Games like fishTDX
If fishTDX is your kind of game, the closest matches are Defender of Grids, Random Legion and Cat God Ranch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its difficulty scales with progression, challenging 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 fishTDX: Buy towers and discover new islands as you prepare your defenses against waves of fish! Unlock new towers and affixes after each round with new play styles and new synergies. Build your defenses and experiment to create the ultimate fishing machine!
Players who liked fishTDX also play
Steam players who put hours into fishTDX 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.
Defender of Grids
WHY THIS
Top pick for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with fishTDX.
A pixel-perfect Tower Defense game where defeat is just the beginning. Master the rock-paper-scissors balance of combat, speed up the action with 4x speed, and use your hard-earned XP to unlock powerful permanent skills. Can you hold the line?
Random Legion
WHY THIS
Shares build variety, upgrade system, indie and an intense mood with fishTDX.
Second-strongest match for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with fishTDX.
This is a auto battler game with both casual and strategic attributes.Players will take on the role of the leader, expanding the team, learning talents and skills, strengthening equipment, transforming soldiers and other ways to combat power, breaking through random levels, ultimately to win game.
Cat God Ranch
WHY THIS
Shares build variety, meta progression, casual and a relaxing mood with fishTDX.
Third-strongest match for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with fishTDX.
Lead hundreds of "wise" little animals to pay tribute to the Cat God!! 7 animal families, 100+ animals, 10+ Cat Gods, 100+ items, and various animal combinations waiting for you to explore!
SHOOPER NOVA
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense, wave based survival and an intense mood with fishTDX.
Ranked #4 for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with fishTDX.
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
ShapeHero Factory
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense, wave based combat, indie and a relaxing mood with fishTDX.
Ranked #5 for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with fishTDX.
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
Variables 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with fishTDX.
Ranked #6 for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with fishTDX.
After two years of precipitation, we re-made this variable sequel after thinking about it! Variable 2 is a unique stand-alone tower defense game. We have enriched the building and elements of tower defense, and the experience in the game can be changed according to your ideas!
Necrosmith
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with fishTDX.
Ranked #7 for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with fishTDX.
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
The Dungeon Beneath
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with fishTDX.
Ranked #8 for fishTDX fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with fishTDX.
The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below fishTDX at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Action with fishTDX.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with fishTDX.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with fishTDX.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with fishTDX.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Casual with fishTDX.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Action with fishTDX.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with fishTDX.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under fishTDX on Steam right now. Shares Action with fishTDX.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with fishTDX.
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?
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with fishTDX.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with fishTDX.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with fishTDX.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with fishTDX.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with fishTDX.
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Frequently asked about fishTDX
- Does fishTDX work on Steam Deck?
- fishTDX is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does fishTDX cost?
- fishTDX is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to fishTDX?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside fishTDX are Defender of Grids, Random Legion, Cat God Ranch.
- Who developed fishTDX?
- fishTDX was developed by progress.
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 fishTDX.
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