Games similar to How to Fish, according to Steam itself

Contents
  1. The first 14 entries
  2. The headline: there are no fishing games on the list
  3. Why that happens
  4. How to use it
  5. The limits of this data

Every Steam page has a More like this block. It is not written by the developer — the store builds it from what the same people buy and play. We pulled the whole block: 62 games, in the order Steam itself returns.

The result is not what you would expect from a fishing game.

The first 14 entries

# game price reviews positive Steam score
1 Far Far West $5.99 36,635 95.6 Overwhelmingly Positive
2 No More Room in Hell 2 $12.99 26,726 55.7 Mixed
3 RV There Yet? $3.99 84,015 90.2 Very Positive
4 Funnel Runners $3.49 3,286 83.7 Very Positive
5 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III $69.99 22,091 46.6 Mixed
6 Machine Party $4.99 4,474 87.1 Very Positive
7 Delta Force free 193,802 57.8 Mixed
8 Garry’s Mod $9.99 1,262,065 96.9 Overwhelmingly Positive
9 Call of Duty: Black Ops II $39.99 49,352 86.2 Very Positive
10 World War Z $19.99 32,554 82.4 Very Positive
11 Counter-Strike 2 free 9,828,778 85.9 Very Positive
12 Rainbow Six Siege free 1,546,495 82.2 Very Positive
13 PEAK $3.49 364,894 94.5 Very Positive
14 theHunter: Call of the Wild free 202,253 89.1 Very Positive

Prices in USD; reviews and scores as of 31 August 2026.

The headline: there are no fishing games on the list

Not one of the top fourteen is a fishing game. The closest is theHunter: Call of the Wild, and that is hunting. The rest are co-op shooters, physics sandboxes and multiplayer arcades.

This directly contradicts how search sees the game. On How to Fish’s own page the Fishing tag sits third by vote count (228), right behind Multiplayer (283) and Online Co-Op (257). Players label it a fishing game — and the store algorithm puts Garry’s Mod and Counter-Strike 2 next to it.

Why that happens

More like this is built on account behaviour, not on genre. It answers “what else is in these people’s libraries”, not “what is similar in content”. How to Fish’s audience is the audience for cheap co-op games with voice chat, and that is exactly what the list returned.

The price cut backs this up: 7 of the 14 entries cost under $6 or are free. The expensive rows — two Call of Duty titles at $69.99 and $39.99, plus World War Z — look like the exception.

How to use it

If you are looking for “more of the same gameplay”, Steam’s list is weak: it leads to shooters. For comparable gameplay, look at comparisons with WEBFISHING, DREDGE and Fishing Planet instead — those match on content, not on audience.

But if you are looking for what else to play with the same group tonight, the list is accurate: PEAK ($3.49), Machine Party ($4.99), Far Far West ($5.99) and RV There Yet? ($3.99) are the same format — cheap, co-op, a few hours an evening.

The limits of this data

We pulled the block anonymously, without signing in. In the browser Steam re-sorts the list for the specific user, dropping what you already own or wishlisted. So your personal order will differ; ours is the baseline, before personalisation.

We did not resolve the remaining 48 entries by name: getting a title, price and review count requires a separate Steam request for each one.

Frequently asked questions

What games does Steam consider similar to How to Fish?

The first three are Far Far West, No More Room in Hell 2 and RV There Yet?. The block holds 62 games in total.

Why are there no fishing games on the list?

Because the block is built on account behaviour, not genre: it shows what else is in the same people's libraries.

How much do these games cost?

7 of the top 14 are under $6 or free. The most expensive is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III at $69.99.

Why is my Steam list different?

Steam re-sorts the block per account and removes what you own or wishlisted. Our reading is anonymous, before personalisation.

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