Games like Whale Captain
If Whale Captain is your kind of game, the closest matches are Earth Atlantis 2, Rise & Shine and Rigid Force Alpha — 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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Earth Atlantis 2
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Top pick for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Whale Captain.
Earth Atlantis 2 is a boss-focused shoot 'em up set in a post-apocalyptic sunken world ruled by machine sea monsters. Pilot a heavily armed sub through relentless battles against 20+ colossal bosses, explore a Metroidvania-style underwater world, and uncover lost secrets to save humanity.
ActionSteam ↗Rise & Shine
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.
Rigid Force Alpha
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Third-strongest match for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Classic shoot’em up action in modern 3D! Blast off to take down hordes of infected aliens and dreadful machines programmed on waging an intergalactic war against mankind!
Space War: Infinity
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Ranked #4 for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Vertical semi-procedural shmup with upgrades, real-time enemy waves, and infinite replayability. Level up your ship, unlock 20+ weapons, defeat 5 bosses, and survive endless bullet-hell combat.
ProtoCorgi
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Ranked #5 for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Get ready to Bark’em Up! Play as Bullet, a C³ class (Cute Cybernetic Corgi) pup on his quest to save his owner, a brilliant scientist kidnapped by an alien race that wants to rule the galaxy. ProtoCorgi is a retro pixel art shoot’em up with a strong arcade feel!
TYPECAST
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
TYPECAST is a bullet hell where you type to shoot. Get swarmed by enemies, manage the chaos, and climb the leaderboards in this unique arcade experience.
Destropolis
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Ranked #7 for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Waves
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Whale Captain fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Whale Captain at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Whale Captain.
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
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Priced ~67% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Whale Captain.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Whale Captain.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Whale Captain.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under Whale Captain on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Whale Captain.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
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.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Floating Point
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Whale Captain.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
Peggle Extreme
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Whale Captain.
Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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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.
ProtoCorgi
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Get ready to Bark’em Up! Play as Bullet, a C³ class (Cute Cybernetic Corgi) pup on his quest to save his owner, a brilliant scientist kidnapped by an alien race that wants to rule the galaxy. ProtoCorgi is a retro pixel art shoot’em up with a strong arcade feel!
TYPECAST
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
TYPECAST is a bullet hell where you type to shoot. Get swarmed by enemies, manage the chaos, and climb the leaderboards in this unique arcade experience.
Destropolis
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...
Waves
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Whale Captain.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
Frequently asked about Whale Captain
- How much does Whale Captain cost?
- Whale Captain is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Whale Captain?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Whale Captain are Earth Atlantis 2, Rise & Shine, Rigid Force Alpha.
- Who developed Whale Captain?
- Whale Captain was developed by Tyrannosaurus Games.
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