Rank 01Games like Sunkenland
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- Updated Oct 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Sunkenland: Raft, Subnautica, Stranded Deep, Grounded, and Valheim. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Shares base building with Sunkenland.
- $7.49 (Price checked Oct 4)
- Deck Verified
- 2018
Rank 03- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 4)
- Deck Playable
- 2022
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Grounded
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Sunkenland.
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Subsistence
Why this: Shares underwater exploration with Sunkenland.
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Night of the Dead
Why this: Shares resource grinding and base building with Sunkenland.
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- Released: 2023
- Developer: Vector3 Studio
- Price: $14.99−25%checked Oct 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 84% of 8,775 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Co op survival with persistent worlds
- Grind resources in safe zones
- Naval combat adds strategic depth
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Sunkenland
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.
Rust
Why this: Shares base building with Sunkenland.
The Forest
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Sunkenland.
Barotrauma
Why this: Same challenging mood as Sunkenland.
Subnautica: Below Zero
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Underwater, like Sunkenland.
Under The Waves
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Sunkenland.
Enshrouded
Why this: Also Base-Building and Crafting, like Sunkenland.
Abiotic Factor
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Sunkenland.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sunkenland at current Steam store prices.
Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Why this: Shares base building with Sunkenland.
Green Hell
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Sunkenland.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Sunkenland, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Unturned
Why this: Also Post-apocalyptic and Crafting, like Sunkenland.
CHKN
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Crafting, like Sunkenland.
Walking Zombie 2
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Post-apocalyptic, like Sunkenland.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Subnautica
Why this: Shares base building with Sunkenland.
Grounded
Why this: Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Sunkenland.
About Sunkenland
The closest matches to Sunkenland: Raft, Subnautica, Stranded Deep, Grounded, and Valheim. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Sunkenland is your kind of game, the closest matches are Raft, Subnautica and Stranded Deep — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its base building and item duplication. 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.
About Sunkenland: Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Is Sunkenland worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 84% of 8,775 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 76% positive across 141 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Oct 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 46 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 22 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Co op survival with persistent worlds
- Grind resources in safe zones
- Naval combat adds strategic depth
- Tech tree evolves with player feedback
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“It was a great game, I guess. I really enjoyed my time with it, you can see from my hours that in terms of cost / play it was good :) I really wanted to see the 1.0. Unfortunately it's now been 4 months since any kind of last update…”
“Sunkenland feels like a game that sank halfway through development. The concept is cool—waterworld survival with rafts, diving, and scavenging—but the execution is clunky. Controls are rough, combat is awkward, and the world feels more…”
People who play it also play: Raft, Subnautica, Stranded Deep
Frequently asked about Sunkenland
Can I run it?
Does Sunkenland run on Steam Deck?
Sunkenland 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 Sunkenland cost?
Sunkenland is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Sunkenland have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Sunkenland supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Sunkenland?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sunkenland are Raft, Subnautica, Stranded Deep.
Who developed Sunkenland?
Sunkenland was developed by Vector3 Studio.