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How to Fish
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
View on Steam →- Potential score
- 98
- Positive
- 95% Overwhelmingly Positive
- Total reviews
- 29.9K
- New reviews/day (7d)
- 136
- Players online
- 4,132
- Price
- $7.99
- Release date
- Aug 20, 2026
- Developer
- Dazed Games
- Publisher
- Dazed Games
- Est. sales
- 898.0K～1796.0K rough estimate from review count
Daily New Reviews
Is interest rising or fading?
◆ Deep Dive
Based on 77 sampled player reviews · 2026-11-05
An absurd multiplayer party game that mashes fishing, shooting, gambling, and friends screwing each other over into one.
Core loop
Fish to reel in your catch, then turn it into money with guns and flashy kills; spend the money on stronger weapons or gambling, then take on the island's boss and move to the next island. Fishing is the resource entry point, while shooting and messing around determine the payout and the laughs.
How it feels to play
In multiplayer, it's easy to pile up a ton of absurd mishaps and laughs within a few hours, making it good for an intense stretch with friends; solo, the repetition sets in faster, and some players feel one playthrough ends right before it gets stale.
Who it's for
Suited to players who can get on voice chat with friends, enjoy absurd physics and shooting shenanigans, and can accept a short, repetitive loop; solo play may feel dull faster, and those seeking a rigorous fishing sim or long-term progression may be disappointed.
What players love
Friends screwing each other over, friendly fire, and sudden accidents in co-op are the source of fun repeatedly mentioned in reviews.
Played this with friends. We caught 3 fish, committed 17 crimes, shot things that probably didn’t need shooting and nobody knows where the boat is. Still learned absolutely nothing about fishing. 10/10 educational experi…
Recommended · 8 h played · 2026-08-22Stringing fishing, shooting, and gambling into one absurd loop sets it apart from conventional fishing games.
Fishing, gambling and guns. Everything a man could ever want
Recommended · 4 h played · 2026-08-22The physics collisions and jank are often treated as comedy, heightening the unpredictability in multiplayer.
I hit a trickshot at 20fps with a sniper and got a 6x multiplier on a seagull. I gambled it all away and got nothing. 10/10
Recommended · 6 h played · 2026-08-24Low system requirements, a lightweight size, and low hardware strain make it easy to pull friends in.
goofy ass game, but fun as hell with/without friends. runs on basically anything aswell
Recommended · 22 h played · 2026-08-21The short length and weak long-term progression actually make some players feel it's well suited to ending before the novelty runs out.
Another friend-slop game they said, but yeah why do we care this game wont be popular anymore next year? Its a cheap game you play with your friends to get the fun of it. Dont buy this game thinking we will be playing it…
Recommended · 24 h played · 2026-09-02
What players complain about
There are very few negative reviews in the sample, not enough to identify stable pain points; rev_53 mentions items on the boat being lost after saving, and rev_67 is vague, so neither is suitable as a general conclusion.
Why it might be taking off
These are hypotheses drawn from reviews and data, not confirmed facts.
- Medium confidenceFriends screwing each other over, friendly fire, and absurd accidents in co-op may make players more willing to leave a positive review and recommend it to friends.
- Medium confidenceThe mix of flashy kills after fishing, selling for money, then gambling may make players feel it's different from conventional fishing games, creating a memorable hook.
- Medium confidenceWithin the given curve interval, 2026-10-06 had 697 positive and 38 negative reviews, and 2026-11-04 had 94 positive and 5 negative; the daily volume may have fallen from the interval's early high to a lower level, with fluctuations along the way but no return to the starting point.
- Medium confidenceThe tags include multiplayer, online co-op, co-op, fishing, indie, shooting, and first-person; this tag set may make it appear in the store as a multiplayer shenanigans game.
The sample is not exhaustive: up to 2 pages each of top and recent reviews per language.