HOW TO FISH
FISH · GEAR · BOSSES · ISLAND · CO-OP
⏱ How long to beat
🏆 Main story ~9h·💯 100% ~25h
Story and boat restoration ~9h; completing the fish codex and boss duels ~25h.
⭐ Steam reviews
Very Positive ·38,796 reviews · 95% positive
“Goofy as hell, but fun with or without friends. Runs on basically anything as well.” — Steam review, 520 👍
Steam →Drunk, shipwrecked, learned to fish, forgot to go home — the complete survival manual for the 1-4 player physics fishing sim.
Read the beginner guideShip Log
- 2026-08-30MILESTONE#1 on Steam weekly top sellers (Aug 18-25, ahead of CoD and Black Myth). 38k+ reviews, 95% positive. This game is an event now.
- 2026-08-27UPDATEv1.0.10: dropped items persist between sessions (cap 64, weapons/tools/quest items/creatures first), anglerfish nerfed (abyss ATM interest rate lowered), roulette fixes.
- 2026-08-24UPDATEv1.0.9 difficulty settings: Easy (creatures -25% HP / -50% dmg), Hard (+25% / +25%), switchable in menu AND in-game. Stuck-on-boss friends, rejoice.
- 2026-08-23TRENDINGServer CCU broke 100k! Codex expanded to 41 species (moonwhale/coelacanth/void angler added) and the Bait & Supplies page is live. Thanks to everyone who shared this site.
- 2026-08-22LAUNCH48 hours in: 18.47M fish caught server-wide, 2.3M rod-tangle incidents. Tangling IS the game.
- 2026-08-21HOTFIXDay-one hotfix: keep your catch after a disconnect. Before it, a DC took the fish AND the line — the servers witnessed many friendships end.
Server Records
- 🏆 Server-record fish: Leviathan · 2.47m · crew "Deck Flatteners" · landed after three tangles
- 🏆 Fastest Leviathan set: day 6 · the legends-only selling route
- 🏆 Most tragic loss: a 3.1m Leviathan shook the hook 0.5s before landing · the server mourned
Guide Sections
Fish Codex
Rarity, time slots, bait and prices — legendary windows included.
Gear Ladder
Rods/reels/lines tier list, one clean path to the top.
Bait & Supplies
Every bait price, free sources, and the no-waste rules.
Boss Duels
Phases, QTE tells, and the correct use of explosive bait.
Island Secrets
Hidden coves, bottles, the lighthouse and collectibles.
Mini-Game: Perfect Reel
The codex rarity ladder, playable: bite windows and tension bars.
Co-op Mayhem
Boat physics, tangle science, revives and etiquette.
▶ Play it now · Perfect Reel
No page jump: the codex rarity ladder, playable — strike the window, work the tension bar, sardines to Moon Whales.
Click/Space to strike; hold to reel, release to ease. The red zone grinds the line — three snaps and the day ends.
▶ Full page: rules · haul board“Got drunk, crashed the boat into an island, learned to fish to get home, then forgot about home — the plot summary describes the player base.”