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Games like ZEP

If ZEP is your kind of game, the closest matches are International Affairs, Orange Season and Femboy Love story — 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.

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About ZEP: Fish with minigames and fight while dodging! As the fisherman Zep, you'll have to fish, meet, and help the residents of Muutu while restoring the island to its former glory. Sail the seas and don't let any of those fish* escape! (*Give them a home instead!)

IndieAdventureSimulationRPGCasualWindowsby ArrecifeGames
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Players who liked ZEP also play

Steam players who put hours into ZEP 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.

  1. International Affairs

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    A one of a kind visual novel that asks: "Do YOU have what it takes to seduce a world leader?" With jaw-dropping dialogue, shocking plot twists, and five globetrotting hunks to choose from, the prospect of achieving world peace has never been so sensual!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Orange Season

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    Make your farmer’s dream come true in Orange Season. With your parent’s help, you’ve finally saved enough money to buy a plot of land in the charming farmer’s village of Orange Town. Build a thriving farm as you grow crops, raise animals, fish, and mine materials to establish your farm in town.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Femboy Love story

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with ZEP.

    Date your cute femboy roommate! You are Li Fei, on your very first day of university, you bump into a peerless beauty at the stadium. Later, back in your dorm, you find out that this peerless beauty is actually your roommate…and he is a boy, a fluffy little femboy!

    2025AdventureRPGCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Hiveswap Friendsim

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    You’ve crash landed on a dangerous alien planet with no food, medicine, or prospects, but you do know one thing—you are absolutely desperate for friendship.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Monster Prom 4: Monster Con

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZEP.

    Can you find love at the nerdiest convention ever? "Monster Con" goes back to the multiplayer dating sim formula: go through absurd and funny situations as you find love among six sexy monsters! Who will you romance? The mimic who cosplays? The idol clown? Or the eldritch cutie? (There's also Liam)

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Pizza Game

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZEP.

    Every boy have a secret. One of them is bones.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. S-mail

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZEP.

    After the death of your lover May, you suddenly receive a new email: she is back, in the form of AI "M". The lover who "lives" in the mailbox, who is strong and eternal, always online, and always loves you. You just need to send letters to her: your choices will affect her and the story.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG2.00 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Fleeting Iris

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for ZEP fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    Ayame is a beautiful girl from Japan that is living a carefree life in search of happiness. One fateful day, she met Robert, a CIA agent who was in Japan during a mission. They become engaged and move to America together. However, not all is as simple as her previous life!

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. 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 ZEP.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with ZEP.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with ZEP.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 ZEP.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with ZEP.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ZEP

What games are most similar to ZEP?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ZEP are International Affairs, Orange Season, Femboy Love story.
Who developed ZEP?
ZEP was developed by ArrecifeGames.

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 ZEP.

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