Games like Sylvio: Black Waters
If Sylvio: Black Waters is your kind of game, the closest matches are ROUTINE, Moons of Madness and Humanity Lost — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and dark. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Sylvio: Black Waters: Stranded on a desolate planet, decode the whispers of the dead to survive in an enthralling atmospheric exploration horror.
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ROUTINE
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling, puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Top pick for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
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.
Moons of Madness
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Second-strongest match for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.
Humanity Lost
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Third-strongest match for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Will you save humanity? You are on a mission to find a new planet for humans to inhabit. In this story driven FPS space opera you will explore open world planets, find weapons, upgrade your character, and befriend alien species.
35MM
WHY THIS
Shares environmental storytelling and an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Ranked #4 for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Post-apocalyptic story about two travelers who set out on a long journey in the wasteland, left by people after the global epidemic.
ZERO PROTOCOL
WHY THIS
Shares first person exploration, checkpoint system and atmospheric with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Ranked #5 for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
LOST ZION
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Lost Zion is an atmospheric cyberpunk horror game. Awakened by a faint signal as a service bot, explore the forsaken megacity of Lost Zion. Uncover the Emperor's horrific secrets. Obey your sole command: Activate the Gravity Core.
The Alien Cube
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Ranked #7 for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
A cursed legacy awakens something ancient, revealing a terrifying reality never meant for human eyes. Follow your missing uncle’s trail, uncover forbidden secrets, and face a Lovecraftian cosmic horror in this first‑person adventure.
Syndrome
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Ranked #8 for Sylvio: Black Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sylvio: Black Waters at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
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?
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Human Fall Flat
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
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?
LEGO® Star Wars™ - The Complete Saga
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Kick Some Brick in I through VI! Play through all six Star Wars movies in one videogame! Adding new characters, new levels, new features and for the first time ever, the chance to build and battle your way through a fun Star Wars galaxy on your PC!
The Room
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~89% under Sylvio: Black Waters on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Stroboskop, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Dread X Collection 5
WHY THIS
Shares puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Another title from Stroboskop, the studio behind Sylvio: Black Waters. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
A horror anthology in the Dread X Collection series. Featuring 12 new games from up-and-comers along with veterans, all wrapped up in an old, run down party venue that may be hiding more than it's letting on...
Sylvio
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Another title from Stroboskop, the studio behind Sylvio: Black Waters. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Sylvio is a psychological horror game set in a tranquil, disturbing atmosphere. Help ghost recorder Juliette Waters face an evil curse and a wicked family cult with her microphone and the voices of the dead.
Sylvio 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Sylvio: Black Waters.
Another title from Stroboskop, the studio behind Sylvio: Black Waters. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
All Juliette ever wanted was to go back home. With the help of her ghost recording equipment she makes her way through flooded landscapes, buried houses and abandoned apartments. This is calm psychological horror with emphasis on atmosphere.
Brutalism
WHY THIS
Another title from Stroboskop, the studio behind Sylvio: Black Waters. Shares Adventure with Sylvio: Black Waters.
A vertical modular warping maze that finds the player navigating portals and defeating a chanting, floating head with a sniper rifle.
Frequently asked about Sylvio: Black Waters
- Does Sylvio: Black Waters work on Steam Deck?
- Sylvio: Black Waters is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Sylvio: Black Waters cost?
- Sylvio: Black Waters is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Sylvio: Black Waters?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sylvio: Black Waters are ROUTINE, Moons of Madness, Humanity Lost.
- Who developed Sylvio: Black Waters?
- Sylvio: Black Waters was developed by Stroboskop and published by DreadXP.
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