The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier similar games & best alternatives

The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

The Walking Fish returns, this time in space, in an all-new fish comedy horror experience. Stuck on a space station, you have to solve the mystery of the Walking Fish, and escape its terror.

What works
  • Unique and surreal story
  • Emotional and philosophical depth
  • Effective horror and comedy blend
  • Strong atmospheric design
  • Free or low price with high value
Things to keep in mind
  • Technical bugs and crashes
  • Short game length
  • Some performance issues
  • Unfinished or inconsistent content
  • Limited gameplay complexity

What to play next

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Top picks

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  • Infliction

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • This Book Is A Dungeon

  • Dread X Collection 5

  • Giraffe Town
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Story, Exploration.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Exploration

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  • Status

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  • Story

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