Rank 01Why this
Shares permadeath and checkpoint based progression with Sonar Shock.
- $9.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
Games like Sonar Shock
- 18 games
- Updated Nov 6, 2026
Players who liked Sonar Shock also play
The closest matches to Sonar Shock: Look Outside, Stygian: Outer Gods, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, SOMA, and Dead of Darkness. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
- Rank 01
Rank 02Why this
Shares checkpoint based progression and environmental puzzle solving with Sonar Shock.
- $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
- 2026
Rank 03Why this
Shares inventory management with Sonar Shock.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Verified
- 2025
Rank 04 
SOMA
Why this: Shares exploration with Sonar Shock.
Rank 05 
Dead of Darkness
Why this: Shares sanity effects and inventory management with Sonar Shock.
Rank 06 
Tower of Mask
Why this: Shares environmental puzzle solving and inventory management with Sonar Shock.
Rank 07 
Narcosis
Why this: Also Lovecraftian and Survival Horror, like Sonar Shock.
Rank 08 
HYPERVIOLENT
Why this: Shares resource scarcity and inventory management with Sonar Shock.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Sonar Shock
Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
- 1Look Outside
Shares permadeath and checkpoint based progression with Sonar Shock.
- 98% of 8,069 reviews
- 2Stygian: Outer Gods
Shares checkpoint based progression and environmental puzzle solving with Sonar Shock.
- 85% of 268 reviews
- 3System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Shares inventory management with Sonar Shock.
- 87% of 1,310 reviews
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- 6Tower of Mask
Shares environmental puzzle solving and inventory management with Sonar Shock.
- 94% of 198 reviews
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- 9Backrooms Society
Shares environmental puzzle solving and crafting with Sonar Shock.
- 81% of 342 reviews
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- 12Endoparasitic 2
Shares resource scarcity and checkpoint based progression with Sonar Shock.
- 86% of 421 reviews
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- 17EBOLA VILLAGE
Shares environmental storytelling and checkpoint based progression with Sonar Shock.
- 78% of 114 reviews
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- 20Pathologic 3
Shares environmental storytelling and hidden collectibles with Sonar Shock.
- 87% of 994 reviews
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- 24DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Shares permadeath and skill tree progression with Sonar Shock.
- 91% of 509 reviews
- Released: 2024
- Developer: Raphael Bossniak
- Price: $7.99checked Nov 6
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 80% of 189 reviews
- Genres: Action, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Atmospheric horror aboard a soviet submarine
- Dry humor and eccentric writing stand out
- Eternal darkness style sanity effects
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Immersive
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Reviewers mention these as similar to Sonar Shock
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.
System Shock
Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Sonar Shock.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sonar Shock at current Steam store prices.
Trench Face
Why this: Shares permadeath and checkpoint based progression with Sonar Shock.
Feed the Deep
Why this: Shares loadout customization and environmental puzzle solving with Sonar Shock.
Unspoken
Why this: Shares environmental storytelling and environmental puzzle solving with Sonar Shock.
The Trench
Why this: Also Submarine and Lovecraftian, like Sonar Shock.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Why this: Shares inventory management with Sonar Shock.
SOMA
Why this: Shares exploration with Sonar Shock.
Dead of Darkness
Why this: Shares sanity effects and inventory management with Sonar Shock.
About Sonar Shock
The closest matches to Sonar Shock: Look Outside, Stygian: Outer Gods, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, SOMA, and Dead of Darkness. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Sonar Shock is your kind of game, the closest matches are Look Outside, Stygian: Outer Gods and System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, dark and immersive, and single out its character progression and checkpoint based progression. 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 Sonar Shock: Submarine’s haunted! Hunt and be hunted in this horror dungeon crawler inspired by the decay of the Soviet Union (and immersive RPGs from the 90s).
Is Sonar Shock worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 80% of 189 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $7.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Atmospheric horror aboard a soviet submarine
- Dry humor and eccentric writing stand out
- Eternal darkness style sanity effects
- Intricate level design with multiple connections
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“The game is fun, the performance is terrible, the game is in desperate need of better optimisation. Framerate gets gradually more laggy as a play session goes on and the game regularly crashes, particularly when loading. Wait until they…”
“Seriously so fun and intriguing except when any two enemies come on screen and the frames drop from 112fps to 15fps, which sadly makes it quite unplayable ):”
People who play it also play: Look Outside, Stygian: Outer Gods, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster
Frequently asked about Sonar Shock
Can I run it?
Does Sonar Shock run on Steam Deck?
Sonar Shock 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 Sonar Shock cost?
Sonar Shock is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sonar Shock?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sonar Shock are Look Outside, Stygian: Outer Gods, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster.
Who developed Sonar Shock?
Sonar Shock was developed by Raphael Bossniak.