Games like Open Waters
If Open Waters is your kind of game, the closest matches are DREADMOOR, Maja Island and SMS Returns — 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 Open Waters: Open Waters is a first-person ocean survival horror game. Stranded in a small boat, you must navigate treacherous waters, evade creatures of the deep, and find your way back to safety before the ocean drags you into its depths.
Players who liked Open Waters also play
Steam players who put hours into Open Waters 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.
DREADMOOR
WHY THIS
Top pick for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
DREADMOOR is a dark first-person fishing adventure game set in a submerged world, rotting from a past catastrophe. Fish in murky waters, upgrade your boat, craft survival gear, and fight monstrous creatures that lurk under the water and on the land.
Maja Island
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
Sail through a mysterious open world island in your trusty boat, scavenge for resources to upgrade it, and face off against Maja.
SMS Returns
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
The 2012 viral phenomenon returns. A slender, faceless figure hunts you in your favourite maps rebuilt from the ground up, including the all-new Forest. Survive with friends in multiplayer, immerse yourself in VR, and build your own terrifying maps with the in-game editor. Will you survive?
Sea Warden
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
Sea Warden is a co-op survival adventure set on the back of Ao, a giant sea turtle journeying across a shattered world. Build, craft, explore, and defend your living base as you travel between forgotten islands in search of lost knowledge and stranded souls.
Memories Loaming
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
A horror anthology about people working along a remote highway in Labrador, Canada. Try to remain balanced and lucid at your normal job. Also, there's a bear.
ABISMO
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
ABISMO is a co-op deep-sea horror game set on the abyssal floor of an alien planet. Descend alone or with up to 4 players into shifting trenches, explore derelict facilities, and recover what you need to survive while uncovering an analog-horror mystery hidden in corrupted VHS tapes.
The Roc
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
Venture into the dark realm of the legendary Roc, Run from cover to cover, Be wary of wild beasts and supernatural terrors and use your hand cannon if you have to, Find all ancient tablets and put an end to the Roc's Tyranny.
Only Fog Remains
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Open Waters fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
She came in search of a ghost story to record, but is now part of it. With only a cassette player in hand, Cynthia must now traverse the fog and search for her friends before it changes them forever.
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 Action and Adventure with Open Waters.
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 Open Waters.
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 Open Waters.
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 Open Waters.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Open Waters.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Open Waters.
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.
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Frequently asked about Open Waters
- What games are most similar to Open Waters?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Open Waters are DREADMOOR, Maja Island, SMS Returns.
- Who developed Open Waters?
- Open Waters was developed by FluffyGameDev.
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 Open Waters.
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