing submarine stations.

Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?

Why similar: Roguelike 100%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that requires careful resource management and cooperative planning to survive a journey.

Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.

Why similar: Co-op 31.1%, Roguelite 30%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Online Co-Op 13.1%, Roguelike 4.2%

Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…

Why similar: Co-op 32.3%, 2D Platformer 21.3%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Exploration 11.2%, 2D 9.5%

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 44.3% ★, Loot 16.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, 2D 5.1%

Become a fearless underwater explorer and reach the bottom of The Mariana Trench to win 20,000* REAL DOLLARS!

Why similar: Submarine 55.1% ★, Underwater 38.7% ★, Simulation 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-focused game that leans into the submarine management and underwater horror themes.

Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

Why similar: Exploration 47.9%, Adventure 28.8%, Action 23.3%

Trapped in a sinking submarine, two players must communicate through walkie-talkies to solve puzzles, complete tasks, navigate the depths, and escape before time runs out.

Why similar: Team-Based 28.5%, Co-op 22.2%, Submarine 19.2% ★, Multiplayer 10.5%, Underwater 9.1% ★

1923. You owe a gangster money. The answer is buried beneath Devil Reef — if the horrors lurking in the dark don’t claim your mind first. A Lovecraftian co-op roguelite for 1–4 players where your sanity is the real final boss.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.4%, Co-op 23%, Roguelite 13.5%, PvE 11.9%, Exploration 5.3%

Competitive tower defense meets arcade action and gets rolled up with ACE Team's quirky, Monty Python-esque humor into one giant, creative game for the ages. This time around, you can even make your own levels!

Why similar: Multiplayer 59.8%, Action 23.6%, Adventure 16.7%

Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

Why similar: Action 50.3%, Simulation 49.7%

KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

Why similar: Co-op 26.8%, Online Co-Op 19%, PvE 14.3%, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 13.1%

Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.

Why similar: Roguelike 44.6%, Roguelite 40.2%, 2D 15.2%

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

Why similar: Hand-drawn 39%, Cartoon 24.8%, Exploration 17.6%, 2D 10.9%, Adventure 7.7%

Dash and dodge bullet clusters in nerve-wracking slow motion moments and challenge your friends online or offline to awesome and fast paced battles with up to 4 players!

Why similar: Co-op 39.5%, Online Co-Op 31.5%, Multiplayer 23.7%, Action 5.3%

Lovecraft’s Untold Stories is an action roguelite with RPG elements. Explore randomly generated levels based in Lovecraft's stories, fight cultists and all kinds of monsters from the Mythos, improve your gear, solve puzzles, and find clues and knowledge to defeat the Great Old Ones.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 66.6%, Roguelite 18.2%, Action 5.4%, Adventure 4.4%, Roguelike 3.3%

Trash Sailors is a hand-drawn co-op sailing adventure for one to four players. Create the trashiest team in history, in online or local co-op and find your way in the aftermath of a great trash tsunami.

Why similar: Co-op 30.5%, Online Co-Op 30%, Cartoon 16.9%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Action 6.8%

Hello Neighbor Multiplayer. Secret Neighbor is a Multiplayer Social Horror Game where a group of intruders try to rescue their friend from the Neighbor's creepy basement. Only problem is one of the intruders is the Neighbor in disguise.

Why similar: Co-op 36.2%, Online Co-Op 29.3%, Multiplayer 24%, Adventure 5.3%, Action 5.2%

33 Immortals is a co-op action-roguelike for 33 players. Jump straight into runs, solo or with friends. Battle hordes of monsters, defeat massive bosses, and grow stronger each run. Use in-game emotes to coordinate and combine powers with your fellow rebels, and face the Wrath of God, together.

Why similar: Co-op 24%, Hand-drawn 19.8%, Roguelike 13.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Online Co-Op 11.1%

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Why similar: Co-op 38.8%, Multiplayer 26.3%, Online Co-Op 19.9%, Adventure 5.9%, Simulation 5.3%

Avoid your watery grave in this asymmetrical co-op horror game where you and a friend take the roles of a submarine Pilot and Mechanic. Work together to repair the ship, solve puzzles, avoid a deadly creature, and make it back to the surface before time runs out! It's time to Sync or Swim

Why similar: Submarine 51% ★, Underwater 33.5% ★, Co-op 7.1%, Simulation 3.7%, Multiplayer 2.8%

Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!

Why similar: Underwater 62.7% ★, Multiplayer 14.4%, Simulation 10.9%, Co-op 6.4%, Action 3.8%

Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?

Why similar: Co-op 32.6%, Multiplayer 26.1%, Online Co-Op 25.2%, Simulation 7%, 2D 6.8%

A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!

Why similar: Co-op 60.2%, Multiplayer 30.7%, Adventure 9%

Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.

Why similar: Co-op 54.5%, Simulation 28.6%, Action 16.9%

Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

Why similar: Co-op 40.1%, Loot 25.2%, PvE 20.6%, Exploration 9.6%, Action 4.5%

Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to "couch co-op"! Are you ready for an exciting career in furniture? As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the busy town of Packmore.

Why similar: Co-op 41.3%, Simulation 24.5%, Multiplayer 19.6%, Action 14.6%

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 51.7% ★, Co-op 21.4%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Exploration 8.5%, Adventure 2.4%

Fling to the Finish is a cooperative racing game where teammates are tethered together by a stretchy elastic rope. Get up close and personal with your partner to maneuver two characters bouncing, rolling, and flinging their way to the finish line!

Why similar: Online Co-Op 50.8%, Multiplayer 38.5%, Action 10.8%

Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?

Why similar: Roguelite 46.1%, Roguelike 39.3%, 2D 14.5%

Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

Why similar: Simulation 55.5%, Exploration 44.5%

Röki is a stunning adventure set in the snowcapped wilderness. As Tove, you must explore an uncharted world of hidden legends and forgotten monsters. Solve puzzles, collect curiosities, and uncover a tale of tragic loss, as you chart your path to redemption.

Why similar: Adventure 65.2%, Exploration 34.8%