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A Fisherman's Tale

InnerspaceVR · Vertigo Games · 2019-01-22

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jan 10, 2019 (Oculus Rift), Nov 27, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Jan 22, 2019 (Windows Mixed Reality), Jan 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), Jan 22, 2019 (PlayStation VR)

Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman's Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

A Fisherman's Tale is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 1536 reviews).

1
playing now
94%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (849 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

A Fisherman's Tale is a 2019 virtual reality game developed by InnerspaceVR and published by Vertigo Games. The game is set in a recursive world where the player controls a puppet fisherman in a model lighthouse. The game was released on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on January 22, 2019, with a Oculus Quest port being released in 2020. A sequel to the game, originally titled Another Fisherman’s Tale before being changed to A Fisherman's Tale 2, was released May 11, 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (116 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,536 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-09-14) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 54 of 79 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11511520192026Week of 2019-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992019-01-222026-10-042019-01-22 — best price $11.472019-06-20 — best price $9.892019-10-07 — best price $9.742019-12-03 — best price $9.742020-02-17 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $9.742020-10-25 — best price $14.992021-02-08 — best price $14.992021-08-16 — best price $9.742021-12-22 — best price $8.242022-04-25 — best price $14.992022-08-04 — best price $7.492022-11-08 — best price $11.892023-01-07 — best price $11.892023-03-24 — best price $14.992023-06-04 — best price $14.992023-07-18 — best price $11.892023-08-28 — best price $14.992023-10-09 — best price $3.892023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $3.742024-05-10 — best price $3.752024-07-18 — best price $3.742024-09-30 — best price $3.752024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-09-18 — best price $2.992025-12-02 — best price $14.992026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $3.002026-10-04 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

24102026-05-29 — 9 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 241 pageviews2026-06-18 — 153 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 4 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
88.2%
earned "Over there... a pearl!"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7084%29
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)1,03332%30
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)42428%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRIndiePuzzleFantasyPhysicsSurrealStrategyStylizedAdventureNarration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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