Games like Ship Explorer
If Ship Explorer is your kind of game, the closest matches are Crash Dive 2, World of Warships and Holdfast: Nations At War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. 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 Ship Explorer: You know their stories. Now it's time to step aboard! Board iconic ocean liner and warships from history like SS United States, Morro Castle and more as you explore and learn about the secrets that made them into legends.
Players who liked Ship Explorer also play
Steam players who put hours into Ship Explorer 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.
Crash Dive 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ship Explorer.
Top pick for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Ship Explorer.
WWII Tactical submarine combat in the South Pacific
World of Warships
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ship Explorer.
Second-strongest match for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Ship Explorer.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Holdfast: Nations At War
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ship Explorer.
Third-strongest match for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Ship Explorer.
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Rise of Piracy
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ship Explorer.
Ranked #4 for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ship Explorer.
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Silent Hunter® III
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ship Explorer.
Ranked #5 for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Ship Explorer.
The king of submarine simulations returns with an all-new 3D engine, new crew command features, and more realistic WWII naval action than ever before. The movie-like graphics and simple, tension-filled gameplay make this the perfect game for the realism fanatic and the casual gamer.
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ship Explorer.
Ranked #6 for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Ship Explorer.
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Nantucket
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ship Explorer.
Ranked #7 for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Ship Explorer.
Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.
UBOAT
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ship Explorer.
Ranked #8 for Ship Explorer fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Ship Explorer.
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ship Explorer at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ship Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ship Explorer.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ship Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Ship Explorer.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ship Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ship Explorer.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ship Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with Ship Explorer.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ship Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ship Explorer.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Ship Explorer on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ship Explorer.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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 Ship Explorer.
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 with Ship Explorer.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Ship Explorer.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ship Explorer.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Ship Explorer.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Ship Explorer.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Ship Explorer.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Frequently asked about Ship Explorer
- Does Ship Explorer work on Steam Deck?
- Ship Explorer is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Ship Explorer cost?
- Ship Explorer is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ship Explorer?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ship Explorer are Crash Dive 2, World of Warships, Holdfast: Nations At War.
- Who developed Ship Explorer?
- Ship Explorer was developed by Turbine Room Studio and published by Seabank Digital Productions.
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 Ship Explorer.
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