Games like Fishing Factory
If Fishing Factory is your kind of game, the closest matches are Potion Brew: Co-op, Silicone Heart and Stardew Valley — 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 Fishing Factory: A cozy sandbox where relaxing fishing meets light automation. Catch, raise, and process fish as you grow a seaside business, upgrade gear, and explore vibrant coasts. Solo or with friends, blending peaceful play with satisfying progression.
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Potion Brew: Co-op
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Top pick for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Fishing Factory.
You need this game to forget about your life cares and become the best alchemist of this fantasy world with your friends! An alchemy shop keeper game offers you to brew potions for your customers, loot the ingredients in the forest, trade with sellers and compete with rivals.
Silicone Heart
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Factory.
Build a self-sustaining cyber farm on a planet-sized junkyard. Grow biomechanical crops, automate production, repair discarded robots, and secretly reshape a mechanical society from the inside in this cozy farming and automation adventure.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Factory.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Go-Go Town!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Factory.
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Everdream Valley
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
A farming adventure with a dash of magic. Play solo or up to a 4-player coop. By day, restore your quaint farm into a summer paradise. Explore, raise crops, care for animals and rebuild your home. At night inhabit various creatures through your dreams and bring enchantment to the valley.
Luma Island
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Fishing Factory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Fishing Factory.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Factory.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Fishing Factory.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Fishing Factory.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
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.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Factory.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
My Time at Sandrock
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Go-Go Town!
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Simulation with Fishing Factory.
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
Coral Island
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Coral Island is a vibrant, laid-back farm sim reimagined with multiplayer! Experience enchanting island life at your own pace: farm with friends, nurture animals, build relationships, hang out with a diverse cast of characters, and dive into the magical Merfolk Kingdom.
Luma Island
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Fishing Factory.
Get ready to explore, farm, fish, mine, craft, and raise magical Lumas as you solve puzzles and embark on quests across Luma Island. Play solo, or team up with friends in 1-4 player online co-op. Choose relaxing Cozy, challenging Adventure, or epic Hero mode to match your mood and playstyle.
Frequently asked about Fishing Factory
- Does Fishing Factory have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Fishing Factory supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Fishing Factory?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fishing Factory are Potion Brew: Co-op, Silicone Heart, Stardew Valley.
- Who developed Fishing Factory?
- Fishing Factory was developed by ANIMA PROXIMA.
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