How to Fish

Buy95%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 78k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Dazed Games · Multiplayer · Aug 20, 2026

Player review score
95%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$4.95−38%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
Not sampled yet

Concurrent players not sampled yet.

All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
31
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
16
Full audio16 of 16
Subtitles16 of 16

Should I buy How to Fish?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 62 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 78k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
83 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Getting all the drip varients of each fish was pretty mind numbing but I suppose it was faster with a coop partner.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
62 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Fortunately, the combination of rare variants, progression, combat, trick shots, cooperative play, quests, gambling, and new areas gives the design several ways to prevent fishing itself from carrying the entire experience.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Boss encounters are an especially amusing extension of the fishing premise, essentially transforming unusually formidable aquatic creatures into major combat challenges.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Better equipment, rare catches, dangerous islands, bosses, weapons, trick shots, and multiplayer interaction give the premise considerably more depth than its simple title initially suggests.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Another thing i was honestly impressed by is how each zone of the game has never felt particularly grindy, but i also didn’t feel like it was too easy.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Also, even though the game wasn't using VRAM, my graphics card was using 100%.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op83 reviews
Gameplay62 reviews
Combat30 reviews
Multiplayer17 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Graphics11 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
100% still recommend
Story
100% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
63% still recommend
Interface
25% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Save Anytime
  • Steam Achievements
  • Stereo Sound

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$4.95$7.99−38%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.95

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