Song of the Deep similar games & best alternatives

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Song of the Deep

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

From the creators of Ratchet & Clank, Song of the Deep is a metroidvania-style action-adventure game following a young girl’s quest into the unknown to find her missing father. It combines underwater discovery, skill, and suspense with a powerful story.

What works

  • Beautiful art style and music
  • Engaging exploration and puzzles
  • Relaxing and immersive underwater atmosphere
  • Well told story with narration
  • Meaningful submarine upgrades and progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited combat variety and challenge
  • Some frustrating controls and camera issues
  • Few boss fights and enemy types
  • Occasional technical bugs and performance issues
  • Lack of replayability and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SteamWorld Dig 2

  • Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

  • Downward: Enhanced Edition

  • Nanotale - Typing Chronicles

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Song of the Deep but with less survival pressure

Less expressive

Games that feels like Song of the Deep but with less self-expression and customization

  • Theatre Of The Absurd

  • Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden

  • Enigmatis 2: The Mists of Ravenwood

  • Teslagrad 2

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

  • After Us

More violent

Games that feels like Song of the Deep but with more combat and destruction

  • Zombotron

  • Pronty

  • Somber Echoes

  • ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

  • Divinity II: Developer's Cut

  • MO:Astray

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Sunset Overdrive

  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

Similarity map

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Song of the Deep. These titles are not in What to play next.

Song of the Deep: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026