Games like Derby Creek
If Derby Creek is your kind of game, the closest matches are Last Bullet, Fragment Collapse and Runeveil — 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 Derby Creek: Derby Creek is a cozy fly fishing roguelike set on a handcrafted, pixel art creek in the Colorado Rockies. Play as an old timer with a battered tackle box, a journal full of catches, and a lifetime spent reading these waters. The catch? You bring the gear and technique. The fish decide what's good.
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Last Bullet
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Top pick for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
Build the Ultimate Gun by loading a chain of super powerful bullets! Discover game-breaking combos with over 100+ bullets and trinkets in this highly replayable turn-based strategic shooter!
Fragment Collapse
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Second-strongest match for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
Fragment Collapse is a satisfying tile matching rogue-like deck-builder where you defragment your hard drive by matching clusters of files. Discover powerful cartridges to upgrade your computer, boost your files with enhancements and build massive combos for file-busting mayhem!
Runeveil
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Third-strongest match for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
Sequencer Roguelike. Enter the Arena as an elemental wizard, craft powerful rune chains, and break the game with wild artifact synergies. Beat all trials, defeat the Sin Kings, and ascend to godhood. Magic is chaos, order is power!
Pirate Pillage and Plunder
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Ranked #4 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
PIRATE PILLAGE & PLUNDER is the unique blend of card game and auto battler, wrapped together in a neat roguelike package. Choose your faction, amass an army from thousands of "willing" participants, and lead them to greatness! (or agonizing defeat)
Reel & Deal
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Ranked #5 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
Reel & Deal is a single-player fishing roguelite where every trip is a high-stakes puzzle. Read the weather, match methods with bait, catch 100+ fish species from waters around the world, and turn a handful of casts into profit.
Dominoir
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Ranked #6 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
Dominoir is a strategic domino roguelike where every tile can trigger explosive combos. Build powerful upgrades, manipulate the board, and chain massive scores in a stylish noir casino. Think Balatro meets Dominoes.
Roll & Reign
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Ranked #7 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.
Roll & Reign is a turn-based roguelike deckbuilder. Build a city from scratch while paying tribute to the emperor. Manage your dice rolls, upgrade or modify them, and choose the most suitable buildings for your strategy.
Match Morphosis: Match-3 Roguelike
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Ranked #8 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Derby Creek.
A challenging roguelike match-3 deckbuilder. Defeat enemies by matching pieces and triggering their effects. Build your deck and unleash satisfying infinite combos. Play strategically and master your form in this unique turn-based Kamen Rider-inspired roguelike.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Derby Creek.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Derby Creek.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Derby Creek.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Derby Creek.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Derby Creek.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Derby Creek.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Derby Creek.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Derby Creek
- What games are most similar to Derby Creek?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Derby Creek are Last Bullet, Fragment Collapse, Runeveil.
- Who developed Derby Creek?
- Derby Creek was developed by Ritz Studios.
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