Vessels
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help…
95% of 117 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Games like Sub-Verge
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Vessels
Quarantined inside an airlock. No memories. No way out. The remaining crew thinks there’s something wrong with you, but the Voice says it’ll help you escape. Navigate volatile conversations & unravel mysteries in this narrative adventure about trust, self-destruction, & shifting identities.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
95% of 117 Steam reviews are positive$0.99Static Dread: The Submarine
A first-person Lovecraftian horror aboard a nuclear submarine lost in the North Atlantic. As the captain's right hand you assign tasks, read sonar, and choose between mission and crew while madness spreads. Short, tense, and story-driven, worth playing for the pressure of command.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
82% of 366 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99Subsurface Circular
A robot detective, a subway car full of strangers, and a mystery about missing workers. Subsurface Circular is a short, sharp text adventure where words are your evidence: collect phrases, spend them in conversation, and decide a city's future before the end of the line.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Mysterious
94% of 1,497 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Under The Waves
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
76% of 1,770 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$29.99Debris
An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure set in a surreal seascape locked between ice and rock. Following an incident, you and a friend must find power, defeat strange and deadly creatures, and decipher what mysterious forces are attempting to prevent your escape. Escape together or die alone.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
60% of 97 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations. Draw your own conclusions. Mind Diver is a murder mystery, where the victim is love.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99Minds Beneath Us
A sci-fi story set in near-future Taipei, where humans sign their brains over as computing power for AI. You wake in a borrowed body, share it with its original owner's subconscious, and talk your way through a society quietly eating its poorest. Choices branch everywhere, hidden clues unlock new dialogue, and the ending you get is the one you earned.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Mysterious
96% of 5,918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Black rain is falling and the Flood is coming. Lead the last survivors, send divers into a cursed abyss, and manage oxygen, sanity and hope while an angry sea god watches. A dark underwater mix of survival, camp management and dread, where every descent is a gamble and sacrifice is part of the plan.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
91% of 1,373 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$17.99Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea. Ill-fate has fallen on your former crew and friends and it’s up to you to find answers onboard the wreckage. Experience the melancholic underwater journey of human stories facing life and loss.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
86% of 324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99Mythic Ocean
Teach the gods to create a better universe - or mess it all up in Mythic Ocean, a narrative exploration game where your choices shape the fate of the cosmos.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Mysterious
97% of 111 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Quarantine Circular
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching. From the award-winning team behind Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular is the next mutation in text-based adventure.
Also in Visual novel · Story-driven, Hand-drawn, Mysterious
88% of 433 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Submerge
A deep-sea exploration company sends you and your friends to investigate a research facility that has mysteriously gone silent. Face terrifying events together, survive as a team, and uncover the truth hidden within the depths.
Story-driven, Mysterious, Dark
63% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Cheaper than Sub-Verge
Subsurface Circular
Play a robot detective riding an underground train, questioning passengers to solve a string of disappearances.
94% of 1,497 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Quarantine Circular
In the middle of a world-ending pandemic, a group of scientists discover the galaxy has been watching.
88% of 433 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
PROXIMATE
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor.
92% of 983 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Stars Die
A giant cathedral of flesh has appeared in the middle of the ocean on a dying world.
88% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Why Am I Dead At Sea
Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder.
94% of 394 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Trench
As captain of the Pandora sub, you must explore the Trench and retrieve data from the Neptune wreckage.
85% of 161 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Mr. Rainer's Solve-It Service
When the last thread becomes entangled, their song will be heard.
98% of 323 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Deep Under
DEEP UNDER is a grim visual novel about how an ordinary camping trip with friends can turn into a real nightmare.
94% of 52 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
Trapped with eight strangers, you solve escape rooms and make brutal decisions across branching endings to a dark, twisting story.
81% of 4,709 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$3.99
ESC
An interactive novel about identity, roleplay, and dreams.
99% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Sirena Expedition
The Sirena Expedition is a short PSX-style horror-platformer in which you explore a mysterious underwater facility.
81% of 137 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Hidden gems like Sub-Verge
Burden Street Station
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
97% of 379 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Send divers down into a cursed abyss and keep the last survivors breathing, sane and hopeful as the Flood rises.
91% of 1,373 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$17.99
MOLE
Drive a giant drilling rig into the dark, keep its failing systems alive, and follow a call that will not stop.
97% of 4,064 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$12.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
PROXIMATE
Congratulations, contractor! You've been approved to trial our cutting-edge AI visor.
92% of 983 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Static Dread: The Submarine
A first-person Lovecraftian horror aboard a nuclear submarine lost in the North Atlantic.
82% of 366 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99
Blood Orange: Definitive Edition
Underwater psychological horror with a shocking, character-driven narrative.
94% of 280 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Saltsea Chronicles
It begins with a kidnapped captain and a stolen ship. Where it leads next?
97% of 100 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Minds Beneath Us
Talk your way through near-future Taipei, sharing a body with its old owner's subconscious while every choice quietly reshapes where the story ends…
96% of 5,918 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$19.99
i feel very lonely and i don't remember myself
A short sci-fi visual novel about four scientists trapped in an underground lab.
94% of 148 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Thalassa: Edge of the Abyss
Uncover the mystery of Thalassa, a first-person psychological drama set under the sea.
86% of 324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
STASIS: BONE TOTEM
Their latest find, an abandoned rig in the Pacific, hides a secret the Cayne Corporation would kill to keep buried.
93% of 2,038 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$19.99
Newest games like Sub-Verge
Depth Diver
Dive into an unforgiving underwater nightmare alone or with friends! Complete deadly missions for the Union in the terrifying depths of Gornak.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Rivage
Solve the station's mechanisms one by one and piece together what happened to the crew.
74% of 552 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 32$24.99
Static Dread: The Submarine
A first-person Lovecraftian horror aboard a nuclear submarine lost in the North Atlantic.
82% of 366 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99
DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
Send divers down into a cursed abyss and keep the last survivors breathing, sane and hopeful as the Flood rises.
91% of 1,373 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$17.99
Foghorns Drown
You're a ferryman in Birchwood, a remote village isolated beyond a lake veiled in thick fog.
77% of 184 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
MOLE
Drive a giant drilling rig into the dark, keep its failing systems alive, and follow a call that will not stop.
97% of 4,064 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$12.99
Burden Street Station
A surreal, narrative adventure game where you shapeshift during conversations to uncover how God went missing.
97% of 379 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Neve
Neve is a non-linear interactive fiction in which your decisions can completely change the course of story.
98% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Subliminal
Carry a light through places built from memory, bend it to change the space, and keep away from what waits in the dark.
74% of 3,679 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$9.99
Outsider
Shape humanity's future in a sci-fi narrative game where choices matter.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Mind Diver
Investigate a broken mind to unravel a twisted case. Deduce the truth. Restore lost memories. Listen to private conversations.
95% of 324 Steam reviews are positive$17.99
Centum
Every why has a wherefore. You are trapped, and you must escape. But is that really the goal?
78% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.74