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2023PCPlayStationXbox78 % positive29.99 €

A narrative underwater adventure where you play grieving diver Stan in a retro-futuristic 1970s North Sea, taking on jobs while confronting loss and isolation. Its calm deep-sea atmosphere and psychological story take center stage.

Strong, story-driven narrative
Lavish presentation
Dark, serious atmosphere
Lots to discover

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The closest matches for Under the Waves are Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, The Invincible and Tacoma. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Under the Waves special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

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2015PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable69 % positive19.99 €

Strong, story-driven narrative
Lavish presentation
Lots to discover

A quiet exploration game set in an empty English village, where you piece together what happened to its residents through ghostly light figures, radio voices and environmental details. It relies on atmosphere, music and intimate human stories, with no combat at all.

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The Invincible

Lots to discover

An atmospheric sci-fi adventure based on Stanisław Lem, where you play scientist Yasna exploring an alien planet in a retro atompunk style while searching for a missing crew. It focuses on dialogue, mood and philosophical questions rather than combat.

Tacoma

Accessible and relaxed

Tacoma is a quiet narrative adventure on an abandoned space station, where you piece together the crew's fate through augmented-reality recordings. Its appeal lies in the small human details and the relationships between the characters.

What Remains of Edith Finch

Accessible and relaxed

A moving narrative game where you wander the sprawling Finch family home and relive each relative's final moments through short vignettes, each with its own inventive gameplay twist. Melancholic, creative, and unforgettable in just a couple of hours.

Master Reboot

Lots to discover

An atmospheric first-person exploration game set in a digital Soul Cloud, where you wander through the memories of the dead, solve puzzles and uncover an emotional, mildly eerie story about death and remembrance.

Deliver Us the Moon

Dark, serious atmosphere

A story-driven sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut exploring abandoned lunar bases, solving environmental puzzles and uncovering what happened to humanity's last hope. Atmospheric and linear, focused on mystery and narrative rather than combat.

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