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Games like Abyss Haul

If Abyss Haul is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cozy Island Idle, Pond Keeper and Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar — 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 Abyss Haul: A relaxing incremental fishing simulation, until you dive too deep. Catch fish, sell haul, and upgrade your gear as you descend through glowing waters. Track down legendary creatures, explore increasingly strange depths, collect absurd treasures. It's just a game, no real animal were harmed.

IndieSimulationCasualWindowsby ArtlogicGames
Abyss Haul — Steam game cover

Players who liked Abyss Haul also play

Steam players who put hours into Abyss Haul 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. Cozy Island Idle

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    Cozy Island Idle is a chill fishing idle game where you catch all sort of fantasy fishes to showcase them in an Aquarium to sell them to turn a profit and customize your aquarium and island.

    2024IndieSimulationRPG1.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Pond Keeper

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    Breed your creatures to discover new genes to collect. Complete orders for your customers and decorate your ponds to earn the money and reputation needed to travel to new biomes. Restore a neglected aquatic world into a thriving paradise!

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    An idle fishing game that lives on the edge of your screen. A tiny fisherman works your real weather, your real nights and your real moon, and pulls up something rare when you least expect it. 120 species. Forty of them are riddles, not jackpots.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  4. Meow Squad: Incremental Fishing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    30 Seconds a Round, Easy to Pick Up! This relaxing, addictive fishing-themed incremental game combines incremental fishing with arcade-style boss battles. Across five seas, catch fish, train your meow squad, and challenge mysterious Overlords beneath the waves!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Gelli Fields

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    Gelli Fields is a casual farming game with adorable slimes. Save the world of Continaa while you relax in the real one!

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Crops & Coops

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Abyss Haul.

    Build a small island farm alone or in online co-op with up to three friends. Grow crops, fish and automate your farm in a relaxing pixel-art incremental game.

    2026CasualSteam ↗
  7. Idle Swimmers

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Abyss Haul.

    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.

    2026SimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Joyquarium

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Abyss Haul fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    Joyquarium is a relaxing casual fish-raising game. Buy various cute fry and sell them at a high price after they grow up. With the money you earn, you can purchase aquatic plants, driftwood, scenery stone, etc. to decorate your tank (you can freely adjust the color, size, and position).

    2025IndieSimulationCasual1.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. 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 Abyss Haul.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    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 ↗
  4. 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 Simulation with Abyss Haul.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Abyss Haul.

    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 ↗
  6. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Abyss Haul.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Abyss Haul.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Abyss Haul

What games are most similar to Abyss Haul?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Abyss Haul are Cozy Island Idle, Pond Keeper, Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar.
Who developed Abyss Haul?
Abyss Haul was developed by ArtlogicGames.

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 Abyss Haul.

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