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Stranded Deep

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.

What works

  • Unique crafting system with physical placement
  • Immersive ocean and island exploration
  • Realistic survival mechanics
  • Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
  • Developer support with updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited and buggy multiplayer
  • Repetitive island environments
  • Some frustrating bugs (disappearing raft, clipping)
  • Lack of endgame content and story depth
  • Inventory and crafting ui issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Len's Island

  • Human Host

  • Under A New Sun

  • Salt

  • The Last Plague: Blight

  • Force of Nature

Less social

Games that feels like Stranded Deep but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Survival: Fountain of Youth

  • Radiation Island

  • Die Young

  • Urge

  • Subnautica

  • The Solus Project

More fantastical

Games that feels like Stranded Deep but with more imaginative fiction

  • Rum & Gun

  • Sons Of The Forest

  • Smalland: Survive the Wilds

  • Don't Starve

  • Voyagers of Nera

  • Everwind

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Stranded Deep but with more leadership over others

  • Viking Frontiers: Prologue

  • ASKA

  • Island Notes

  • The Forest

  • IfSunSets

  • Pathless Woods

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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).

Stranded Deep: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Leadership, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026