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Games like They Breathe
The Working Parts · 2014 · 84 % positive of 1,283
24 games that play like They Breathe and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Swallow the Sea, Anoxemia and SILT.
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At a glance
What games like They Breathe have in common
- The tags they share most often with They Breathe: Dark (13 of 24), Psychological Horror (11) and Story Rich (10).
- They came out between 2009 and 2025, 23 of them after They Breathe (2014).
- Best rated by Steam players: Swallow the Sea (97 % positive of 2,300).
- Anoxemia and SILT both play and look like They Breathe.
By gameplay
Plays like They Breathe
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Swallow the Sea
97 % positive of 2,300
Shared: Survival · Dark · Nature
Anoxemia
63 % positive of 429
Shared: Dark · Story Rich · Underwater
SILT
76 % positive of 679
Shared: Hand-drawn · Dark · Underwater
SOMA
95 % positive of 45,365
Shared: Survival Horror · Dark · Story Rich
The Shore
72 % positive of 1,842
Shared: Story Rich · Psychological Horror · Underwater
Narcosis
76 % positive of 1,358
Shared: Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Underwater
Buried
77 % positive of 356
Shared: Dark · Short · Psychological Horror
the static speaks my name
81 % positive of 5,633
Shared: Dark · Story Rich · Short
Blame Him
44 % positive of 183
Shared: Story Rich · Psychological Horror · Exploration
Iron Lung
92 % positive of 8,170
Shared: Dark · Short · Psychological Horror
Under: Depths of Fear
67 % positive of 296
Shared: Survival Horror · Survival · Story Rich
Liminalcore
85 % positive of 425
Shared: Dark · Psychological Horror · Underwater
More matches
- Unspoken87 % positive of 686Shared: Dark · Story Rich · Psychological Horror
- ANIMAL WELL95 % positive of 20,790Shared: Exploration · Horror · Indie
- Subterror91 % positive of 377Shared: Survival Horror · Stylized · Psychological Horror
- BREATHE49 % positive of 367Shared: Survival · Adventure · Singleplayer
- Octave71 % positive of 165Shared: Horror · Indie · Adventure
- Darkwood94 % positive of 21,618Shared: Survival Horror · Survival · Dark
- Caligo75 % positive of 1,040Shared: Dark · Story Rich · Psychological Horror
- Reveal The Deep82 % positive of 1,455Shared: Short · Psychological Horror · Underwater
- KRAMPEN91 % positive of 334Shared: Dark · Story Rich · Exploration
- Under The Waves77 % positive of 1,344Shared: Story Rich · Underwater · Exploration
- Penumbra Overture90 % positive of 3,783Shared: Survival Horror · Survival · Dark
- Anglerfish83 % positive of 267Shared: Survival Horror · Survival · Psychological Horror
By look
Looks like They Breathe
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
The Multi-Medium
96 % positive of 420
The Old Tree
89 % positive of 3,305
BEEP
84 % positive of 4,618
Aquaria
87 % positive of 1,491
Cloning Clyde
91 % positive of 164
CreaVures
77 % positive of 177
Oknytt
91 % positive of 584
Airscape - The Fall of Gravity
82 % positive of 2,665
Everything
83 % positive of 3,734
Judero
98 % positive of 296
Escape Doodland
80 % positive of 177
Karma. Incarnation 1
82 % positive of 367
More matches
- Samorost 286 % positive of 2,432
- Blueberry Garden77 % positive of 157
- Stonerid67 % positive of 210
- Return to Mysterious Island 266 % positive of 201
- Grimind65 % positive of 283
- Penko Park98 % positive of 578
- Creatura67 % positive of 213
- Anoxemia63 % positive of 429
- Glowfish88 % positive of 173
- Waking Mars88 % positive of 1,187
- Spate71 % positive of 369
- SILT76 % positive of 679
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.