Games like Fishbowl
If Fishbowl is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel, Coffee Talk and No Longer Home — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its culturally specific nostalgia resonates, daily routines feel meaningful and contemplative. 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 Fishbowl: Fishbowl is a narrative game about dreams, grief, and hope. Rediscover your memories and find your way into the present in this intimate experience where slice-of-life meets surreal.
Players who liked Fishbowl also play
Steam players who put hours into Fishbowl 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.
Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Fishbowl.
Top pick for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Coffee Talk
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Fishbowl.
Second-strongest match for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
No Longer Home
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Fishbowl.
Third-strongest match for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
A YEAR OF SPRINGS
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Fishbowl.
Ranked #4 for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Afterlove EP
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Fishbowl.
Ranked #5 for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.
Beacon Pines
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Fishbowl.
Ranked #6 for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Fishbowl.
Ranked #7 for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Fishbowl fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Fishbowl.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fishbowl at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
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 Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Fishbowl.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
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 Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
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 Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
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 Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Fishbowl.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fishbowl on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
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 and Casual with Fishbowl.
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.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.
Coffee Talk
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.
No Longer Home
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.
A YEAR OF SPRINGS
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Experience the stories of Haru, Erika, and Manami, a trio of friends navigating their feelings of love, connection, and just wanting to belong.
Afterlove EP
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
From the creator of Coffee Talk and What Comes After, comes a slice-of-life adventure set in modern Jakarta about love, loss and finding your own way forward. Step into the shoes of Rama, a young musician struggling to move on with life after the death of his girlfriend, Cinta.
Beacon Pines
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Casual with Fishbowl.
Beacon Pines is a cute and creepy adventure set within a mysterious book. Sneak out late, make new friends, uncover hidden truths, and collect words that will change the course of fate!
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Fishbowl.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Fishbowl.
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
The Test: Secrets of the Soul
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and RPG with Fishbowl.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
Frequently asked about Fishbowl
- Is Fishbowl verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Fishbowl is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Fishbowl cost?
- Fishbowl is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fishbowl?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fishbowl are Tavern Talk - A Cozy Visual Novel, Coffee Talk, No Longer Home.
- Who developed Fishbowl?
- Fishbowl was developed by imissmyfriends.studio and published by imissmyfriends.studio, Wholesome Games Presents.
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 Fishbowl.
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