Games like Submerged Lights
If Submerged Lights is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Brothers Karamazov, Snowdrift and Christmas Celebration With Sakuya Izayoi — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Submerged Lights: After traveling to a country town to move into the house he inherited, Andrew finds the town flooded. While wondering what to do, he spots a dim light coming from the flooded library, in the middle of the night. Investigating, he finds that it belongs to a small fairy, trapped inside of a lantern...
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The Brothers Karamazov
WHY THIS
Top pick for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
The complete Brothers Karamazov as an illustrated visual novel — all 96 chapters, unabridged. The plot never changes; your answers reveal where you stand between faith, intellect, heart, and cynicism.
Snowdrift
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
In this cozy, quiet, romantic, science fantasy visual novel, read from the perspective of Arrim as he falls in love with Rosim: a wheelchair-bound woman with red eyes who lives alone with her robot servant, in a region that's been scarred with cold weather, after a war with aliens.
Christmas Celebration With Sakuya Izayoi
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Submerged Lights.
Celebrate Christmas with Sakuya Izayoi from the Touhou Project in this cozy visual novel! Explore the colourful sights of the human village in Gensokyo as it hosts a one of a kind festival with several venues and gorgeous sights to see!
A Studied Seduction
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
A slowburn boys love / yaoi story between a retired teacher and his former pupil set in Scotland.
Where the Heart Rests
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
A sweetly domestic boys' love visual novel about a couple of young men who find themselves raising a child.
Aquadine
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
"Welcome to Aquadine! My name is Ciel, and I'll be your tour guide for today!" A young gondolier works part-time to save money for his mother's hospital bills, but he has a secret. Follow Ciel as he tours people around the beautiful town of Aquadine, where his family and friends bond with him.
Leaf on Wind
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
A relaxing, but challenging 3D game with low poly visuals and engaging music, where you take control of a small leaf, which flies in the direction that the wind blows, collecting items scattered around the scenary to help a young writer finish her book.
Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!!
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Submerged Lights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
In this yuri visual novel featuring an all-star cast, you follow one main love triangle as they navigate their budding romance and the pursuit of their goals, unlocking new, heartwarming events to view from the perspectives of each cute girl in six other precious couples as well.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Submerged Lights at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~85% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
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 ~53% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
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 ~69% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
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 ~77% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
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 ~85% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Submerged Lights.
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 ~53% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
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!
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Submerged Lights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Submerged Lights.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Submerged Lights.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Submerged Lights
- How much does Submerged Lights cost?
- Submerged Lights is listed on Steam at 6.39 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Submerged Lights?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Submerged Lights are The Brothers Karamazov, Snowdrift, Christmas Celebration With Sakuya Izayoi.
- Who developed Submerged Lights?
- Submerged Lights was developed by Overlooked Option Visual Novels.
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 Submerged Lights.
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