Games like Submerged
If Submerged is your kind of game, the closest matches are Submerged: Hidden Depths, Cloudy Valley and Adorable Adventures — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful underwater environments, minimalist storytelling and no combat or dialogue. 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 →Submerged is a 2015 solo adventure game developed and published by Uppercut Games Pty Ltd. Set in a flooded post-apocalyptic city, the game follows Miku, a young girl navigating the ruined metropolis by boat to reach her wounded brother. Players explore the environment through structure climbing and telescope scanning, discovering the city without combat or dialogue as the experience unfolds wordlessly. Reviewers highlight beautiful underwater environments and minimalist storytelling as standout elements, while players describe the overall atmosphere as immersive and peaceful. The game runs verified on Steam Deck, fits a chill difficulty profile, and is structured around short play sessions for a brief but atmospheric experience available for 19.99 USD.
About Submerged: Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat.
Players who liked Submerged also play
Steam players who put hours into Submerged also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Top pick for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Cloudy Valley
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Go on a summer vacation to the Cloudy Valley archipelago! Swim, climb, and explore the different islands at your own pace. Discover treasures or enjoy a cozy and relaxing atmosphere by the waves...
Adorable Adventures
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Play as Boris, a curious baby boar who must learn how to use his nose to reunite with his family after a forest fire. Explore beautiful landscapes, track scents, and uncover secrets as you slowly reconnect with nature in this cozy animal adventure.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Ranked #4 for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
The First Tree
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Ranked #5 for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
A beautiful, 3rd-person exploration game centered around two parallel stories: a fox trying to find her missing family, and a son reconnecting with his estranged father in Alaska. Uncover artifacts from the son's life as he becomes intertwined in the fox’s journey towards The First Tree.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Ranked #6 for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
AER Memories of Old
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Ranked #7 for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.
Eastshade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Ranked #8 for Submerged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
You are a traveling painter, exploring the island of Eastshade. Capture the world on canvas using your artist’s easel. Talk to the inhabitants to learn about their lives. Make friends and help those in need. Visit cities, scale summits, unearth mysteries, and discover forgotten places!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Submerged at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Submerged on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Submerged on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Submerged on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Submerged on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~95% under Submerged on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
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?
Papers, Please
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Submerged on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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 Submerged.
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!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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 Adventure with Submerged.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Other recommendable Steam games by Uppercut Games Pty Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
City of Brass
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Another title from Uppercut Games Pty Ltd, the studio behind Submerged.
A first-person action adventure, inspired by Arabian Nights, from senior BioShock developers.
Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Another title from Uppercut Games Pty Ltd, the studio behind Submerged. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Magicians: The Devil's Deal
WHY THIS
Another title from Uppercut Games Pty Ltd, the studio behind Submerged. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Magicians: The Devil’s Deal is a narrative driven FPS where stage magic becomes real. You play as Jacob Menteuro, a fallen illusionist bound by a pact with The Devil and cast into Hell. Master deadly tricks, steal the powers of rival magicians, and escape the infernal world of Theatreland.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Submerged: Hidden Depths
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?
AER Memories of Old
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Submerged.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Submerged.
Transform into a bird and fly to explore and experience a vibrant world of floating islands in the sky. Venture down into lost ancient ruins where each step leads you closer to the end of the world.
Frequently asked about Submerged
- Is Submerged verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Submerged is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Submerged cost?
- Submerged is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Submerged?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Submerged are Submerged: Hidden Depths, Cloudy Valley, Adorable Adventures.
- Who developed Submerged?
- Submerged was developed by Uppercut Games Pty Ltd.
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