4 Online games like Barotrauma that you should try

The thread back to Barotrauma runs through dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. To that it adds online features. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

On paper it is what Barotrauma is — dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. The common ground extends to online features. Where the two diverge is visuals and setting: a third-person camera.

Genre puts it alongside Barotrauma, and so does strong narrative focus, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus. Where the two diverge is world and progression: exploration and discovery, and open world exploration.

What carries over from Barotrauma is survival mechanics, punishing difficulty and procedural generation. Both also lean on melee combat and co-op play. The distance is in setting and progression — its own ground is action RPG combat and fantasy world.