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Games like The Trench

If The Trench is your kind of game, the closest matches are Seal The Breach, Insiders and Killer Depths — picked from the ranked list below. 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 The Trench: 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?

2022ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDWindowsby Omar Chapa Hernandez, Omar Chapa Moyers
The Trench — Steam game cover

Players who liked The Trench also play

Steam players who put hours into The Trench 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. Seal The Breach

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    A 3D survival experience set within a cramped one-man submarine exploring a hostile ocean trench.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Insiders

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Trench.

    Welcome to the dangerous micro world hidden inside the human body. Pilot an advanced microship through the bloodstream, brain and kidneys. Mine resources, fight microbes, craft ship modules and weapons, build bases, discover new microorganisms and find a cure for cancer. Don’t get eaten!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure13.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Killer Depths

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Trench.

    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.

    2025ActionAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Barotrauma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Trench.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Biolum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Trench.

    Biolum is a 30min VR sci-fi narrative experience. Dive to uncharted depths of the ocean and discover a beautiful world of bioluminescent creatures. But all is not what it seems. What lies beneath the surface?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Narcosis

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Shore

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Trench.

    THE SHORE is a first person story driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations, You will encounter mysterious creatures and unravel the secrets behind them. Strong elements of horror, struggle to survive an unknown world that will make you question your own sanity.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Sirena Expedition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Trench fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    The Sirena Expedition is a short PSX-style horror-platformer in which you explore a mysterious underwater facility.

    2023IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Trench at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Trench.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with The Trench.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Trench.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Trench.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Trench on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Trench.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 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 The Trench.

    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 The Trench.

    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 The Trench.

    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 The Trench.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 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 The Trench.

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Trench.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Trench.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Trench

How much does The Trench cost?
The Trench is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Trench?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Trench are Seal The Breach, Insiders, Killer Depths.
Who developed The Trench?
The Trench was developed by Omar Chapa Hernandez, Omar Chapa Moyers and published by Omar Chapa Hernandez.

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 The Trench.

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