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Games like Brofish

If Brofish is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backpack Dungeon, Brawl To The West and Wireworks — 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 Brofish: Brofish is an autobattler roguelite with Tower Defense elements. Catch and upgrade bizarre fish, combine items, effects, and hold back waves of undead to save the village from the Sea King!

2026StrategyIndieWindowsby melatoninx
Brofish — Steam game cover

Players who liked Brofish also play

Steam players who put hours into Brofish 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. Backpack Dungeon

    WHY THIS

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

    A unique pixel-art backpack management roguelike. Your backpack isn't just storage—it's your combat core. Item placement, adjacency, and trigger mechanics determine your survival in the dungeon. A mental challenge of spatial planning and strategy.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG3.19 USDSteam ↗
  2. Brawl To The West

    WHY THIS

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

    "Join this hilarious auto-battler! Equip gear, grow fruit trees, and tame monsters to build your team. Choose unique characters or battle others in ranked mode—every run is fresh! Weaklings perish; victors take all. Will you go the farthest? Dive in now!"

    2025StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Wireworks

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Brofish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Brofish.

    Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Legacy of Defense

    WHY THIS

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

    Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation3.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Turnbound

    WHY THIS

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

    Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Knightica

    WHY THIS

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

    Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!

    2025StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cubic Cosmos

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Brofish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Brofish.

    Cubic Cosmos is a thrilling fast-paced roguelike card game. You have been trapped in a deadly game. One wrong move could see you reduced to a plaything of the goddess. Can you free yourself from the endless cycle and escape your fate?

    2026Strategy9.74 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Become the Moon

    WHY THIS

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

    Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.

    2025StrategyIndie10.19 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

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

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

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Wireworks

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Brofish.

    Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Legacy of Defense

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Brofish.

    Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation3.59 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Turnbound

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Brofish.

    Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Brofish

What games are most similar to Brofish?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Brofish are Backpack Dungeon, Brawl To The West, Wireworks.
Who developed Brofish?
Brofish was developed by melatoninx and published by Spaghetti Cat.

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 Brofish.

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