Games like The Ocean is not Water
If The Ocean is not Water is your kind of game, the closest matches are HarvestCo., Rejected Draft and Boss After Boss — 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 The Ocean is not Water: An eldritch incremental game where you are an ancient shark devouring fish, reality, and the concept of depth itself. Hunt with sonar, collect bioluminescent jellyfish, command a brood, dream the dreams of dead gods, and descend through layers of cosmic progression. The ocean is not water.
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Steam players who put hours into The Ocean is not Water 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.
HarvestCo.
WHY THIS
Top pick for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
HarvestCo is a farming incremental idle game where a small field turns into an increasingly efficient money-making machine. Harvest crops, buy upgrades, grow passive income, automate production, and discover rare golden crops and strange field events.
Rejected Draft
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.
Boss After Boss
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
Boss After Boss is a short incremental game about breaking chests, collecting powerful skills, and taking down increasingly dangerous bosses. Upgrade your stats, unlock higher-tier chests, build stronger skill combinations, and exploit each boss's weaknesses.
Leverage Real Estate Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
Become an ambitious, ruthless real estate tycoon. Borrow, mortgage, or go public to build your empire with other people’s money. Raise funds, buy land, build, and sell—all with simple clicks—and watch your capital snowball at incredible speed.
Node Factory
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.
Group Idlemen
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Train Skills to 99, take on key bosses for RARE LOOT, Raids, & Expeditions. Control all 5 people in your group and climb the leaderboards!
My Army Getting Stronger
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
A short relaxing incremental auto-battler where you grow an unstoppable war machine and grind your way forward through enemy territory. No stress, no micromanagement — just growth, upgrades, and glorious mass battles.
Butaro's Overtime Office
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for The Ocean is not Water fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
A chill idle game about escaping the 9-to-5. Adopt Butaro, a burnt-out salaryman who lives anywhere on your desktop. Watch him slack off from his mind-numbing job, decorate his office, and upgrade his corporate skills while you work or relax. Will Butaro escape capitalism before you do?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Ocean is not Water at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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 ~70% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under The Ocean is not Water on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
"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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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 Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ocean is not Water.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about The Ocean is not Water
- How much does The Ocean is not Water cost?
- The Ocean is not Water is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to The Ocean is not Water?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Ocean is not Water are HarvestCo., Rejected Draft, Boss After Boss.
- Who developed The Ocean is not Water?
- The Ocean is not Water was developed by Sharkey.
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 The Ocean is not Water.
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