Games like DREDGE
If you like DREDGE (fishing, adventure and light horror), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Outer Wilds
- In common: exploring and story
- Difference: more thinking
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, with at least an hour ahead of you. Every loop ends with a discovery.
Dave the Diver
- In common: progression and short sessions
- Difference: more action
When you want variety without demands: each in-game day alternates diving, management and surprises in sessions that are easy to break off.
Keep Driving
- In common: story
- Difference: less exploring
When you want a trip you can finish in an afternoon: each run lasts one to four hours and there are several endings.
The Long Dark
- In common: exploring
- Difference: harder
When you want slow-paced, atmospheric survival, the kind that makes you feel the cold.
Firewatch
- In common: exploring and a relaxed pace
- Difference: less progression
When you want a grown-up, lovely story you can finish in one or two afternoons, with no demands.
Slime Rancher
- In common: progression and exploring
- Difference: less story
When you want to relax without getting bored: there's always a new area to discover or a pen to upgrade.
Night in the Woods
- In common: short sessions and story
- Difference: less progression
When you want a relatable, thoughtful story: each day in town is a short, pleasant session.
Stray
- In common: exploring and a relaxed pace
- Difference: less progression
When you want a simple, lovely adventure you can complete in a few afternoons.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
- In common: exploring and progression
- Difference: more action
When you want to lose yourself in a classic open world, unhurried, following whatever path you like.
Loddlenaut
- In common: short sessions and a relaxed pace
- Difference: less story
When you want to unwind doing something useful and lovely: cleaning an area gives instant satisfaction.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About DREDGE
You're a fisherman in an archipelago where strange things start happening after nightfall. By day you fish, pack your hold like Tetris and upgrade your boat; by night the fog hides something. Relaxing with an unsettling undercurrent.
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