Games like catfish
Below are 28 hand-picked alternatives to catfish for fans of strategy, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in catfish also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, and Steam Deck–friendly options. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About catfish: Fish up adorable enchanted fish, travel with lovable pets, and set off on cozy roguelike adventures filled with gentle surprises. Meet quirky visitors, receive blessings from gods, shape your build, and grow stronger through each warm and whimsical new journey.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Mahjong House: Challenge All Achievements
Top pick for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
This is a single-player Japanese Mahjong game that supports 2-player, 3-player, and 4-player battle modes~
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Set a Watch: Digital Edition
Second-strongest match for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with catfish.
Assemble your party to survive in this dice-management game! Master steel and magic: roll dice and next use them to attack directly or for powerful abilities. Scout, light a fire, use ancient runes or equip perks to prepare before battle. Use tactics to fight monsters and Unhallowed. Set a watch!
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Soul Card Duel
Third-strongest match for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
A deckbuilder where position and direction make combats more tactical. Flank enemies with 8 attack directions and combine cards to win in any situation. Explore procedural maps, create decks and armor to customize your hero, and forge your legend in the region's grand tournament.
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Specter: The Battle of the Mind
Ranked #4 for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
Engage in strategic, memory-based combat, overcome exciting challenges, and dive into a story full of mysteries and twists!
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Dice & Fold
Ranked #5 for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.
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StarVaders
Ranked #6 for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Trials of Fire
Ranked #7 for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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LUNA
Ranked #8 for catfish fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with catfish.
In a world corrupted by superpowers, powerful enemies have plunged society into chaos. Can Luna, through her mysterious superpower, defeat the nearly invincible enigmatic women and bring peace?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below catfish at current Steam store prices.
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POSTAL 2
Priced ~88% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with catfish.
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?
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Buckshot Roulette
Priced ~63% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with catfish.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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GRIS
Priced ~53% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with catfish.
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.
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The Test
Priced ~75% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with catfish.
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?
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Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Priced ~81% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with catfish.
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.
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Blood and Bacon
Priced ~88% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with catfish.
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.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Priced ~63% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie with catfish.
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!
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A Short Hike
Priced ~50% under catfish on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with catfish.
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.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with catfish.
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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with catfish.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with catfish.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with catfish.
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?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with catfish.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with catfish.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with catfish.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
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Set a Watch: Digital Edition
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Adventure with catfish.
Assemble your party to survive in this dice-management game! Master steel and magic: roll dice and next use them to attack directly or for powerful abilities. Scout, light a fire, use ancient runes or equip perks to prepare before battle. Use tactics to fight monsters and Unhallowed. Set a watch!
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Dice & Fold
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.
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StarVaders
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Trials of Fire
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with catfish.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Frequently asked about catfish
- How much does catfish cost?
- catfish is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to catfish?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside catfish are Mahjong House: Challenge All Achievements, Set a Watch: Digital Edition, Soul Card Duel.
- Who developed catfish?
- catfish was developed by fjyaosun.
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 catfish.
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