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Sinking Simulator

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2019

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Quick resume

The sequel to the unfinished Sinking Simulator, now with a lot more POWER!!!! Witness your witty love of chaos and destruction sinking 2D ships and everything else on board!

Global score

85/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Simulator

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    Pros

    • Free or very low cost
    • Relaxing and stress-relieving
    • Realistic and detailed physics
    • Creative ship building and customization
    • Active workshop community

    Cons

    • Game crashes and bugs reported
    • Limited features and tools
    • Ui can be confusing
    • Performance issues on low-end pcs
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features

    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Violence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Survival.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

    Motivations

    • Autonomy
      4

      "Players have freedom to create, modify, and choose ships, adjust physics parameters, and experiment with sinking scenarios."

    • Competence
      2

      "Engagement involves experimenting with physics and ship sinking, requiring some understanding but overall easy and accessible."

    • Competition
      -4

      "Focus is on personal experimentation and relaxation without competitive elements or player comparison."

    • Continuation
      3

      "Many users report long play sessions and habitual use for relaxation or stress relief."

    • Cooperation
      -5

      "Gameplay is primarily single-player sandbox with no cooperative or team-based activities."

    • Creativity
      4

      "Players can build, modify, and spawn custom ships and scenarios, supported by workshop content."

    • Domination
      -5

      "No evidence of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are individual and non-confrontational."

    • Escapism
      4

      "Players use the game as a relaxing distraction and stress relief, escaping real-life problems."

    • Expectation
      -4

      "Engagement is voluntary and driven by intrinsic interest and personal desire to experiment and relax."

    • Experimenting
      5

      "Strong emphasis on trying new things, testing physics, modifying ships, and exploring different sinking scenarios."

    • Exploration
      2

      "Some discovery in experimenting with ships and physics, though environment is static and familiar."

    • Expression
      3

      "Customization of ships and scenarios allows for personal expression within the sandbox."

    • Fantasy
      1

      "Game simulates ship sinking with some imaginative scenarios, but mostly grounded in realistic physics."

    • Fellowship
      -4

      "Minimal social interaction; community mainly shares creations but gameplay is solitary."

    • Growth
      2

      "Players learn about physics and ship mechanics through experimentation, though limited structured progression."

    • Health
      -5

      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity involved."

    • Idle
      4

      "Suitable for idle or background play; players often watch ships sink over time with intermittent interaction."

    • Intimacy
      -5

      "No close social relationships or emotional sharing described; interactions are individual."

    • Leadership
      -5

      "No leadership or group management roles; purely individual play."

    • Progression
      1

      "Some accumulation of ships and workshop content, but no structured item or upgrade progression."

    • Relaxation
      5

      "Strongly reported as a relaxing, stress-relieving experience with calming music and slow-paced gameplay."

    • Sensation
      2

      "Enjoyment of physics effects and visual sinking, though graphics are simple and not highly stimulating."

    • Status
      -5

      "No social recognition or status systems present."

    • Story
      -5

      "No narrative or story elements; purely sandbox simulation."

    • Strategy
      -1

      "Limited strategic challenge; mostly straightforward experimentation without complex planning."

    • Thrill
      -3

      "Gameplay is calm and predictable, lacking suspense or risk."

    • Value
      5

      "Highly praised for being free or very low cost with good entertainment value."

    • Violence
      1

      "Destruction of ships is central, but presented in a physics simulation context rather than aggressive combat."

    • Survival
      -5

      "No survival or failure avoidance mechanics; sinking ships is the goal."

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    Last update: 29/04/2026