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Call of the Wild: The Angler™ cover art

Call of the Wild: The Angler™

Expansive Worlds · Avalanche Studios · 2022-08-31

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

AdventureCasualSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 31, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 30, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 30, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Aug 31, 2022 (Xbox One)

The Angler is an open world fishing game that can be played solo or with friends. Discover and catch a wide variety of unique fish species, from common to rare, on your journey to become a master angler.

Call of the Wild: The Angler™ is an Adventure, Casual, Simulation, and Sports game released in 2022, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 7609 reviews).

75
playing now
64%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
16
Nexus mods (4.2k downloads)
4.08★
PlayStation Store rating (2,395 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Call of the Wild: The Angler™ trailer thumbnail

Japan Reserve | Release Trailer | Call of the Wild: The Angler™

≈34,293 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 258 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,965 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 152k–342k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,609 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.95 at GameBillet (2025-12-01) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 69 of 116 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 655 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,117 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 848 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

176502026-09-14 21:00 — 116 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 73 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 138 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 133 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 86 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 120 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 141 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 89 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 81 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 147 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 86 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 73 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 121 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 87 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 82 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 172 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 87 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 72 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 139 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 93 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 85 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 116 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 92 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.0k93Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 1,005 · peak 5,838Nov 2022 — avg 109 · peak 336Jan 2023 — avg 207 · peak 524Mar 2023 — avg 169 · peak 368May 2023 — avg 150 · peak 355Jul 2023 — avg 150 · peak 296Sep 2023 — avg 410 · peak 879Nov 2023 — avg 282 · peak 631Jan 2024 — avg 263 · peak 506Mar 2024 — avg 309 · peak 811May 2024 — avg 322 · peak 707Jul 2024 — avg 375 · peak 685Sep 2024 — avg 262 · peak 538Nov 2024 — avg 326 · peak 702Jan 2025 — avg 206 · peak 443Mar 2025 — avg 122 · peak 261May 2025 — avg 124 · peak 238Jul 2025 — avg 158 · peak 318Sep 2025 — avg 124 · peak 296Nov 2025 — avg 93 · peak 202Jan 2026 — avg 121 · peak 275Mar 2026 — avg 106 · peak 208May 2026 — avg 115 · peak 232Jul 2026 — avg 134 · peak 305Aug 2026 — avg 115 · peak 258
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$5.982022-08-042026-10-092022-08-04 — best price $99.992022-09-10 — best price $23.922022-09-25 — best price $23.912022-12-19 — best price $26.042023-02-25 — best price $29.992023-04-19 — best price $13.142023-05-27 — best price $29.992023-08-30 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-10 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $8.732024-04-10 — best price $11.992024-05-05 — best price $26.312024-06-13 — best price $8.992024-07-22 — best price $8.992024-08-20 — best price $29.992024-09-17 — best price $14.702024-11-09 — best price $29.992024-12-12 — best price $14.992025-01-21 — best price $23.892025-02-21 — best price $23.892025-05-28 — best price $26.882025-07-25 — best price $9.902025-09-16 — best price $8.102025-10-16 — best price $7.112025-11-12 — best price $29.992025-12-10 — best price $29.992026-02-03 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-14 — best price $7.492026-06-24 — best price $7.502026-08-02 — best price $9.002026-10-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
92.8%
earned "Fish Just Got Reel"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support12 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 12 DLC released, first 2022-12-07, latest 2024-10-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CasualNatureSportsAmericaFishingHuntingRelaxingRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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