Games like The Captain
Looking for games like The Captain? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. The Captain is a adventure game from 2021; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Subnautica with 379,589 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Subnautica
2018 · Adventure
379,589 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Raft
2022 · Adventure
323,060 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Satisfactory
2024 · Adventure
234,628 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Human Fall Flat
2016 · Adventure
174,703 reviews · 95% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into co-op.
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Stray
2022 · Adventure
157,286 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into cats.
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Inscryption
2021 · Adventure
148,347 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into card battler.
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DAVE THE DIVER
2023 · Adventure
139,867 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into pixel graphics.
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ASTRONEER
2019 · Adventure
139,217 reviews · 92% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into multiplayer.
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MiSide
2024 · Adventure
121,725 reviews · 98% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into psychological horror.
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Don't Starve
2013 · Adventure
113,439 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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The Long Dark
2017 · Adventure
111,621 reviews · 89% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Subnautica: Below Zero
2021 · Adventure
99,295 reviews · 90% positive
Same: same adventure focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like The Captain?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to The Captain by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Subnautica (379,589 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like The Captain" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with The Captain, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.