Games like SCP: Darkwater
If SCP: Darkwater is your kind of game, the closest matches are Insomnia, No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut and Call of Cthulhu® — 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 SCP: Darkwater: A psychological horror game inspired by SCP-1128. As a young woman trapped in a surreal loop, explore your bathroom and submerge yourself in the bathtub to enter a terrifying ocean dimension inhabited by a colossal entity lurking in the depths.
Players who liked SCP: Darkwater also play
Steam players who put hours into SCP: Darkwater 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.
Insomnia
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Top pick for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
Experience one night as a man diagnosed with a strange and incurable form of insomnia. Your only goal is to sleep until dawn, but after the lines between your nightmares and your waking life are blurred… you might not want to sleep afterall.
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Call of Cthulhu®
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
Dream Cage
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Ranked #4 for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Robert battles early Alzheimer's and nightly sleep paralysis. Each night reveals fragments of his past. Uncover the truth and help him solve the mysteries haunting his mind.
The Land of Pain
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Ranked #5 for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Stars Die
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Ranked #7 for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world. A small group of scientists are secretly investigating it when a mysterious woman appears, facing an impossible task.
EMOTIONLESS : The Last Ticket
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Ranked #8 for SCP: Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Step into a liminal, cosmic horror experience set in an abandoned amusement park. Uncover the haunting narrative behind its twisted rides and empty tunnels to discover what lurks within a reality that shouldn't exist…
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 with SCP: Darkwater.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
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. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
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 SCP: Darkwater.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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SCP: Bloodwater
WHY THIS
Another title from Neuroticfly Games, the studio behind SCP: Darkwater.
SCP Bloodwater is a strategy management defense game inspired by the SCP Foundation's SCP-354, also known as the Red Pool. Take the role of a newly appointed Site Director at the Red Pool Containment Zone, harvest valuable organic material, and defend the facility against the Red Pool's attacks.
JEEP HORROR
WHY THIS
Another title from Neuroticfly Games, the studio behind SCP: Darkwater. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
Drive a traditional jeepney through the dark Philippine streets, picking up commuters under the cover of night. But some passengers aren't human. Watch for doppelgangers, serial killers, and mythological monsters. Collect weird fares, manage your cabin, and try to survive the night shift.
NIGHT MULE
WHY THIS
Another title from Neuroticfly Games, the studio behind SCP: Darkwater. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
Two months behind on rent. An empty fridge. Then, a desperate choice. Step into the high-stakes underbelly of financial crime as a money mule. Withdraw illicit cash, outsmart aggressive robbers, and survive the dangerous streets shift after shift. How far will you go to secure your survival?
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
Call of Cthulhu®
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
The Land of Pain
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with SCP: Darkwater.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Frequently asked about SCP: Darkwater
- What games are most similar to SCP: Darkwater?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside SCP: Darkwater are Insomnia, No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut, Call of Cthulhu®.
- Who developed SCP: Darkwater?
- SCP: Darkwater was developed by Neuroticfly Games, Over Ten and published by Neuroticfly Games.
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 SCP: Darkwater.
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