Games like Cat Goes Fishing
If Cat Goes Fishing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blind Fishes, Megaquarium and Blue Fish Yokohama — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cozy atmosphere, puzzle like requirements and secret fish. 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 →Cat Goes Fishing is a 2015 indie simulation developed by Cat5Games where players control a cat angler progressing from a basic rod on a small island to a radar-wielding fisher with extensive gear upgrades. The game features exploration across deep-sea environments, aggressive-mode mechanics, and fish with unique behaviors that must be learned and exploited. Reviewers highlight puzzle-like requirements and hidden secrets as key elements, with various fish types to discover and pursue. Players describe the atmosphere as cozy and relaxing, though also noting it can become stressful and tense during certain challenges. The game is designed for short-burst sessions and supports play on Steam Deck. Cat Goes Fishing holds a 95% positive rating from over 7,200 Steam reviews and costs $6.99 USD.
About Cat Goes Fishing: Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!
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Steam players who put hours into Cat Goes 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.
Blind Fishes
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Top pick for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Cat Goes Fishing.
The friendly blind fishes are in danger! Solve the puzzles and save them.
Megaquarium
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Shares a relaxing mood with Cat Goes Fishing.
Second-strongest match for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
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.
Blue Fish Yokohama
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Goes Fishing.
Blue Fish Yokohama is a relaxing tile-based puzzle game. Play as a fish that eats miso ramen, cheese ramen and tantanmen by jumping, bumping, bouncing and splashing through a Japanese restaurant. Solve 50 handcrafted levels with unique game mechanics.
Cozy Island Idle
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Shares a cozy mood with Cat Goes Fishing.
Ranked #4 for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
Cozy Island Idle is a chill fishing idle game where you catch all sort of fantasy fishes to showcase them in an Aquarium to sell them to turn a profit and customize your aquarium and island.
Fit My Cat
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Ranked #5 for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
Purrfect cat organizer – fit them all
Where Jellyfish 水母在哪里
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Ranked #6 for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Goes Fishing.
Search for 100 Jellyfish. A carefully hand drawn 4K scene filled with cute characters. The process is short and won't take up too much player time. You can choose your favorite dyeing for the convenience of color blind players. Extremely easy to achieve.
Merry Fishing Meow
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Ranked #7 for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
Welcome to Merry Fishing Meow! 🎣This is a charming and laid-back fishing game where you play as an adorable cat. Cast your line and enjoy a purr-fectly delightful experience! Earn money by fishing with a clear goal. Day & Night Cycle. Rare fish, big Rewards. Mystery shop, random items. 🎣
Scale the Depths
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Ranked #8 for Cat Goes Fishing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
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.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
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Reviewers of Cat Goes Fishing cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
DREDGE
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Shares a cozy mood with Cat Goes Fishing.
Reviewers of Cat Goes Fishing cross-mention this title as a similar play.
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
WEBFISHING
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Shares a cozy mood with Cat Goes Fishing.
Reviewers of Cat Goes Fishing cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Goes Fishing.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Nice Day for Fishing
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Shares a cozy mood with Cat Goes Fishing.
Reviewers of Cat Goes Fishing cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The world needs you Adventurer! Embark on an RPG pixel adventure where you’ll play as Baelin the humble fisherman, who must rise-up to become the hero of Honeywood. Battle fish with precision timing and magic spells, upgrade your abilities, defeat evil and rebuild Honeywood.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cat Goes Fishing at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~86% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cat Goes 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?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~57% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~46% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cat Goes Fishing.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~72% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cat Goes Fishing.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~79% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cat Goes 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 ~86% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Cat Goes 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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~57% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cat Goes Fishing.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~43% under Cat Goes Fishing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cat Goes Fishing.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Cat Goes 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.
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 Cat Goes 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 and Simulation with Cat Goes 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 Simulation with Cat Goes 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 Indie with Cat Goes 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.
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Frequently asked about Cat Goes Fishing
- Does Cat Goes Fishing run on Steam Deck?
- Cat Goes 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 Cat Goes Fishing cost?
- Cat Goes Fishing is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cat Goes Fishing?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cat Goes Fishing are Blind Fishes, Megaquarium, Blue Fish Yokohama.
- Who developed Cat Goes Fishing?
- Cat Goes Fishing was developed by Cat5Games.
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