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Games like Derby Creek

If Derby Creek is your kind of game, the closest matches are Last Bullet, Runeveil and Pirate Pillage and Plunder — 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 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.

StrategyIndieCasualWindows · macOS · Linuxby Ritz Studios
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Steam players who put hours into Derby Creek 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. Last Bullet

    WHY THIS

    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 creating a chain of super powerful bullets! Discover game-breaking combos with over 100+ bullets and trinkets and master infinite synergies in this highly replayable strategic shooter!

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Runeveil

    WHY THIS

    Second-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 relic synergies. Beat all trials, defeat the Kings, and ascend to godhood. Magic is chaos, order is power!

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. Pirate Pillage and Plunder

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match 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)

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Reel & Deal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 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.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual4.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. Roll & Reign

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 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.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Match Morphosis: Match-3 Roguelike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 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, gain new armaments and pieces to build your deck and unleash satisfying infinite combos. Play strategically and master your form in this unique turn-based Kamen Rider-inspired RPG.

    StrategyRPGCasualSteam ↗
  7. STU THE FISHERMAN

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Derby Creek.

    Explore an ever-changing sea filled with fish, each with their own personality. Cast your line and fish the days away, scoring bigger and better catches as you go!

    2025IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Astromino

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Derby Creek fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Derby Creek.

    A roguelite battle against cosmic evils - drop customized polyominoes, collect relics, and execute powerful combos to defeat your enemies!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Derby Creek.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    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.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Derby Creek.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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, Runeveil, Pirate Pillage and Plunder.
Who developed Derby Creek?
Derby Creek was developed by Ritz Studios.

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 Derby Creek.

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