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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.

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The closest matches for Under the Waves are Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Arctic Awakening and Master Reboot. 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
  • Accessible and relaxed

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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Arctic Awakening

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person narrative adventure in which you survive a plane crash in the Arctic and search for your co-pilot alongside a court-mandated therapy bot, uncovering secrets hidden beneath the ice.

Master Reboot

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

The Gap

Strong, story-driven narrative

A first-person sci-fi narrative thriller where you play a neuroscientist who uses déjà vu to slip between parallel realities in an effort to recover his lost memories.

The Invincible

Accessible and relaxed

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.

Cradle

Strong, story-driven narrative

An atmospheric first-person sci-fi adventure in which you repair a mechanical companion in a desert and uncover the secret of an abandoned amusement park together.

Paradise Lost

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure in which you wander a vast underground bunker in an alternate post-war world, confronting grief, loss and retrofuturistic technology. The pace is slow and gameplay takes a back seat to the story.

The Old City: Leviathan

Accessible and relaxed

You wander as a reclusive sewer dweller through the decaying ruins of a long-gone civilization. The story unfolds almost entirely through the environment and your character's musings, with no combat at all.

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.

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