Games like Fishing Valley
If Fishing Valley is your kind of game, the closest matches are Salt and Sails, DAVE THE DIVER and Sky traveler — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Fishing Valley: Dive into a story-driven fishing adventure! Complete exciting angling tasks, sell your catch or add it to your customizable aquarium. Unlock new gear, explore unique havens, and test your skills with quick time events.
Players who liked Fishing Valley also play
Steam players who put hours into Fishing Valley 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
WHY THIS
Top pick for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
Salt and Sails is a naval combat style game where you control a ship.
DAVE THE DIVER
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Fishing Valley.
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Sky traveler
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Valley.
Simulator of life in the Japanese village. Building your own village. Use the portal to move around the islands and collect resources. Once you're ready - go to other worlds. There is work for you too. Relax and feel like a hero in this world.
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Shorekeeper
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
You washed ashore on a mysterious island. Now what? Build a shelter, find food, and explore the unknown. Or just sit by the campfire and watch the sunset. Farm, craft, and manage your new island life entirely at your own pace.
Gelli Fields
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
Gelli Fields is a casual farming game with adorable slimes. Save the world of Continaa while you relax in the real one!
Immortal Life
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Ranked #7 for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Fishing Valley.
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Dreaming Isles
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Ranked #8 for Fishing Valley fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
A farming life sim with high seas adventure. Grow crops, grow ammo, grow a backbone! Side with the Pirates or help restore Global Trade. Feed the islanders, forge relationships, find romance, and call people "scurvy dog"! Raise the mainsail, fire the cannons, and set sail for adventure!
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 Fishing Valley.
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 Adventure with Fishing Valley.
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 Indie with Fishing Valley.
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 and Simulation with Fishing Valley.
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 and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Simulation with Fishing Valley.
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 Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
More from Pancake Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Pancake Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ultimate Fishing Simulator®
WHY THIS
Another title from Pancake Games, the studio behind Fishing Valley. Shares Simulation and Casual with Fishing Valley.
Bored of waiting for a bite? Would you like to catch some fish? You're lucky - in Ultimate Fishing Simulator, fish bite like crazy! Spinning, float fishing, ground fishing, and more! Comprehensive fishing simulator that allows using various techniques, in different places around the world!
Ultimate Fishing Simulator VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Pancake Games, the studio behind Fishing Valley. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Valley.
Bored of waiting for a bite? Would you like to catch some fish? You're lucky - in Ultimate Fishing Simulator, fish bite like crazy! Spinning, float fishing, ground fishing and more! Now you can feel it on your own by playing it on VR!
Slime Heroes
WHY THIS
Another title from Pancake Games, the studio behind Fishing Valley. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
Play as the last slime tasked with saving their home in this cute 3D action-adventure slimes-like! Customize your slime, play alone or with a friend, collect weapons and gear, battle challenging enemies and bosses, gain skills, and combine them to create your own abilities to suit your playstyle!
Tales of Mathasia
WHY THIS
Another title from Pancake Games, the studio behind Fishing Valley. Shares Indie with Fishing Valley.
The lands of Mathasia are beginning to be covered in Corruption. An old legend about the Hero that will master the arts of MATHEMATICIANS and use his power to defeat the Sorcerer. Only this mysterious Hero can fight the Corruption and stop incoming Darkness!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DAVE THE DIVER
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Fishing Valley.
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Hokko Life
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
Dreaming Isles
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Valley.
A farming life sim with high seas adventure. Grow crops, grow ammo, grow a backbone! Side with the Pirates or help restore Global Trade. Feed the islanders, forge relationships, find romance, and call people "scurvy dog"! Raise the mainsail, fire the cannons, and set sail for adventure!
Frequently asked about Fishing Valley
- What games are most similar to Fishing Valley?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fishing Valley are Salt and Sails, DAVE THE DIVER, Sky traveler.
- Who developed Fishing Valley?
- Fishing Valley was developed by Pancake Games and published by Ultimate Games S.A., Ultimate Publishing.
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 Fishing Valley.
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