Games like Nautical Survival
If Nautical Survival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Airships: Lost Flotilla, Robot Arena Survivors and Pest Apocalypse — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, chill and intense. 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 Nautical Survival: Captain an armed sea vessel to fight off hordes of oceanic terrors! Navigate between outposts to upgrade your boat, equip powerful weapons, manage your economy and hire crew members to your aid in this unique take on the survivors-like formula.
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Airships: Lost Flotilla
WHY THIS
Shares ship customization, wave based survival, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Top pick for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.
Robot Arena Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety, build variety, arcade style and an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Second-strongest match for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Nautical Survival.
Robot Arena Survivors is a single-player arena auto-shooter where you're fighting against waves of hostile robots using a powerful arsenal made of hover tank units. Customize your own set of abilities and dismantle your enemies to claim your fame into the leaderboards.
Pest Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Shares bullet hell, build variety, roguelite and an intense mood with Nautical Survival.
Third-strongest match for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Pest Apocalypse is a hyper-realistic post apocalyptic physics based pizza delivery action rogue-lite! Boost, jump, and drift across different maps in a bouncy pizza van. Pick up kooky passengers along the way and focus on the driving while they handle the shooting!
Bounty of One
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Nautical Survival.
Ranked #4 for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!
Yet Another Zombie Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Nautical Survival.
Ranked #5 for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
FISH FEAR ME
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety, wave based survival, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Ranked #6 for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.
Antipaint
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Ranked #7 for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
An action-packed roguelite shooter where you battle famous works of art and each level you beat becomes a masterpiece to add to your colorful collection.
Hunchback's Dungeon
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Nautical Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Destroy hordes of undead skeletons in this top-down roguelite arena shooter. In Hunchback's Dungeon, you play as a deformed, magic-wielding human who can control up to 4 different spells. Unlock new characters, collect unique items, equip powerful spells, and survive until the end.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nautical Survival at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nautical Survival.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nautical Survival.
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 ~75% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nautical Survival.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Nautical Survival.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Nautical Survival.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Nautical Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Nautical Survival.
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. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Nautical Survival.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nautical Survival.
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.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nautical Survival.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Airships: Lost Flotilla
WHY THIS
Shares ship customization, wave based survival, roguelite and an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.
Robot Arena Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares weapon variety, build variety, arcade style and an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Casual with Nautical Survival.
Robot Arena Survivors is a single-player arena auto-shooter where you're fighting against waves of hostile robots using a powerful arsenal made of hover tank units. Customize your own set of abilities and dismantle your enemies to claim your fame into the leaderboards.
Bounty of One
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Nautical Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Fallen hero of the Wild West, you’re wanted and in disgrace! Grab your guns, survive endless hordes of bounty hunters and fight to clear your name! Bounty of One is a fast-paced casual roguelite bullet hell for 1 to 4 players. Dash, Dodge, Shoot, Repeat!
Yet Another Zombie Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Nautical Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Antipaint
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Nautical Survival.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
An action-packed roguelite shooter where you battle famous works of art and each level you beat becomes a masterpiece to add to your colorful collection.
Hunchback's Dungeon
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nautical Survival.
Destroy hordes of undead skeletons in this top-down roguelite arena shooter. In Hunchback's Dungeon, you play as a deformed, magic-wielding human who can control up to 4 different spells. Unlock new characters, collect unique items, equip powerful spells, and survive until the end.
Frequently asked about Nautical Survival
- Does Nautical Survival run on Steam Deck?
- Nautical Survival 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 Nautical Survival cost?
- Nautical Survival is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Nautical Survival?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nautical Survival are Airships: Lost Flotilla, Robot Arena Survivors, Pest Apocalypse.
- Who developed Nautical Survival?
- Nautical Survival was developed by Idan Rooze.
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