Games like Maneater
If Maneater is your kind of game, the closest matches are Overlord™, Evil Wizard and Munch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark humor, tactical combat matters and vibrant underwater worlds. 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 →Maneater is a 2021 action-adventure RPG developed by Tripwire Interactive where players control a bull shark navigating open-world coastal waters. The game features boss-fights, an evolution system, open-world exploration, and time trials. Players describe the experience as brutal and challenging, and reviewers highlight dark humor and tactical combat that rewards thoughtful play within vibrant underwater environments. The game holds an 89% positive rating from over 8,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck. Priced at $39.99, it offers a medium-length solo adventure with a normal difficulty curve.
About Maneater: 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!
Players who liked Maneater also play
Steam players who put hours into Maneater 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.
Overlord™
WHY THIS
Top pick for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Maneater.
Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?
Evil Wizard
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Maneater.
Second-strongest match for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
Evil Wizard is a humor-filled action RPG that puts you in the shoes of a former Final Boss. Rise from defeat, rediscover long lost powers, and fight to reclaim your castle from an army of so-called heroes.
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Maneater.
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil is an Action RPG filled with the series’ black humour and penned by award-winning scriptwriter Rhianna Pratchett. Players embark on an epic new quest in single-player or with up to three friends in co-op, assisted by the mighty, maniacal and occasionally moronic minions.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights and a challenging mood with Maneater.
Ranked #5 for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Maneater.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Maneater.
Ranked #6 for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Maneater.
POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Maneater fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Maneater.
Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Maneater
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CARRION
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
Unleashed
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Maneater.
Plunge into the brutal Mystria, a corrupt world founded on sorcery and lies. Explore a dense open-world sandbox RPG with a rich history and narrative and a rewarding combat system brought to you by a multi-award-winning team.
BEAVER RAMPAGE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
BEAVER RAMPAGE is a crazy game about a killer beaver! Bite humans, cut trees, build bridges, destroy stuff, shoot guns, dodge traps, and wear funny hats. Low poly style, low system requirements, save system, and frequent updates with new levels!
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Maneater.
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Maneater.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
Vampyr
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Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Maneater.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Skul: The Hero Slayer
WHY THIS
Shares a brutal mood with Maneater.
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
SPORE™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Maneater.
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
Destroy All Humans!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Maneater cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Maneater.
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Maneater at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Maneater.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Maneater.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~75% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~75% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Action with Maneater.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Maneater on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Maneater.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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 Maneater.
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 Maneater.
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 and Indie with Maneater.
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 Indie and Adventure with Maneater.
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 Maneater.
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 Maneater.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Maneater.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Tripwire Interactive
Other recommendable Steam games by Tripwire Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Killing Floor 2
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights with Maneater.
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
WHY THIS
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
Red Orchestra Series' take on Vietnam: 64-player MP matches; 20+ maps; US Army & Marines, PAVN/NVA, NLF/VC; Australians and ARVN forces; 50+ weapons; 4 flyable helicopters; mines, traps and tunnels; Brutal. Authentic. Gritty. Character customization. And napalm in the morning.
Killing Floor
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Maneater.
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
WHY THIS
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
Contains full Rising Storm content as well!
Killing Floor 3
WHY THIS
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
WHY THIS
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra places you in the most realistic WWII first-person multi-player combat to date on the PC, allowing the player to fight through...
Killing Floor: Incursion
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights with Maneater.
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
Killing Floor: Incursion is a fully-realized, multi-hour, story-driven adventure with an additional endless mode. In solo or co-op mode, travel diverse environments, from creepy farmhouses to the catacombs of Paris, in order to uncover who... or what is behind the Zed menace.
Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind Maneater. Shares Action with Maneater.
Also contains all multi-player content from Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad
Frequently asked about Maneater
- Is Maneater verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Maneater is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Maneater cost?
- Maneater is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Maneater?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Maneater are Overlord™, Evil Wizard, Munch.
- Who developed Maneater?
- Maneater was developed by Tripwire Interactive.
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