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Games like Life Below
Megapop · 2026 · Windows
Steam: 80 % positive of 162 reviews, as of Oct 28
Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
24 games that play like Life Below and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Aquatico, Subnautica and Havendock.
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Plays and looks like Life Below
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Life Below
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Aquatico
66 % positive of 790
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
Subnautica
97 % positive of 343,380
Shared: Underwater · Survival · Crafting
Havendock
80 % positive of 1,510
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
Flotsam
80 % positive of 4,390
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
Crab God
80 % positive of 281
Shared: Strategy · Nature · Underwater
Megaquarium
94 % positive of 3,459
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Underwater
Settlement Survival
84 % positive of 7,751
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
Coral Cove
94 % positive of 152
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Nature
Critter Cove
94 % positive of 1,750
Shared: Simulation · Nature · Management
Subnautica 2
90 % positive of 118,541
Terra Nil
86 % positive of 8,246
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Nature
Timberborn
96 % positive of 39,101
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
More matches
- Against the Storm94 % positive of 33,589Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
- Ecosystem76 % positive of 610Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Nature
- Buoyancy54 % positive of 809Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
- Subnautica: Below Zero90 % positive of 99,732Shared: Underwater · Survival · Crafting
- Coral Island89 % positive of 22,030Shared: Simulation · Building · Crafting
- Surviving the Abyss64 % positive of 1,053Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
- Aquarium Designer83 % positive of 1,092Shared: Simulation · Underwater · Management
- ISLANDERS: New Shores95 % positive of 1,249
- ISLANDERS93 % positive of 16,126Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Building
- Town to City97 % positive of 6,311
- Jurassic World Evolution87 % positive of 48,364Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
- ABZU92 % positive of 22,080Shared: Simulation · Underwater · Fantasy
By look
Looks like Life Below
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Subnautica 2
90 % positive of 118,541
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
95 % positive of 4,130
DAVE THE DIVER
96 % positive of 144,329
Microtopia
87 % positive of 895
Coral Island
89 % positive of 22,030
Desynced
79 % positive of 1,911
Calyx
86 % positive of 491
The Riftbreaker
90 % positive of 22,302
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
86 % positive of 46,596
Crab God
80 % positive of 281
ENDLESS Legend™ 2
82 % positive of 3,724
Here Comes The Swarm
85 % positive of 370
More matches
- Heroes of Science and Fiction89 % positive of 864
- Subnautica: Below Zero90 % positive of 99,732
- Coral Cove94 % positive of 152
- Terra Nil86 % positive of 8,246
- Imagine Earth78 % positive of 813
- As Far As The Eye72 % positive of 1,644
- Offworld Trading Company76 % positive of 3,604
- Demon Hunt76 % positive of 468
- AETHUS93 % positive of 2,083
- Aquatico66 % positive of 790
- ZeroSpace77 % positive of 1,322
- Zero-K92 % positive of 4,426
At a glance
What games like Life Below have in common
- The tags they share most often with Life Below: Strategy (15 of 24), Simulation (15) and City Builder (12).
- They came out between 2016 and 2026, none of them after Life Below (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Town to City (97 % positive of 6,311).
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.