Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Feed and Grow: Fish (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Feed and Grow: Fish on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Stranded Deep, which both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy.
- Feed and Grow: Fish is tagged Simulation, Underwater, Survival, Multiplayer, Early Access, Action, Open World, Indie by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 2 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Stranded Deep
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Survival, Realistic and Sandbox.
Take the role of a plane crash survivor stranded somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Come face to face with some of the most life threatening scenarios that will result in a different experience each time you play. Scavenge. Discover. Survive.
Stranded Deep at a glance Released 2022 Studio Beam Team Games Player sentiment 74% positive of 47,793 Price $19.99 SurvivalRealisticSandboxSimulationUnderwaterEarly AccessIndieStrategy
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The Way of Life Free Edition
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Indie, Simulation and Survival; released around the same time (2016).
The Way of Life makes the player relive the same life's experiences from the point of view of three characters of different ages: an adult, an old man and a child.
The Way of Life Free Edition at a glance Released 2016 Studio CyberCoconut Player sentiment 74% positive of 6,131 Price Free IndieSimulationSurvivalGreat SoundtrackFunnyEarly AccessStrategy
- 3
Raft
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Sandbox and Underwater; released around the same time (2018).
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
Raft at a glance Released 2018 Studio Redbeet Interactive Player sentiment 93% positive of 377,670 Price $19.99 SurvivalSandboxUnderwaterSimulationEarly AccessIndieStrategy
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The Isle
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Survival, Simulation and Realistic; released around the same time (2015).
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
The Isle at a glance Released 2015 Studio Afterthought LLC Player sentiment 80% positive of 119,583 Price $19.99 SurvivalSimulationRealisticEarly AccessSandboxStrategyIndie
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Foundation
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Strategy and Sandbox.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Foundation at a glance Released 2025 Studio Polymorph Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 24,163 Price $23.44 SimulationStrategySandboxIndieSurvivalEarly Access
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Nobody - The Turnaround
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Early Access, Simulation and Survival.
Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.
Nobody - The Turnaround at a glance Released 2022 Studio U.Ground Game Studio Player sentiment 60% positive of 14,305 Price Not listed Early AccessSimulationSurvivalRealisticSandboxStrategy
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Jurassic World Evolution
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Simulation, Strategy and Sandbox; released around the same time (2018).
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
Jurassic World Evolution at a glance Released 2018 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 87% positive of 55,272 Price $44.99 SimulationStrategySandboxGreat SoundtrackSurvival
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Planetbase
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Strategy, Survival and Simulation; released around the same time (2015).
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Planetbase at a glance Released 2015 Studio Madruga Works Player sentiment 80% positive of 10,438 Price $7.49 StrategySurvivalSimulationIndieSandbox
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Kingdoms and Castles
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Strategy, Simulation and Sandbox; released around the same time (2017).
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Kingdoms and Castles at a glance Released 2017 Studio Lion Shield, LLC Player sentiment 94% positive of 31,404 Price $19.99 StrategySimulationSandboxSurvivalColorfulGreat Soundtrack
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Witch It
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Funny, Indie and Survival; released around the same time (2020).
Witch It is a multiplayer hide & seek game set in a vibrant, magical world. Brave hunters seek hidden witches that curse their villages!
Witch It at a glance Released 2020 Studio Barrel Roll Games Player sentiment 89% positive of 19,870 Price $19.99 FunnyIndieSurvivalEarly AccessStrategy
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Fallout Shelter
Why it matched: both survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Simulation and Strategy; released around the same time (2015).
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Fallout Shelter at a glance Released 2015 Studio Bethesda Game Studios Player sentiment 88% positive of 82,585 Price Free SurvivalSimulationStrategySandboxFunnyGreat Soundtrack
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Drug Dealer Simulator
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Indie and Realistic; released around the same time (2020).
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Drug Dealer Simulator at a glance Released 2020 Studio Byterunners Player sentiment 86% positive of 21,029 Price $19.99 SimulationIndieRealisticSandboxStrategyFunny
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The Forest
Why it matched: both open world, survival and atmospheric; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Sandbox and Simulation; released around the same time (2018).
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
The Forest at a glance Released 2018 Studio Endnight Games Player sentiment 96% positive of 680,814 Price $19.99 SurvivalSandboxSimulationRealisticIndieEarly Access
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Planet Coaster
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Strategy; released around the same time (2016).
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
Planet Coaster at a glance Released 2016 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 91% positive of 72,148 Price $44.99 SimulationSandboxStrategyRealisticFunnyGreat SoundtrackColorful
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Planet Zoo
Why it matched: both open world and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Realistic; released around the same time (2019).
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Planet Zoo at a glance Released 2019 Studio Frontier Developments Player sentiment 91% positive of 97,527 Price $44.99 SimulationSandboxRealisticCuteStrategyGreat SoundtrackFunny
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Satisfactory
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Sandbox, Survival and Simulation.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Satisfactory at a glance Released 2024 Studio Coffee Stain Studios Player sentiment 97% positive of 278,668 Price $39.99 SandboxSurvivalSimulationStrategyEarly AccessIndie
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Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Strategy; released around the same time (2020).
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Amazing Cultivation Simulator at a glance Released 2020 Studio GSQ Games Player sentiment 86% positive of 23,608 Price $24.99 SimulationSandboxStrategySurvivalIndieEarly Access
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ZERO Sievert
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Indie and Simulation.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
ZERO Sievert at a glance Released 2024 Studio CABO Studio Player sentiment 85% positive of 15,428 Price $19.99 SurvivalIndieSimulationEarly AccessStrategy
- 19
Stronghold Crusader 2
Why it matched: both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy; shares 4 player tags including Strategy, Simulation and Sandbox; released around the same time (2014).
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
Stronghold Crusader 2 at a glance Released 2014 Studio Firefly Studios Player sentiment 72% positive of 18,080 Price $3.99 StrategySimulationSandboxSurvival
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Factorio
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Sandbox, Strategy and Survival; released around the same time (2016).
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
Factorio at a glance Released 2016 Studio Wube software Player sentiment 98% positive of 233,978 Price $35.00 SandboxStrategySurvivalSimulationIndie
- 21
Slime Rancher
Why it matched: both open world; shares 8 player tags including Cute, Colorful and Funny; released around the same time (2017).
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
Slime Rancher at a glance Released 2017 Studio Monomi Park Player sentiment 98% positive of 156,780 Price $19.99 CuteColorfulFunnySandboxSimulationIndieGreat SoundtrackEarly Access
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Oxygen Not Included
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Simulation and Sandbox; released around the same time (2019).
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Oxygen Not Included at a glance Released 2019 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 97% positive of 143,589 Price $24.99 SurvivalSimulationSandboxStrategyIndie
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Ravenfield
Why it matched: both atmospheric and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Sandbox, Early Access and Funny; released around the same time (2017).
Fight upon the Ravenfield together with your Blue allies! Take down those pesky Reds using helicopters, tanks, guns, and active ragdoll physics!
Ravenfield at a glance Released 2017 Studio SteelRaven7 Player sentiment 97% positive of 79,971 Price $17.99 SandboxEarly AccessFunnyStrategySimulationIndieRealistic
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Cities: Skylines II
Why it matched: both open world, atmospheric and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Simulation, Sandbox and Strategy.
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Cities: Skylines II at a glance Released 2023 Studio Iceflake Studios Player sentiment 56% positive of 91,995 Price $49.99 SimulationSandboxStrategyRealisticEarly AccessGreat Soundtrack
Common questions
What game is most like Feed and Grow: Fish?
Stranded Deep, on the evidence we have. It both open world, survival, atmospheric and strategy. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Feed and Grow: Fish" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Feed and Grow: Fish. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.