by Dazed Games • August 20, 2026
How to Fish looks like a cozy fishing trip and plays like Peak with rods, rifles, and seagull chaos. Shipwrecked after a boozy boat ride, you fish, fight, gamble your catch, and unlock islands with 1-4 players. Buy for chaotic co-op nights; wait if you want a chill fishing sim.
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A physics fishing co-op that weaponizes seagulls, trick shots, and bad decisions. 7.8 for friend groups; thinner alone.
How to Fish (Dazed Games, Steam, released 20 August 2026) sells itself as a 1-4 player physics fishing simulator. The pitch is a boat crash after drinks, then a scramble to fish your way home. What ships is closer to the Peak and Big Walk school of co-op: derpy avatars, soft goals, and physics that exist to manufacture stories.
Steam currently rates it Very Positive overall (about 94% of roughly 9.5k reviews). English reviews sit Overwhelmingly Positive. The launch price is about five dollars on the intro sale (base $7.99). That context matters: this is a viral party toy first, a fishing game second.
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The loop is simple on purpose. Cast with physics. Land fish for cash. Buy better rods, guns, and junk. Hit trick shots for bigger payouts. Gamble catches when you feel lucky. Clear quests and boss-scale sea creatures to open tougher islands with rarer variants.
Combat is the joke that sticks. Seagulls yoink you or your haul. Guns and explosives turn "fishing" into a slapstick extraction. Online co-op up to four is the design center; solo works, but the comedy thins without an audience.
What works: readable goals, cheap sessions, constant physics punchlines, and a shiny-hunt style rare-fish grind that gives the chaos a reason to continue. What frays: repetition once the novelty cools, a solo pace that feels like chores, and the usual friendslop shelf life when your group moves on.
Score 7.8/10. How to Fish is an easy recommend when you have two to three friends online and want Peak-adjacent chaos with a fishing coat. Skip or wait if you want calm casting, deep systems, or a long single-player career. For the price and the Steam reception, it earns the weekend slot.
Best as a Discord evening, not as a fishing sim. I would buy again for co-op; I would not grind it solo for a week.
Score 7.8/10. How to Fish is an easy recommend when you have two to three friends online and want Peak-adjacent chaos with a fishing coat. Skip or wait if you want calm casting, deep systems, or a long single-player career. For the price and the Steam reception, it earns the weekend slot. Our score: 7.8/10.
How to Fish earns a score of 7.8 out of 10 from BestOfGames.
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