# Games like SUNLESS SEA

> The closest matches to SUNLESS SEA: Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition, Darkwood, The Sinking City Remastered, Static Dread: The Lighthouse, and A House of Many Doors. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition](https://imho.run/games/596970/sunless-skies-sovereign-edition) — Shares resource management with SUNLESS SEA. 2,282 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/596970/)
2. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — Also Lovecraftian, like SUNLESS SEA. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
3. [The Sinking City Remastered](https://imho.run/games/750130/the-sinking-city-remastered) — Shares sanity system and fetch quests with SUNLESS SEA. 1,970 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/750130/)
4. [Static Dread: The Lighthouse](https://imho.run/games/3298940/static-dread-the-lighthouse) — Shares sanity system and resource management with SUNLESS SEA. 356 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3298940/)
5. [A House of Many Doors](https://imho.run/games/437250/a-house-of-many-doors) — Also Steampunk and Lovecraftian, like SUNLESS SEA. 345 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/437250/)
6. [Cultist Simulator](https://imho.run/games/718670/cultist-simulator) — A frequent pick in SUNLESS SEA players' libraries, and another RPG. 5,197 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/718670/)
7. [NEO Scavenger](https://imho.run/games/248860/neo-scavenger) — Shares text based combat with SUNLESS SEA. 3,651 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/248860/)
8. [Stygian: Outer Gods](https://imho.run/games/2581410/stygian-outer-gods) — Shares sanity system and resource management with SUNLESS SEA. 268 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2581410/)
9. [Call of Cthulhu®](https://imho.run/games/399810/call-of-cthulhu) — Shares sanity system with SUNLESS SEA. 4,768 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/399810/)
10. [Penumbra Overture](https://imho.run/games/22180/penumbra-overture) — A frequent pick in SUNLESS SEA players' libraries, and another Action. 1,939 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22180/)
11. [Abandon Ship](https://imho.run/games/551860/abandon-ship) — Also Lovecraftian, like SUNLESS SEA. 673 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/551860/)
12. [Don't Starve](https://imho.run/games/219740/don-t-starve) — Also Rogue-like, like SUNLESS SEA. 32,871 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/219740/)
13. [Darkest Dungeon®](https://imho.run/games/262060/darkest-dungeon) — Also Lovecraftian and Rogue-like, like SUNLESS SEA. 55,844 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/)
14. [WORLD OF HORROR](https://imho.run/games/913740/world-of-horror) — Also Lovecraftian and Rogue-like, like SUNLESS SEA. 6,020 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/913740/)
15. [Caves of Qud](https://imho.run/games/333640/caves-of-qud) — Also Rogue-like, like SUNLESS SEA. 10,368 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/)
16. [Overfall](https://imho.run/games/402310/overfall) — Shares resource management with SUNLESS SEA. 219 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/402310/)
17. [Sir, You Are Being Hunted](https://imho.run/games/242880/sir-you-are-being-hunted) — Also Steampunk, like SUNLESS SEA. 2,237 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242880/)
18. [Door in the Woods](https://imho.run/games/1189230/door-in-the-woods) — Shares sanity system and resource management with SUNLESS SEA. 206 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1189230/)
19. [Diluvion: Resubmerged](https://imho.run/games/446790/diluvion-resubmerged) — Also Steampunk, like SUNLESS SEA. 512 Steam reviews, 64% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/446790/)
20. [Menace from the Deep](https://imho.run/games/2644610/menace-from-the-deep) — A frequent pick in SUNLESS SEA players' libraries, and another Strategy. 774 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2644610/)
21. [Bleak Faith: Forsaken](https://imho.run/games/1173220/bleak-faith-forsaken) — Same atmospheric mood as SUNLESS SEA. 1,866 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1173220/)
22. [Stirring Abyss](https://imho.run/games/1178210/stirring-abyss) — Shares sanity system with SUNLESS SEA. 190 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178210/)
23. [Amnesia: Rebirth](https://imho.run/games/999220/amnesia-rebirth) — A frequent pick in SUNLESS SEA players' libraries, and another Indie. 4,300 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/999220/)
24. [Curious Expedition 2](https://imho.run/games/1040230/curious-expedition-2) — Shares resource management with SUNLESS SEA. 579 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=304650&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=304650&n=20&coop=true
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=304650
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/304650
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About SUNLESS SEA

Sunless Sea is a 2015 Indie Adventure RPG set in the Victorian Gothic world of Fallen London. Players captain a steamship across a dark underground ocean, discovering procedurally generated islands through exploration, fetch-quests, and careful journal-keeping. The experience is shaped by resource management and a sanity system, with each playthrough presenting new hidden secrets and unpredictable narrative developments. Reviewers highlight the atmospheric and immersive quality of the world, and players note that stories unfold in surprising ways while tension builds from managing limited resources. The game carries a massive length, hard difficulty, and is designed for solo play in extended sitting sessions. It is available on Steam Deck as playable and currently priced at $18.99 USD, holding an 84% positive review score from 5,627 Steam reviews.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 304650
- **Developer:** Failbetter Games
- **Publisher:** Failbetter Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, RPG
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Feb 6, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 81
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/304650/sunless-sea)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=304650&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/304650/)
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