Games like Up Pole!
If Up Pole! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fish Companions, Venture Pals and Tiny Fishing Club — 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 Up Pole!: A relaxing fishing trip from the comfort of your desktop! Cast a line while you work, keep you reel-in in your own customizable virtual aquarium, or sell them to upgrade your tackle for more exotic catches.
Players who liked Up Pole! also play
Steam players who put hours into Up Pole! 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.
Fish Companions
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Top pick for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
Fish Companions is a relaxing idle game that brings colorful life to your desktop. Adopt your own digital fish to keep you company. Raise your companions, unlock aquariums, explore new oceans filled with more fish, and collect them all! Hang out with your friends to enjoy even more companionship!
Venture Pals
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Up Pole!.
Choose your own Pal and venture out to grind skills and gather loot right from your desktop. Forge powerful gear, cook and brew invigorating meals and potions, and discover rare cosmetics. Manage energy, cleanliness, and training to grow... or go AFK and risk Pal-Death!
Tiny Fishing Club
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
A cozy desktop fishing companion you can leave beside your work. Fish solo or hang out online with friends, catch rare fish, customize your tiny angler, collect pets, and grow your little club.
Idle Swimmers
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Ranked #4 for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Up Pole!.
A relaxing idle swimming game where you catch fish, unlock new locations and characters, customize your swimmer, and enhance your abilities with helpful pets and power-ups.
Cat Caffeine
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Ranked #5 for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
A cozy idle ASMR cat café that lives on your screen. Serve customers and decorate your café while you work or relax.
Soggy Beans
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Ranked #6 for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
Fish will come, fish will go. Take photos, collect beans, decorate your seascape, then relax or do other things while your friends swim by in this calming side-idler.
Kraken's Canvas
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Ranked #7 for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
Experience the ocean through a child's eyes to confront the legendary Kraken in this amazing hand-drawn adventure.
Moon Fishies
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Ranked #8 for Up Pole! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
Moonfishies is relaxing desktop fish simulator. Customize your dream aquarium, catch new fish and breed unique hybrids!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Up Pole!.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Up Pole!.
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 with Up Pole!.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Up Pole!.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Up Pole!.
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.
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Frequently asked about Up Pole!
- What games are most similar to Up Pole!?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Up Pole! are Fish Companions, Venture Pals, Tiny Fishing Club.
- Who developed Up Pole!?
- Up Pole! was developed by Virtuoso Neomedia.
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 Up Pole!.
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