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Boat and ship horror games on GOG

Horror games set on the water: abandoned cargo ships, cruise liners searched deck by deck, small fishing boats steered through fog at night. A ship is a closed space with narrow corridors and nowhere to run, and a small boat leaves you alone on dark water with whatever lies beneath.

The top 13 of 13 boat and ship horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 13 best on GOG

  1. Dagon key art: an engraved medallion of an island under the moon, ringed by tentacles, sea creatures and a great eye, on a starry black field PsychologicalDagon: by H. P. LovecraftThe narrator escapes a captured ship in a small lifeboat and drifts for days before he runs aground. 95% on Steam (12,410 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  2. Monstrum key art: a hulking monster with a glowing orange face fills a dark ship corridor SurvivalMonstrumSet aboard the Hisa Maru, an abandoned, rusting cargo ship. 91% on Steam (3,793 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
  3. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice key art: Senua in silhouette stands among wildflowers before a great tree lit by golden sunlight and falling leaves PsychologicalHellblade: Senua's SacrificeThe game opens with Senua paddling a small boat up a misty river past sharpened stakes. 90% on Steam (76,810 reviews)about 7.5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  4. The Sinking City 2 key art: a man in a fedora with a shotgun on his back stands waist-deep in floodwater under an Arkham cemetery arch, wrapped by rising tentacles SurvivalThe Sinking City 2You cross the flooded streets by skiff as well as on foot, steering a small motorboat past ruined shops 90% on the PlayStation Store (2,506 ratings)10 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  5. Sunless Sea key art: a lone lit buoy with a bell leans out of a flat dark sea under a green-black sky 2D horrorSunless SeaYou captain a Victorian steamship, upgrading its engines, cannons and torpedo guns or buying a bigger one 83% on Steam (9,582 reviews)22 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
  6. DREDGE key art: a small fishing boat with two glowing lamps on a rough green sea beside a red and white lighthouse under a brown stormy sky, with tentacles and a spiny fish under the water PsychologicalDREDGEYou captain a small fishing trawler and upgrade its engine, lights, rods and nets. 96% on Steamabout 9.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  7. Martha Is Dead key art: the upside-down face of a young woman with a pearl necklace, as if seen through dark water PsychologicalMartha Is DeadYou can explore the countryside on foot, by bicycle or by rowing boat. 79% on Steam (3,986 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  8. Cold Fear key art: a blond Coast Guard sailor in a red jacket aims a laser-sighted pistol on a storm-lashed ship deck at night, under the title SurvivalCold FearThe first part of the game is spent aboard an abandoned Russian whaling ship that you search deck by deck. 84% on GOG (237 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC
  9. REANIMAL key art: two children row a small lit boat across dark floodwater past wrecked ships and telephone poles, under a giant sheep-headed creature looming out of the stormy sky PsychologicalREANIMALYou row a small boat between locations, and it lets you reach places off the main path. 75% on Steam (26,213 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  10. The Sinking City Remastered key art: a detective with a gun wades a flooded street as a vast tentacled shape looms in the mist Multiple endingsThe Sinking City RemasteredOakmont's streets are flooded, and you use a boat to travel them and reach drier areas. 75% on Steam (5,805 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  11. Layers of Fear 2 key art: an ocean liner carried on a heap of jointed wooden mannequins and rats before dark red stage curtains PsychologicalLayers of Fear 2You play an actor summoned aboard an ocean liner, exploring its cabins, decks, corridors and engine room as they change around you. 83% on the PlayStation Store (1,162 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  12. Layers of Fear key art: a torn blood-red canvas, with an eye and part of a painted face showing through the rip and an empty picture frame behind PsychologicalLayers of FearLayers of Fear 2 takes place on an ocean liner that turns into film sets and nightmares around an actor. 79% on Steamabout 8.5 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  13. Close To The Sun key art: a small steam tug on a stormy sea beneath the vast gilded art deco hull of the Helios Puzzle horrorClose To The SunAlmost all of it takes place aboard the Helios, Tesla's colossal research ship standing still in international waters 74% on Steam (1,359 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch

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