Subside similar games & best alternatives

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Subside

2024

Should you play it?

Subside is an immersive aquatic VR experience with multiple areas to explore and lifelike aquatic creatures to interact with. Crafted with unparalleled realism, it aims to replicate the nuances of real-life swimming and diving in shallow waters

What works

  • Extremely immersive and realistic underwater experience
  • High-quality graphics and sound design
  • Intuitive and natural swimming mechanics
  • Relaxing and meditative atmosphere
  • Meaningful progression through collectibles and unlockables

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and maps at launch
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some minor control and interaction quirks
  • No narrative or story elements
  • Price considered high by some for amount of content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Catch & Release

  • Walking Simulator

  • Exo One: Prologue

  • Garden of the Sea (VR)

  • Super Kiwi 64

  • A Highland Song

More fantastical

Games that feels like Subside but with more imaginative fiction

  • KAKU: Ancient Seal

  • DREDGE

  • A Story About My Uncle

  • The Shore

  • Sword of the Sea

  • Astrometica

Less wellness-oriented

Games that feels like Subside but with less physical activity or wellness

  • Beyond Blue

  • Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive

  • Subnautica

  • ABZU

  • Idle Fishing

  • Breathedge

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Subside. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

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 Subside. These titles are not in What to play next.

Subside: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Health. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026