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Ocean horror games on GOG

Horror games set at sea or under it: drifting ships, oil rigs over the North Sea, research stations on the sea floor and submarines sent into depths nobody has mapped. The water is the threat as much as anything in it. You cannot see far, help is miles away, and whatever rises from below has been waiting there a long time.

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

The 13 best on GOG

PsychologicalDagon: by H. P. LovecraftA sailor adrift in a lifeboat finds the ocean floor heaved up into a black plain of mud and rotting fish. 95% on Steam (12,410 reviews)about 30 minFreePC, VR, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
PsychologicalSOMASet in PATHOS-II, an underwater facility below the waves of the Atlantic ocean, with walks along the dark sea floor between its buildings. 96% on Steam (53,340 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
EscapeSTASIS: BONE TOTEMMac and Charlie scour the Pacific for salvage and go down to a lab and caves on the sea floor. 93% on Steam (2,689 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
PsychologicalIron LungThe dive goes down into an ocean of blood found on a barren moon, the Blood Ocean of the store page. 92% on Steam (11,357 reviews)about 1 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Switch, Android
CosmicDread X Collection 2In The Diving Bell you survive madness, faulty machinery and the crushing depths of the ocean 94% on Steam (696 reviews)about 8.5 hPaidPC
SurvivalMonstrumWaves and creaking metal surround the ship out at sea. 91% on Steam (3,793 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, VR
PsychologicalStatic Dread: The LighthouseMariners report creatures from the sea and ships drift back with their crews gone. 90% on Steam (1,557 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox
2D horrorSunless SeaSet on the Unterzee, a vast dark ocean in a cavern beneath the earth that you cross by lamp light 83% on Steam (9,582 reviews)22 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone
PsychologicalStatic Dread: The SubmarineAncient forces have woken beneath the ocean, and huge shapes move in the dark water outside the hull. 82% on Steam (386 reviews)about 3.5 hPaidPC
SurvivalCold FearHuge waves break over the deck, and a big roll of the ship can throw you overboard unless you grab a ledge. 84% on GOG (237 ratings)about 6 hPaidPC
PsychologicalLayers of Fear 2The store sets it on a haunted ocean liner at sea; its decks look out over dark, choppy water under an orange sky. 83% on the PlayStation Store (1,162 ratings)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Puzzle horrorClose To The SunThe Helios sits deep in international waters under dark clouds, waves crashing against its hull 74% on Steam (1,359 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
2D horrorCall of Cthulhu: Shadow of the CometIllsmouth is a fishing port on the sea, its stone cross stands on a rocky shore, and the cult calls on Dagon from the abyss. 74% on GOG (196 ratings)13 h or morePaidPC, Linux

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