Games like Darkwater
If Darkwater is your kind of game, the closest matches are Barotrauma, Magnavis and Sunken Veins — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, dark and tense. 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 Darkwater: Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.
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Barotrauma
WHY THIS
Top pick for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Darkwater.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Magnavis
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Set in the depths of the Red Seas, Magnavis is a 1-4 player co-op submarine horror survival game. Manually operate grotesque ship systems powered by living organs, weld catastrophic leaks, and survive with your crew in an abyss where unknown terrors lurk in the absolute dark.
Sunken Veins
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Darkwater.
Sunken Veins is a resource management horror game set in a deep sea mining facility. You collect resources deposited by an underwater drill, avoid adaptive monsters and drain away overwhelming floods of water caused from mining operations.
UBOAT: The Silent Wolf VR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darkwater.
Ranked #4 for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
UBOAT: The Silent Wolf is an amazing combination of a role-playing game and a simulator, offering a deep and immersive experience, allowing you to feel like a real submarine captain during World War II.
IronWolf VR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darkwater.
Ranked #5 for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
IronWolf VR is a roomscale submarine game playable either singleplayer or online co-op with motion controls. Built from the ground up for VR, each part of the submarine has been crafted for an optimal VR experience.
Hadal
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkwater.
Guide a Nereid Freight submarine crew through Europa’s hostile under-ice oceans. Deliver essential cargo, salvage wrecks, repair failing stations, hunt dangerous lifeforms, and survive in the crushing darkness where every dive carries risk — and nothing stays quiet for long.
Neverseas
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Neverseas is a tactical action-RPG set in an open sea world. Command your ship, engage in battles, explore the lands beyond the ocean gates, and shape a global conflict between empires. Will you uncover the secrets of the seas—or vanish with your crew in this ruthless war?
Murky Divers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darkwater.
Ranked #8 for Darkwater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Darkwater
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FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Darkwater.
Reviewers of Darkwater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkwater.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Subnautica
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darkwater.
Reviewers of Darkwater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkwater.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
We Need To Go Deeper
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Darkwater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
Barotrauma
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Darkwater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Darkwater.
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darkwater.
Reviewers of Darkwater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Darkwater at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Darkwater.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Action with Darkwater.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkwater.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Darkwater.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Darkwater.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Darkwater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 Action and Indie with Darkwater.
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 Darkwater.
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 and Adventure with Darkwater.
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 Indie with 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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Darkwater.
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 Darkwater.
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 Indie with Darkwater.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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More from Targon Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Targon Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Fire & Maneuver
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Darkwater.
Another title from Targon Studios, the studio behind Darkwater. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkwater.
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
The Haunting of Billy Classic
WHY THIS
Another title from Targon Studios, the studio behind Darkwater. Shares Action and Indie with Darkwater.
It’s Halloween night and your girlfriend is missing! Play as Billy, fighting through the randomly generated halls of an old, haunted mansion. Fight zombies, ghosts, goblins, and more with over 120 unique weapons and more than 610,000 costume combinations!
The Haunting of Billy
WHY THIS
Another title from Targon Studios, the studio behind Darkwater. Shares Indie with Darkwater.
It’s Halloween night and your girlfriend is missing! Play as Billy, fighting through the procedurally generated halls of an old, haunted mansion. Fight zombies, ghosts, goblins, and more with over 1 million costume combinations and more than 60 unique weapons to use!
Ms. Squeaker's Home for the Sick
WHY THIS
Another title from Targon Studios, the studio behind Darkwater. Shares Indie and Casual with Darkwater.
Civil war has arrived in Uthania. The Ms. Squeaker's Home for the Sick children's hospital has been converted overnight by the S.R.M government to accommodate the flood of wounded and dying civilians. You will do your best to process the patients of war or risk termination from this position.
Frequently asked about Darkwater
- Does Darkwater run on Steam Deck?
- Darkwater is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Darkwater cost?
- Darkwater is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Darkwater have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Darkwater supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Darkwater?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Darkwater are Barotrauma, Magnavis, Sunken Veins.
- Who developed Darkwater?
- Darkwater was developed by Targon Studios and published by Playstack.
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 Darkwater.
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