Games like Upstream

If Upstream scratched a emotional and minimalist itch for you, keep reading. These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.

Cheaper than Upstream

Simple Fish Adventure

Simple Fish Adventure

Simple Fish Adventure is an unusual short physics-based platformer. Jump like a fish, think like a fish, be a fish! Overcome obstacles and suffer.

88% of 375 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Upstream

Upstream

A physics-based upstream paddling challenge where every move matters.

100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
I Am Fish

I Am Fish

Roll, glide and bite your way across an English county as escaped pet fish chasing the sea.

75% of 2,986 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 56$3.99
Dream Of Salmon

Dream Of Salmon

Adventure-type Control game with high difficulty. Dream Of Salmon is a challenging game. Only a special person can succeed.

100% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Chinook

Chinook

Swim upstream in a cozy, cartoony adventure as a Salmon making the ancient journey through the Columbia River.

0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Salmon Man

Salmon Man

Salmon Man is a unique VR platformer where armed with nothing but a paddle, you will climb upstream and explore a beautiful, absurd world filled…

100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Fish Hero

Fish Hero

A physics, parkour adventure! Launch yourself up a collection of biomes to reach the summit.

77% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Swimpossible!

Swimpossible!

Move each limb separately to swim against the current and avoid difficult obstacles in Swimpossible!

93% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$6.19
Fishy 3D

Fishy 3D

An adventure game about a hungry fish 🐟 Dive, jump, swim and eat your way through a lush micro-world. Can you escape the polluted pond?

95% of 80 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
fishy

fishy

A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?

86% of 361 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Umihara Kawase

Umihara Kawase

The original Rubbering Action game comes to Steam! Play as Umihara Kawase, an adventurer traveling through a world in search of ingredients.

91% of 217 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$1.99
Down n' Up

Down n' Up

Down n' Up is a platformer where you can't move: you can only jump.

100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Hidden gems like Upstream

NAIAD

NAIAD

Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure.

95% of 600 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
Bat to the Heavens

Bat to the Heavens

Can't run or jump? But with a bat, you can surpass any obstacle!

95% of 417 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Egging On

Egging On

Roll and hop an egg up a farm, factory and shop, where every jump must land just right or the climb starts over.

75% of 784 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99
A Difficult Game About Climbing

A Difficult Game About Climbing

Climb a huge mountain with nothing but your arms, one handhold at a time, knowing a single slip can drop you all the way back down.

87% of 5,462 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 25$9.99
Onde

Onde

Catch a wave in this smooth sound-surfing platformer: Let ethereal tunes carry you fluidly through serene abstract landscapes, tune into soothing…

91% of 238 Steam reviews are positive$13.99
Simple Fish Adventure

Simple Fish Adventure

Simple Fish Adventure is an unusual short physics-based platformer. Jump like a fish, think like a fish, be a fish! Overcome obstacles and suffer.

88% of 375 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Escape the Underground

Escape the Underground

At the bottom of a massive underground dump, a sentient pile of sludge is born.

89% of 111 Steam reviews are positiveFree
fishy

fishy

A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?

86% of 361 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$2.99
Joyspring

Joyspring

ASCEND the peak in search of the Joyspring. Explore every cavern and cave, crevasse and chasm. Hear the wind sing. Keep dashing and find the spring.

77% of 158 Steam reviews are positiveFree
I Am Fish

I Am Fish

Roll, glide and bite your way across an English county as escaped pet fish chasing the sea.

75% of 2,986 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 56$3.99
Drop Alive

Drop Alive

Help an adventurous water drop cross a whole house and reach the river she belongs to.

89% of 1,573 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Snake Pass

Snake Pass

Play a legless snake in a physics puzzle platformer, and learn to move like one.

87% of 1,185 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99

Newest games like Upstream

Spring Me Up

Spring Me Up

A challenging physics-based 2.5D platformer. Use your spring to bounce and land with precision, navigating tricky platforms and obstacles.

100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Otterly Lost

Otterly Lost

You are Otto, a sea otter swept far from home and holding tight to his favorite rock.

99% of 268 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$16.99
Salmon Tower

Salmon Tower

BOOST and JUMP with momentum! A platforming and semi-Foddian climber. Make your way to the TOP of the Dark Tower!

96% of 50 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Derelict Star

Derelict Star

A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles.

94% of 167 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Go Up Frog

Go Up Frog

Falling isn’t the end. In this 2D precision platformer, you must keep climbing upward.

83% of 35 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Swimpossible!

Swimpossible!

Move each limb separately to swim against the current and avoid difficult obstacles in Swimpossible!

93% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$6.19
Salmon Man

Salmon Man

Salmon Man is a unique VR platformer where armed with nothing but a paddle, you will climb upstream and explore a beautiful, absurd world filled…

100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Super Blowfish Castle

Super Blowfish Castle

Physics are your best frenemy in this cozy chaotic puzzle-solving platformer where you guide a small blowfish back to its castle just by pressing…

100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Egging On

Egging On

Roll and hop an egg up a farm, factory and shop, where every jump must land just right or the climb starts over.

75% of 784 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$14.99
Reverse Fishing

Reverse Fishing

Congratulations! You are now a fish! However you have been caught and taken from the ocean.

94% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
The Squirrel & Sea

The Squirrel & Sea

An underwater journey to the squirrel's past memories

86% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$7.99