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Games like Cape Hideous
Jake Clover · 2024 · Windows
Steam: 98 % positive of 254 reviews, as of Oct 28
Amongst the motliest of all crews, an enigmatic woman prepares the ship to enter an intense thunderstorm raging in the middle of the ocean. What otherworldly mysteries lie within?
24 games that play like Cape Hideous and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: The Mermaid Mask, Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart and Call of the Sea.
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Plays and looks like Cape Hideous
Close to it by gameplay and by look, so it appears in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Cape Hideous
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
The Mermaid Mask
98 % positive of 3,066
Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart
90 % positive of 1,609
Shared: Pirates · Mystery · Story Rich
Call of the Sea
87 % positive of 4,594
Shared: Surreal · Mystery · Story Rich
ANIMAL WELL
94 % positive of 23,014
Shared: Surreal · Mystery · Metroidvania
DREDGE
94 % positive of 48,278
Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Stylized
Treasure Adventure World
78 % positive of 210
Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Adventure
Wavetale
88 % positive of 2,644
Shared: Pirates · Story Rich · Stylized
Isles of Sea and Sky
90 % positive of 1,562
Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Puzzle
Sea Chronicles
89 % positive of 156
Shared: Pirates · Mystery · Stylized
Reveal The Deep
82 % positive of 1,447
Shared: Exploration · Puzzle · Platformer
FAR: Changing Tides
93 % positive of 5,135
Shared: Mystery · Stylized · Linear
Sail Forth
92 % positive of 602
Shared: Pirates · Story Rich · Exploration
More matches
- Olija89 % positive of 919Shared: Stylized · Exploration · Platformer
- The Caribbean Sail93 % positive of 505Shared: Pirates · Adventure · 2D
- Mark of the Deep73 % positive of 235Shared: Pirates · Metroidvania · Story Rich
- Zefyr: A Thief's Melody96 % positive of 412Shared: Mystery · Metroidvania · Exploration
- Islets95 % positive of 1,909Shared: Metroidvania · Story Rich · Linear
- Nightmares from the Deep 2: The Siren`s Call95 % positive of 863Shared: Pirates · Mystery · Story Rich
- Aquaria89 % positive of 747Shared: Metroidvania · Story Rich · Exploration
- Down in Bermuda89 % positive of 1,622Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Stylized
- Slice of Sea90 % positive of 525Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Stylized
- Owlboy84 % positive of 3,686Shared: Pirates · Metroidvania · Story Rich
- Left in the Dark: No One on Board81 % positive of 482Shared: Mystery · Story Rich · Puzzle
- Cleo - a pirate's tale98 % positive of 711Shared: Pirates · Linear · Puzzle
By look
Looks like Cape Hideous
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
The Case of the Golden Idol
96 % positive of 9,923
Return of the Obra Dinn
95 % positive of 32,769
Star Fetchers
96 % positive of 7,402
The Knobbly Crook
90 % positive of 228
Hylics 2
96 % positive of 3,186
McPixel 3
96 % positive of 1,210
Endacopia
99 % positive of 8,005
The Supper
98 % positive of 4,474
DR LIVESEY ROM AND DEATH EDITION
93 % positive of 12,495
Psychopomp GOLD
96 % positive of 4,962
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
91 % positive of 2,486
Crypt
88 % positive of 1,436
More matches
- Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD90 % positive of 163
- Mothlight93 % positive of 417
- Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End97 % positive of 3,213
- Hylics98 % positive of 8,467
- The Last Door - Collector's Edition95 % positive of 1,868
- Feed The Pit96 % positive of 756
- 反现实症候群γ - Counterrealstic Syndrome γ91 % positive of 194
- Disillusion ST95 % positive of 544
- The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]87 % positive of 687
- Changed88 % positive of 16,117
- Olija89 % positive of 919
- Dropsy93 % positive of 1,632
At a glance
What games like Cape Hideous have in common
- The tags they share most often with Cape Hideous: Story Rich (13 of 24), Mystery (11) and Pirates (9).
- They came out between 2008 and 2026, 4 of them after Cape Hideous (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: The Mermaid Mask (98 % positive of 3,066).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.