Games like Critical Fishing
If Critical Fishing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Salt and Sails, Gravitaws and Marimo-VS-IAS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, cozy and funny. 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 Critical Fishing: Take part in wormkinds heroic struggle for freedom from their archnemesis. Upgrade your arsenal, tools and submarine to decimate the fish population to reach the ultimate goal: to boldly go where no worm has gone before.
Players who liked Critical Fishing also play
Steam players who put hours into Critical Fishing 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.
Salt and Sails
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Top pick for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Critical Fishing.
Salt and Sails is a naval combat style game where you control a ship.
Gravitaws
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Second-strongest match for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Gravitaws is a retro-style stage shooter inspired by Jaws (NES). Explore a dynamic overworld map. Collect research materials and upgrades, while evading an Alien invader. The story is delivered in classic style cutscenes. Fight bosses, survive, collect, fish, and bomb your way to victory.
Marimo-VS-IAS
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Cute marimo take down waves of invading alien species in this side-scrolling shooter! A 2.5D shooting game that blends classic side-scrolling action with strategic depth-based combat. Target priority and strategy are the keys to achieving high scores!
Fishlike
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Shares achievement hunting, arcade style and a chill mood with Critical Fishing.
Ranked #4 for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
High speed microgames involving fish, fishing, and fishlike activities.
Abyssalis
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Ranked #5 for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Descend through the ocean layers, purify marine life, and survive the abyss in this bullet hell roguelite. Face colossal bosses, choose powerful upgrades, and uncover the curse's origin. Can you save the ocean before you become fish bait?
Freediving Hunter Spearfishing the World
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Critical Fishing.
Ranked #6 for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Defeat spearfishing challengers and unlock new places around the world. Buy new masks, fins, guns, wetsuits and flashlights to gain advantage. Conquer the ocean depths. Ward off hungry sharks trying to steal your fish and avoid a deadly blackout.
Death in the Water 2
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Shares resource management with Critical Fishing.
Ranked #7 for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.
Gloctopus
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Ranked #8 for Critical Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Eight guns is better than one — if you have eight arms. Gloctopus is a bullet heaven roguelike where you equip, mutate, and build your tentacles into a one-octopus army. The ocean didn't stand a chance.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Critical Fishing at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~67% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~50% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Critical Fishing.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Critical Fishing.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Critical Fishing.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Critical Fishing.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~67% under Critical Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Critical Fishing.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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 Critical Fishing.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critical Fishing.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Critical Fishing.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Critical Fishing.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Critical Fishing.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Critical Fishing.
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.
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Frequently asked about Critical Fishing
- Does Critical Fishing run on Steam Deck?
- Critical Fishing 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 Critical Fishing cost?
- Critical Fishing is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Critical Fishing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Critical Fishing are Salt and Sails, Gravitaws, Marimo-VS-IAS.
- Who developed Critical Fishing?
- Critical Fishing was developed by lazygun.
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