Why are there so few Ocean games ?

[WhiteKitt]

Hi,

genre is not well fed

everybody loves subnautica and stranded deep is kickass

maybe it's in development but i want more open world ocean games

basically more Subnautica but bigger and better and more storms and jetskis

and aliens attacking earth idk

EDIT

many Recommendations so check the Pages Ocean Fans

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Another non open world ocean game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/SOMA/

[FOXDUDE69]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/648800/Raft/

This is the closest thing to Subnautica that I've tried.
But at the same time, it's very different.
I highly recommend.

[Fosty]

Silent Hunter series?

[L1qu1dator]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/494840/UBOAT/

It's an ocean game :P

[WhiteKitt]

Gonna play Subnautica Below Zero and Hydrophobia and Raft if it ever becomes a 5 bucks Game

Im gonna snipe that sucka :D

Also im checking out these - Stranded Deep is awesome

https://store.steampowered.com/app/313120/Stranded_Deep/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/305700/Infinite_Scuba/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/883360/Beyond_Blue/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497450/A_Memoir_Blue/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/990030/Deep_Diving_Simulator/

[WhiteKitt]

UW is working on a new "Subnautica"

for whoever cares

[Ailes]

Maybe because it's hard(er) to do, people are less interested in it or such.

How many space games are there? They are not exactly flooding the market either, are they? Humans know the surface of Earth best, by sheer experience, it's just our natural habitat. There we can do the most, there we are in our field of expertise. And I think there is some kind of tendency in human nature or at least in fiction to not go way out of your league unless you are willing to do extensive research or unless you actually are an explicit fan of the new and unknown. But the ordinary person actually tends to fear it a bit, especially when it isn't happening in their natural habitat.

Of course and somewhat paradoxically if you ask someone to very generally speak of what games are supposed to let us do it's the ability to experience the new and unknown. But not every area or scale of unknown is the same, there is... "good" unknown and "bad" unknown... and you can only go so far with that before you either make a fool of yourself or don't get too much people attracted in the first place.

Because the consumers might just not be interested. I saw a friend play Subnautica. It didn't look too bad. But being underwater most of the time, potentially not seeing much of daylight at all but a general dark and dreary ambiance, and on top of that having to constantly be aware of more bearings and directions than I would ever have to pay attention to on dry land - that can already overwhelm some people and be a mild turn-off.

If I think about it it's probably the same reason why I don't like spelunking/playing below-earth games too much unless they are made more colorful than they normally would be. I still yet have to explore the cave biomes in Don't Starve Together fully despite my 1+ k hours in that game, and I'm fairly sure it's not just about the gameplay in them being harder for some reason. I also simply just don't like the visuals and ambiance. I never really got too deeply into Terraria either because a lot of it takes place underground. I instantly preferred the colorful sky setting of Columbia in Bioshock Infinite over the dark and dreary Rapture. I could surely list more if I thought longer about it.

I played Stranded Deep and liked it. But I didn't really like it for the swimming parts. Most of the game takes place above water. So in this context it's quite different to Subnautica.

[WhiteKitt]

Oh space Games

hard to do it right. Breathedge is pretty Fun and i like Osiris New Dawn and The Outer Worlds :/

But im still waiting for something better to spawn

Also: Check out the Cod Infinite Warfare Moon Mission and Space Jet Fighter Missions

very well done but you only get like sooooooooooooo few Space Stuff :(

For ya interested in Sci-Fi Cities.... Cyberpunk 2077. Nothing comes close but you gotta unlock the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ first -.-

still it looks insane but NOT ENOUGH

wrong scale, bad gameplay, mediocre story, not that fun for an open World Game

Try harder triple A Studios. ITS NOT ENOUGH

B minus minus minus for the best Stuff out there...

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

Escrito originalmente por monkook 💗:

Cos we have only explored 1% of oceans!!

more than 1% but its still a frighteningly low number, there is so much in the ocean we don't know about.

that said it would make a good setting for a lot of games, including horror games, pity Subnautica is on an alien planet rather than on earth.

[Ailes]

I was quite fond of Treasures of the Deep back in the day. It takes place on Earth. You take deep dives to various locations including the Mariana Trench, using and equipping different kinds of submarines, battling against lots of A.I. enemies competing with you to collect treasures and/or capture sea life with nets. Or save it I think? I remember taking down sea drilling operations as well. If I remember right your enemies are basically corporate scums, but also individual treasure divers who have no issue ripping stuff out of the ground no matter the harm. You can also leave your sub and swim around or ride Manta Rays and whatnot, although at the cost of being very vulnerable without your sub shielding you.

https://youtu.be/EyGdudx5U04

[skOsH♥]

I liked SOMA. Good story. Very nicely done psychological horror, some blood, etc.

[Bing Chilling]

Subnautica, Raft and Sea of thieves are some decent ocean games.

[twoxsp]

Raft is pretty good but once you've played it once, anymore is extremely repetitive

[WhiteKitt]

Just wanne add one more crazy Fun Action Shark Diver Game 👍

https://store.steampowered.com/app/274940/Depth/

[JDumbz]

Need more Jaws Unleashed style games. Maneater was probably the closest something to that as of recently.