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Anglerfish cover art

Anglerfish

Professional Villains · 2022-11-10

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 10, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 29, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Feb 29, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

The game only saves when you die. Every time you die, something changes. Every change is based on where and how you died. Go on an epic adventure only equipped with your trusted shotgun, your wit and your strong stomach for disturbing exploration. Can you survive a night at the bar, Anglerfish?

84%
positive of 291 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (100 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (119 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 291 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-11-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720222026Week of 2022-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$2.992022-11-102026-10-082022-11-10 — best price $8.992022-12-17 — best price $7.992023-01-30 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-04-10 — best price $4.992023-05-22 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $4.992023-07-31 — best price $4.992023-09-11 — best price $4.992023-10-26 — best price $3.492023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-01-11 — best price $3.992024-04-22 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-08-05 — best price $4.992024-09-11 — best price $4.992024-11-04 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-01-23 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-07-31 — best price $2.992025-09-06 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-12-08 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-10 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-05-14 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Danish, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-11-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)9138%13
PS4 (PlayStation)1464%13
PS4 (PlayStation)850%13
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

ActionHorrorSurrealSurvivalLore-RichDark HumorSoundtrackEscape RoomExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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