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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

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AdventureCasualSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

96
playing now
64%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

96 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 96 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 10% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 152k–342k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,589 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 82 of 128 observed days · $24.04 above the all-time low (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

212452026-08-07 00:00 — 137 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 91 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 183 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 112 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 129 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 212 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 140 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 126 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 209 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 134 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 89 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 176 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 119 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 80 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 177 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 90 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 127 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 102 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 46 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 114 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 107 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 150 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 107 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 95 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 85 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 96 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$5.982022-08-042026-08-282022-08-04 — best price $99.992022-09-07 — best price $25.002022-09-19 — best price $24.152022-11-22 — best price $15.582022-12-23 — best price $19.792023-02-25 — best price $29.992023-04-05 — best price $9.892023-05-12 — best price $15.002023-06-28 — best price $29.552023-09-06 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-05 — best price $25.192024-02-12 — best price $29.992024-04-01 — best price $29.992024-04-13 — best price $26.312024-05-05 — best price $26.312024-06-01 — best price $28.492024-07-08 — best price $24.402024-08-01 — best price $24.402024-08-24 — best price $29.992024-09-17 — best price $14.702024-11-03 — best price $24.402024-12-03 — best price $29.992025-01-06 — best price $9.242025-01-25 — best price $9.602025-02-21 — best price $23.892025-04-28 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-19 — best price $8.842025-09-20 — best price $8.362025-10-16 — best price $7.112025-11-09 — best price $24.402025-11-30 — best price $29.992026-01-01 — best price $29.992026-02-12 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-07 — best price $8.992026-06-04 — best price $7.492026-07-15 — best price $5.992026-08-28 — 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

Player tags

CasualNatureSportsAmericaFishingHuntingRelaxingRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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