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Games like Still Wakes the Deep

If Still Wakes the Deep is your kind of game, the closest matches are SOMA, THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY and Amnesia: The Dark Descent — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its industrial setting amplifies isolation, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Still Wakes the Deep: 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.

2024ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableMetacritic 77Windowsby The Chinese Room
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Players who liked Still Wakes the Deep also play

Steam players who put hours into Still Wakes the Deep also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. SOMA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Top pick for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    The well has gone dry. It's up to you to find out why. Traverse through abandoned tunnels. Discover remnants of a ritual never meant to be seen. Power dying machinery to bring light into darkness. Dig into broken earth and crawl your way out. Down here you’re not exploring... you're trespassing.

    2026ActionAdventureSteam ↗
  3. Amnesia: The Dark Descent

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Third-strongest match for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

    2010ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Scorn

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth avoidance and an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Ranked #4 for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Claustrophobia

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Claustrophobia offers a scary and dark horror experience filled with blood boiling moments, first you will have to silently move your way through the darkness, until you can pick up arms and discover the truth. Can you figure out what is hiding in this grueling subterranean facility?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mountains of Madness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    A first person horror exploration game set in the frozen wastes of Antarctica. Use your tools to navigate the frozen galleries untouched by millennia and unearth evidence of a dreadful truth while you search for a madman whose ill fate lies somewhere beneath these Mountains of Madness

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. ROUTINE

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Ranked #7 for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Scarlet Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Ranked #8 for Still Wakes the Deep fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Still Wakes the Deep

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. SOMA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Observation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

    2020IndieAdventure24.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Oxenfree

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

    2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. What Remains of Edith Finch

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

    2017IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Dear Esther

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a first-person story-driven mystery. Purchase this game to get both the original and the Unreal Engine 4 remaster called The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux.

    2014IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Gone Home

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Reviewers of Still Wakes the Deep cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM. You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company.

    2013IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Still Wakes the Deep at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Phasmophobia

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.

    2020ActionIndieEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~71% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Action with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Schedule I

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Still Wakes the Deep on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Still Wakes the Deep.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from The Chinese Room

Other recommendable Steam games by The Chinese Room, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Vampire: The Masquerade® - Bloodlines™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep. Shares Action with Still Wakes the Deep.

    You are the Nomad — an elder vampire awakening from a century-long slumber, new to the modern nights. Trapped in your Blood is a stranger’s voice. This entity, a vampire detective known as Fabien, will be your guide to 21st-century Seattle.

    2025ActionRPG38.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dear Esther

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental exploration and an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2012IndieAdventureCasualDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realised world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: 'Dear Esther...' - and so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.

    2017IndieAdventureFree To Play9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Little Orpheus

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Another title from The Chinese Room, the studio behind Still Wakes the Deep. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    This definitive edition of the multiple-award-winning hit by master storytellers The Chinese Room is remastered for the big screen and includes all bonus content of the original. A HERO WILL EMERGE!

    2022IndieAdventureCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. SOMA

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Scorn

    WHY THIS

    Shares stealth avoidance and an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Scarlet Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Still Wakes the Deep.

    Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.

    2021IndieAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Still Wakes the Deep

Does Still Wakes the Deep run on Steam Deck?
Still Wakes the Deep is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Still Wakes the Deep cost?
Still Wakes the Deep is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Still Wakes the Deep?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Still Wakes the Deep are SOMA, THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY, Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Who developed Still Wakes the Deep?
Still Wakes the Deep was developed by The Chinese Room and published by Secret Mode.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Still Wakes the Deep.

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