Games like Odd Waters

Based on a true story. Navigate through ever-changing pools where the path can never be memorized. Solve puzzles with physics-based interactions and survive the entity on your trail. Experience the grim consequences of phone addiction. Can you solve the mystery of that fateful day? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to POOLSIDE VIGIL.

ÓÐR: The Sunken Flesh is a Survival Horror game set in a mysterious 'sunken labyrinth'. Wield flares, ration your oxygen, avoid ghosts, and collect keys as you slowly untangle this twisted web of flooded corridors as you attempt to escape with your life.Created in about 1 month for the 2023 itch.io Liminal Jam. The rural European village of Sunken Bank was the site of a terrible industrial ac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ODR: THE SUNKEN FLESH.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

89% User Score Based on 110 reviews

Islands sometimes appear out of the blue in the clouds. The mysterious Pocket Kingdom is one of them. Wander around its districts, solve puzzles and listen to the weird stories told by the locals. Unveiling the place's mysteries depends on it. So does getting out of it. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pocket Kingdom.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

93% User Score Based on 515 reviews

Critic Score 53%Based on 5 reviews

Submerged is a third-person combat-free game in which you explore a mysterious flooded city and discover the beauty of desolation in vast outdoor environments. You take on the role of Miku, a young girl who has brought her wounded brother to the city in their small fishing boat. Navigate the flooded city streets by boat, scale the drowned buildings, and use your telescope to scour the city for the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Submerged: Hidden Depths.

Scrow Island is a first-person horror adventure focused on exploration, puzzle-solving, and uncovering buried truths. You play as Jack, a lone traveler who arrives at the island years after his father vanished during a mysterious rescue mission. What begins as a personal journey soon turns into a terrifying fight for survival on an island bound by ancient elemental forces and long-forgotten traged… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SCROW Island.

Developer(s): A university team (2 developers and 5 user experience students) Role: Narrative, gameplay, and level designer (creative lead) Engine: Unity3D Programming Tools: MS Visual Studio (C#) Platform(s): PC (Windows) Development Time: 2 months Release: January 2022 (the year of my master’s degree at Kingston University) Genre(s): Role-playing adventure game Mode(s): Single-player Synopsis A… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age of Dust.

24%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

40% User Score Based on 10 reviews

The Last TapeA Hidden Truth For over 50 years, Lurmont has kept dark and disturbing events hidden from the public eye. But everything changes when, during an exploration, tapes are discovered revealing the atrocities committed by the company. Only You After months of investigating Lurmont’s clandestine activities, you decide to venture alone into an abandoned estate that once belonged to the co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Tape.

100%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

100% User Score Based on 232 reviews

Escape from Lavender Island is a 3rd person open world exploration game. Follow Zede Aksis as he wakes up from a dream about a city only to realize that what he saw in his sleep is a physical reality he cannot find a way out of. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Escape From Lavender Island.

59%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

100% User Score Based on 10 reviews

WARNING: this game may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised. Summary: Degradation: Kyomu's Fury - 劣化：キョムの怒り is a 3D bullet-hell/FPS game in which you explore a strange, seemingly abandoned island while discovering its hidden, vast virtual network. Fight viruses, survive insane waves of rays and bullets, and find out more about the inh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Degradation: Kyomu's Fury - 劣化：キョムの怒り.

Bad Sector 3 is a psychological horror game where every room may conceal corruptions you must detect to move forward. Make three mistakes, and you’ll be thrown back to the previous floor… forced to start all over again. Advance through an unstable structure that reshapes itself with every attempt: rooms shift, turning the path ahead into an unpredictable maze. The mechanical irises will grant you… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BAD SECTOR ³.

Fixing Time: A Hack & Makerspace Adventure This classic-style text adventure was created for the Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2025. Introduction Step into the shoes of a curious Hackspace member as you uncover a mysterious machine, tinker with intriguing technology and travel through time itself. Inspired by the golden age of interactive fiction and created as a tribute, this adventure d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fixing Time: A Hack & Makerspace Adventure (TALP).

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

100% User Score Based on 15 reviews

Box #341 is trying to return to its spot in the warehouse—by cleverly flipping itself and using liquids with unique abilities! Flip, Dip, and reach the Goal ! Master the art of strategy and creativity in this delightful puzzle adventure! The challenges revolve around harnessing the unique potential of the Box's sides—dip into various liquids to grant each face special properties. Align these e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Box #341.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding

88% User Score Based on 59 reviews

Oliver Cobblestone can see and communicate with a dead. Not the dead, just a one Englebert Picklebender who has been in an ethereal entanglement with Oliver for many years. Together they run The Phantom Fellows, a paranormal investigation service that provides the breathers that hire them peace from hauntings, while bringing closure and rest to the floaters who torment the living, and often, thems… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Phantom Fellows.

Stuart Collier & Trevor Storey have teamed up once again and have recruited the musical talents of Saul Cross to bring you ROCKY MEMPHIS - THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS.  Explore the ancient temple ruins on a quest to find the secret of the lost city of Atlantis!  Use all your cunning and skill to search the rooms in the temple for clues, useful objects and hidden switches.  Watch out for the deadly inha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rocky Memphis - The Legend Of Atlantis [C64].

ISSUE #51 Cover - Haven aka Caramellcast Hello and welcome to Indiepocalypse! Indiepocalypse is a curated monthly collection looking to highlight the very best of the alternative indie game scene.  Each month features games by 10 different developers, including a newly commissioned game exclusive to the bundle-zine. The games cover a wide variety of styles, genres, and themes as they figh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Indiepocalypse #51.

What will the depths of the sea be like? And more importantly, what is in them? Under the Water Depths is a first-person game in which you will dive into a trench in the middle of an unknown ocean. The depths of the sea hide sinister yet mystical secrets that invite to explore them. However, to do so, you must learn to navigate through its ecosystem, discovering its terrain's and its peculiaritie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Under the Water Depths.

SOMETHING IS HIDING ON THE ISLAND OF LEILBentley is on a mission to find his mother, Samantha, after she disappeared during an archaeological trip to the medieval settlement of Leil. Traveling to the island shrouded in shadow and mystery, Bentley blindly follows to bring her back – but the time-locked, blood-thirsty creatures of Leil await. Loosely based on Dante’s Inferno, you will venture thro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isle of Leil.

Explore beautiful world! The ball use to carefully calculated physics. Change the ball's material for explore beautiful world smoothly. Enjoy and I deeply wish that you feel better after playing my game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Ball Flow: Nature and Light.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization

96% User Score Based on 53 reviews

Some mysteries are buried in ancient stone. Others are still unfolding. What is Skybound? Skybound is a 3D  exploration platformer focused on fun, fluid movement mechanics, parkour and environmental puzzle solving. You play as Bell, a young archaeologist exploring mystical floating islands in search of ancient artifacts. Use Bell's specialized equipment - including a Grappling Anchor, agility bo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skybound.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 30 reviews

Strap on your backpack! Hike, jump, and climb through charming minigames to traverse a rugged landscape and help the old islanders with their deliveries. All while managing a backpack that's always a little too small! Experience a story of vanishing traditions in a futuristic world, a missing scientist, and an unfolding mystery in this charming little adventure with big pixels. Serenading a quiet… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fading Serenades.

39%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere

59% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Benjamin Leighton is a war veteran and a retired private detective. He lost his family a few years ago in a tragic and gruesome murder. Nowadays, Ben lives in the bottom of a bottle, dealing with insomnia and unending guilt. A new case arises, when he is requested to find a missing child, which is the perfect opportunity for Ben to get back into business and face his own past demons along the way.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Midnight Crimes.

97%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

97% User Score Based on 232 reviews

A 3D adventure/stealth game with a contemplative mood. Play as a young thief studying at the Guild. Confront or avoid pirates, guards & robots. Explore and climb every island in a cartoon open... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zefyr: A Thief's Melody.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

89% User Score Based on 798 reviews

Description. Dreamcore is a psychological horror game that immerses players in the eerie atmosphere of liminal spaces. Offering a one-of-a-kind experience, the game enables players to freely explore expansive, non-linear worlds for extended gameplay sessions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dreamcore.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

92% User Score Based on 456 reviews

Monomyth is the ultimate first-person dungeon crawler, bringing back the classic virtues of the genre. Inspired by Arx Fatalis, Ultima Underworld and the King's Field series, this gripping RPG leads the player into the mighty fortress of Lysandria to recover a sacred artifact guarded by fierce enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monomyth.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

100% User Score Based on 20 reviews

Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elephantasy: Flipside.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

88% User Score Based on 353 reviews

Critic Score 76%Based on 40 reviews

Buy Tchia on PlayStation Store. Take control of any animal or object and explore a vast and beautiful archipelago in this physics-driven adventure game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tchia.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

85% User Score Based on 635 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 1 reviews

Soar with the wind on your broomstick, deliver packages to your friends, and explore a vibrant sandbox world in a coming of age adventure about an aspiring witch! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mika and the Witch's Mountain.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

55% User Score Based on 31 reviews

A once-in-a-lifetime high-paced high-variety survival crafting adventure through magical portals and into fantasy worlds.The sequel to Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival Features FANTASY WORLDS: enter into exciting new worlds with seamless portals! GATHERING & CRAFTING: gather resources and craft your own tools and weapons! BASE BUILDING & POWER: build crafting stations and power… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grand Emprise 2: Portals Apart.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

90% User Score Based on 500 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 22 reviews

Enter the Highlands. Lose yourself. Find harmony. Reach the sea. A narrative adventure with rhythm and survival elements, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault and 80 Days. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Highland Song.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

78% User Score Based on 1,568 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Miasmata is a first-person survival/adventure game, developed from the ground-up by brothers Joe and Bob Johnson. You play as Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist on a journey to discover a cure. Your adventure begins on the shores of a remote and mysterious island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miasmata.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization

87% User Score Based on 524 reviews

Critic Score 52%Based on 4 reviews

Fract Osc is a musical exploration game. You arrive in a forgotten place and explore the vast and unfamiliar landscape to discover the secrets of a world built on sound. You rebuild its machinery by solving puzzles and bring the world back to life by shaping sound and creating music in the game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FRACT OSC.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

98% User Score Based on 4,780 reviews

Find your way out of Babbdi. A short, first person exploration experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BABBDI.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

54% User Score Based on 96 reviews

Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Make Sail.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

93% User Score Based on 178 reviews

What is this cat doing here? And where are his friends? Explore strange and beautiful islands to find all the little kittens hidden there. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hidden Paws Mystery.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

76% User Score Based on 1,731 reviews

Salt is an ocean based adventure and exploration game set in a infinite procedurally generated world. Experience pure freedom to play the way you want as you sail across a vast ocean and explore huge islands in your search for adventure. During your travels you will fight pirates, bosses and other creatures, complete quests, customize your ships, hunt wildlife, sail huge waves, loot and craft item… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Salt.

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

81% User Score Based on 21 reviews

A charming and casual single-player 3rd-person game of exploration and discovery; mysteries abound on Foxen Island! As the titular Foxen you prance and leap your way across the enchanting and atmospheric environment of the Island, while solving the puzzles left behind. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Foxen Island.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

52% User Score Based on 69 reviews

The fall of Atlantis has left a small island unsunken and a mysterious institute has taken hold. You have shipwrecked and found yourself lost between esoteric and mystical puzzles. Find your way home or enter the sunken lighthouse into the depths of Atlantis. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kredolis.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

65% User Score Based on 270 reviews

The Nadi Project it is a first person graphic adventure, in which you will face various obstacles to escape from your destiny. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The NADI Project.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability

96% User Score Based on 298 reviews

A point & click adventure in the Lands of Dream. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Lands of Dream.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

82% User Score Based on 492 reviews

Travel to the mystic lands of Mononino and help the Treefruities to recover the lost leaves of their home tree. Search for clues to master the many puzzles and challenges on your journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Leaves: The Journey.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

89% User Score Based on 126 reviews

Critic Score 65%Based on 4 reviews

The creators of Shadowgate present Argonus and the Gods of Stone, an epic first-person adventure set in ancient Greece. Stranded on an uncharted isle, you must use your wits to unlock legendary mysteries, barter with gods and overcome an evil that threatens to bring the world to ruin... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Argonus and the Gods of Stone.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay

78% User Score Based on 32 reviews

Dear Future is a multiplayer wandering game where you photograph a cryptic city using an inherited camera. Working collectively with every other player in the world, you must document the ruined land of your predecessors and lift an ancient curse. Tread across a procedurally-generated world of pseudoclassical architecture and take photographs in it, saving a single one to pass down to future play… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dear Future.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability

86% User Score Based on 1,221 reviews

Myo Hyori, a gifted Korean teenage girl who must face the perils of the future. Survive many hazards, explore a seemingly endless metropolis and beyond as the world around you implodes and history marches towards its inevitable conclusion. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to G String.

37%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization

37% User Score Based on 52 reviews

The Shore VR is a first-person story-driven game with an atmospheric environment and narrations. You will play the role of a man who ends up on a mysterious island. Strong elements of Lovecraftian horror, struggle to survive in an unknown world.Presented with a Lovecraftian style, As players dive deeper and deeper into the mystery, they’ll face overwhelming odds. It’s only by mastering the artifac… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Shore VR.

51%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

51% User Score Based on 61 reviews

It's a relaxed, laid-back episodic 3D point-and-click adventure game set on an island group in the middle of the pacific! Yay! Hooray! :3 If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Catmouth Island.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

89% User Score Based on 2,312 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 4 reviews

In a future where humanity's ceaseless consumption has expanded out to encompass the stars, and Earth's last biological life clings to a poisoned planet, In Other Waters tells the story of Ellery Vas, a biologist who stumbles upon extraterrestrial life. When a routine exoplanet study goes wrong, and her partner Minae Nomura disappears into an alien ocean, Ellery is left with little more than an a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to In Other Waters.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

94% User Score Based on 610 reviews

Wrongworld is a silly yet unforgiving survival game set on a low poly world filled with freakish inhabitants. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wrongworld.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

63% User Score Based on 889 reviews

Critic Score 54%Based on 14 reviews

Beyond Eyes is a modern fairy tale about finding courage and friendship. Step by step, uncover an incredible world, carefully guiding Rae, a young blind girl, on a life changing journey. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Eyes.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story

93% User Score Based on 15 reviews

The Eye of Borrack will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination lead, text-based tale.You'll control your actions and that of other characters, not with single keypresses or controllers, but through typed English sentences, In The Eye of Borrack, you'll solve puzz… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Eye of Borrack.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

91% User Score Based on 252 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

Tick Tock Isle plays like a puzzle platform game that relies heavily on story, character interaction, creative thinking, and poking.‬ In the year 20XX a confident, young horologist by the name of Strike is inadvertently transported into the past while attempting to repair a mysterious, abandoned clock tower. Endeavoring to return to the future, Strike must fix both the time machine and the island'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tick Tock Isle.