Still Wakes the Deep similar games & best alternatives

Still Wakes the Deep

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2024

Should you play it?

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

What works

  • Strong narrative and voice acting
  • Immersive atmosphere and setting
  • Unique oil rig environment
  • Effective horror and suspense
  • Well-optimized ue5 graphics

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Linear and on-rails gameplay
  • Limited gameplay variety
  • Some minor bugs and performance issues
  • Price perceived as high for content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Moons of Madness

  • Crimson Snow (2023)

  • Close To The Sun

  • Morphine

  • The Scourge | Tai Ương

  • BrokenLore: LOW

Less intimate

Games that feels like Still Wakes the Deep but with less focus on close relationships

  • File Destined

  • The Beast Inside

  • Outlast 2

  • SUFFOCATE

  • The Story of Henry Bishop

  • 03.04

More autonomous

Games that feels like Still Wakes the Deep but with more freedom over how you play

  • Outlast

  • Project Nightmares Case 36: Henrietta Kedward

  • DARQ: Complete Edition

  • In Sound Mind

  • >observer_

  • SOMA

More exploratory

Games that feels like Still Wakes the Deep but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Layers of Fear

  • Observer: System Redux

  • Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人

  • Infliction

  • Evil Nun: The Broken Mask

  • GET EVEN

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Still Wakes the Deep: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Competence, Experimenting, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Violence, Thrill.

Last update: 03/08/2026