Games like Anglerfish
If Anglerfish is your kind of game, the closest matches are Veins Like Tapeworms, LATITUDE OF THE CULT and UnderMine 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its minimalist soundtrack enhances immersion, chill and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Anglerfish: The game only saves when you die. Every time you die, something changes. Every change is based on where and how you died. Go on an epic adventure only equipped with your trusted shotgun, your wit and your strong stomach for disturbing exploration. Can you survive a night at the bar, Anglerfish?
Players who liked Anglerfish also play
Steam players who put hours into Anglerfish also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Veins Like Tapeworms
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Anglerfish.
Top pick for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
While working at their dead-end job and dreaming of what could’ve been, Demian Zhao discovers a flesh-eating parasite who promises to help them finally live free. If you let them, they'll become the monster of your own making - after all, who needs a moral compass when you have a god in the gutter?
LATITUDE OF THE CULT
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Latitude of the Cult blends psychological horror with stealth, combat, and exploration. Face fanatics and unpredictable threats as you fight, hide, and survive across hostile environments where tension, choice, and atmosphere shape every encounter and the reality around you.
UnderMine 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Anglerfish.
Third-strongest match for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Delve into the dangerous, ever-shifting labyrinth that is the Undermine. Discover, craft, and combine hundreds of unique items. Pair them with an ever-expanding roster of distinct playable characters for a new run every time! Grab a partner and uncover UnderMine 2's secrets together in local co-op.
Mongrel
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
The only roguelite where your only form of public transport is getting flushed in a toilet. Gain reputation with intellectually struggling humans to get a chance at intimacy with the only female in town and fight your way through the underworld to uncover the secrets of this twisted society!
Weirdo
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anglerfish.
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
VOID CRAWLER
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Void Crawler is a horror game set in a dystopian future, where you pilot a vehicle nicknamed 'The Mole' into a mysterious void deep within the Earth to collect an extremely valuable material for a company dedicated to solving the world's energy crisis.
Cruelty Squad
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an unsettling mood with Anglerfish.
Ranked #7 for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
Discolored 2
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Anglerfish.
Ranked #8 for Anglerfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anglerfish.
All the colors have gone missing from the world. While on a mission to bring them back you discover you are being hunted by those who would see the colors banished. Your only hope is a woman in red who may be holding the key to preventing the world from becoming discolored.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Anglerfish
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Security: The Horrible Nights
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Anglerfish.
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Every time you die, a new story begins. You are the nighttime security guard at a hospital. Your job is to monitor the hospital and fix problems when they happen. Every night, a new horror tale will unfold. If you can survive enough nights, you will learn the truth behind all the horror!
LISA: The Painful
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anglerfish.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
S E V E R A N C E
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Years after the Overflow, a catastrophe that plunged the city of Sci-Two into a decaying metropolis, a wayward smuggler stumbles into a plot surrounding the miracle drug Halcyon, veteran soldiers, and the corporation out to eradicate anyone too close to the truth, in a classic JRPG experience.
Alien
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!
The Wrath of the Goose King
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
The Wrath of the Goose King has been unleashed and it's up to the red pandas to save the day! In this rogue-lite adventure you recruit adorable and cunning Pandamembers to fight the geese in turn-based combat. Will you be the one to save pandakind?
Big Trouble in Little Chimney
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Krampus is Coming! Grab your Shotgun, finish your hot punch and don't forget your mission: Save the Christmas! Big Trouble in Little Chimney is highly-addictive and fast paced arena bullet-hell shooter.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Desk Till Dawn
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anglerfish cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Cause corporate chaos, explore unexplainable spaces, and survive a spreading virus that’s turning coworkers into something else in this office sandbox shooter
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Anglerfish at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anglerfish.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anglerfish on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Anglerfish.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anglerfish.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Anglerfish.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anglerfish.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Professional Villains
Other recommendable Steam games by Professional Villains, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Security: The Horrible Nights
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with Anglerfish.
Another title from Professional Villains, the studio behind Anglerfish. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
Every time you die, a new story begins. You are the nighttime security guard at a hospital. Your job is to monitor the hospital and fix problems when they happen. Every night, a new horror tale will unfold. If you can survive enough nights, you will learn the truth behind all the horror!
Help! I am REALLY horny!
WHY THIS
Another title from Professional Villains, the studio behind Anglerfish. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anglerfish.
Help! I am REALLY horny! is a highly interactive adventure dating game where you color the tale along the way in unforeseeable ways through your choices and your dick slapping and tit swinging inputs.
The ER: Patient Typhon
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with Anglerfish.
Another title from Professional Villains, the studio behind Anglerfish. Shares Action and Indie with Anglerfish.
The ER: Patient Typhon is an atmosphere and exploration horror game where you are a young woman who has lost her arms. You have to use your wits, hide and run to survive this tale of deadly monsters and disturbing, environmental puzzles.
Unsound Love
WHY THIS
Another title from Professional Villains, the studio behind Anglerfish. Shares Indie and Adventure with Anglerfish.
An open-world horror escape room where nothing is explained. You are born into a new world through the backseat of a wrecked car. Trapped in a time loop. Understand it — or stay trapped forever.
Frequently asked about Anglerfish
- Does Anglerfish run on Steam Deck?
- Anglerfish is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Anglerfish cost?
- Anglerfish is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Anglerfish?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anglerfish are Veins Like Tapeworms, LATITUDE OF THE CULT, UnderMine 2.
- Who developed Anglerfish?
- Anglerfish was developed by Professional Villains.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Anglerfish.
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