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Sunkenland

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

What works

  • Engaging survival and crafting loop
  • Immersive underwater exploration
  • Active developer support and updates
  • Co-op multiplayer up to 14 players
  • Extensive base building and customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access bugs and glitches
  • Lack of strong narrative or story
  • Some clunky mechanics and ui issues
  • Repetitive resource grinding
  • Limited enemy variety and ai flaws

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Space Engineers

  • Airmen

  • 7 Days to Die

  • Echo Point Nova

  • Intruder

  • The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

More story-driven

Games that feels like Sunkenland but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Vertigo 2

  • Voidtrain

  • IfSunSets

  • Raft

  • Windrose

  • Voyagers of Nera

Less competitive

Games that feels like Sunkenland but with less competition against others

  • Valheim

  • OxyRail

  • Stranded Deep

  • DYSPLACED

  • MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!

  • Len's Island

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Sunkenland: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026