Games like Scale the Depths
If Scale the Depths is your kind of game, the closest matches are DAVE THE DIVER, Old Man's Sushi and Fishy Bar: Hook, Cook & Serve — 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 Scale the Depths: Fish, scale, sell, repeat. Scale the Depths is a casual fishing game built around this simple but satisfying loop. Feed hungry customers, upgrade your gear, and uncover the many secrets hidden beneath the surface.
Players who liked Scale the Depths also play
Steam players who put hours into Scale the Depths 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.
DAVE THE DIVER
WHY THIS
Top pick for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Scale the Depths.
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.
Old Man's Sushi
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Scale the Depths.
No free handouts, earn your legacy! Grandpa wants to leave his sushi shop to you, but he doubts you're ready. Catch fresh fish, roll delicious sushi, collect antiques, and clear Grandpa's To-Do List to prove your worth!
Fishy Bar: Hook, Cook & Serve
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
Catch fish by day, run a shady lakeside bar by night. Hook 40+ species, cook them into questionable specials, keep the regulars fed and tipsy, dodge taxes and scammers, and upgrade your boat, your bar and your dog. First-person sim. Fresh fish, fishy business.
Gendo The Gatherer
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
A cozy life sim where you forage, cook and serve your way through Gendo's journey navigating an abundant, ever changing landscape. After long days of gathering goodies, return to your cozy home to prepare, cook and serve your dishes to the local townsfolk. Join Gendo in his life in the countryside.
Megaquarium
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Starlight Cove
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
Make some lemonade and set sail in this cozy fishing incremental game. Catch weird fish across colorful locations, upgrade your gear, rebuild Starlight Cove back to its former glory, and defeat the evil shark that stole your grandfather's greatest treasure years ago.
Deep Blue Sushi
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
Deep Blue Sushi is a casual 1–5 player co-op adventure where you explore the ocean, catch fresh fish, prepare sushi, serve customers, and grow your restaurant while uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Deep Blue.
Wolf with Inn
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Scale the Depths fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
You are a werewolf with your own inn. Mushroom folk live across the river, and noble white knights want you dead. Wolf With Inn is a cozy fantasy tavern simulator for those tired of being the hero. Dare to don the wolf's skin?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Scale the Depths at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
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 ~41% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Scale the Depths.
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!
How to Fish
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
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 ~41% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Scale the Depths.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Scale the Depths.
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 ~65% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Scale the Depths on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Scale the Depths.
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 and Casual with Scale the Depths.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scale the Depths.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Scale the Depths.
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 Scale the Depths.
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 Simulation with Scale the Depths.
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 Scale the Depths.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Scale the Depths.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about Scale the Depths
- Does Scale the Depths run on Steam Deck?
- Scale the Depths 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 Scale the Depths cost?
- Scale the Depths is listed on Steam at 8.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Scale the Depths?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Scale the Depths are DAVE THE DIVER, Old Man's Sushi, Fishy Bar: Hook, Cook & Serve.
- Who developed Scale the Depths?
- Scale the Depths was developed by Glass Gecko Games and published by Pretty Soon, Phoenix Games.
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 Scale the Depths.
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