Fishy similar games & best alternatives

Fishy

Web browser, Android, iOS • 2019

Should you play it?

Fishy is a 3D platormer. you play as a fish very far from home . traveling trough 5 worlds such as a jungle oasis to under water to the frozen tundra to inside a volcano to lastly to outer space

What works

  • Deep and emotional story
  • Unique and creative level design
  • Immersive and beautiful graphics and music
  • High replayability and player attachment
  • Free to play

Things to keep in mind

  • Some find difficulty spikes frustrating
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Repetitive gameplay for some
  • High system requirements for graphics
  • Some narrative elements may feel forced

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • RUBATO

  • Mister Furry: Hot Muscles

  • Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams

  • Sephonie

  • Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

  • Skate Story

Less intimate

Games that feels like Fishy but with less focus on close relationships

  • Corn Kidz 64

  • Crow Story

  • Poi

  • Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)

  • Lucid Blocks

  • Lunistice

More violent

Games that feels like Fishy but with more combat and destruction

  • Brush Burial: Gutter World

  • The spy who shot me™

  • Ben and Ed

  • Mohrta

  • Megabonk

  • The Upturned

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Fishy: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Expression, Continuation.

Last update: 03/08/2026