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Games like Wandering Squid

If Wandering Squid is your kind of game, the closest matches are Spearfish, Loam and Undefined Survivors -アンディファインド サバイバーズ- — 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.

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About Wandering Squid: Dive beneath the depths and explore a vast underwater world, hunt for prey and evade predators to survive - or not.

ActionIndieAdventureWindows · macOS · Linuxby jfffh
Wandering Squid — Steam game cover

Players who liked Wandering Squid also play

Steam players who put hours into Wandering Squid 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.

  1. Spearfish

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wandering Squid.

    Spearfish is a short action-adventure game where you spear through and catch fish as a swordfish. Explore open environments and catch a range of creatures from real-life fish to sea beasts.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Loam

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    Loam is a cooperative game in an infinite world where players gather resources, craft equipment, build structures on the land or at sea, explore and fight dangerous creatures alone or with friends.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Undefined Survivors -アンディファインド サバイバーズ-

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    This open-world survival crafting game puts you, an amnesiac protagonist, on a journey to rediscover your true self. Explore islands and oceans, crafting weapons, watercraft, and shelters to survive. Face threats as you uncover the mysteries of your past and reclaim lost memories.

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Because It's There

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    An engineering/survival game where you summit the tallest mountain in a vast, uncharted world. For the journey, carefully construct flying wooden bases with realistic structural failures. Brave thunderstorms, freezing temperatures, bears and wolves. Answer the call of the untamed wilderness.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Under A New Sun

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Submarine VR

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wandering Squid.

    Submarine VR takes you on a adventure-filled underwater simulation experience! Dive deep and cruise through the endless uncharted nature of the ocean and you will see clownfish, dolphins, penguins and mysterious sea animals. Get close to the sea surface and sail in the open sea with your cruise ship

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Maneater

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wandering Squid.

    Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Lay of the Land

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Wandering Squid fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wandering Squid.

    Lay of the Land is a sandbox adventure game set in a fantasy world where everything is physically simulated. Use the environment to your advantage and Explore, Fight, Loot and Build your way through mysterious lands.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wandering Squid.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Wandering Squid.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wandering Squid.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wandering Squid.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wandering Squid.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wandering Squid.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wandering Squid

What games are most similar to Wandering Squid?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wandering Squid are Spearfish, Loam, Undefined Survivors -アンディファインド サバイバーズ-.
Who developed Wandering Squid?
Wandering Squid was developed by jfffh.

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 Wandering Squid.

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