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Cat Goes Fishing

Cat5Games · 2015-01-19

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 19, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!

Cat Goes Fishing is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2015 for $6.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 16538 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

33
playing now
94%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 127h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Cat Goes Fishing trailer thumbnail

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≈794,825 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,541 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~193/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 29,563 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 413k–992k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,538 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.00 at Steam (2015-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
64464420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

136242026-09-16 05:00 — 31 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 56 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 119 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 47 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 55 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 96 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 36 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 119 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 54 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 40 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 85 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 108 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 51 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 24 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 68 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 85 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 34 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 69 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 89 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4254Jan 2015Aug 2026Jan 2015 — avg 110 · peak 337May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 74Sep 2015 — avg 13 · peak 52Jan 2016 — avg 13 · peak 40May 2016 — avg 13 · peak 34Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2017 — avg 9 · peak 31May 2017 — avg 95 · peak 250Sep 2017 — avg 39 · peak 119Jan 2018 — avg 74 · peak 220May 2018 — avg 34 · peak 85Sep 2018 — avg 38 · peak 94Jan 2019 — avg 58 · peak 150May 2019 — avg 29 · peak 61Sep 2019 — avg 38 · peak 104Jan 2020 — avg 64 · peak 168May 2020 — avg 51 · peak 94Sep 2020 — avg 47 · peak 107Jan 2021 — avg 65 · peak 134May 2021 — avg 206 · peak 497Sep 2021 — avg 158 · peak 468Jan 2022 — avg 100 · peak 216May 2022 — avg 92 · peak 250Sep 2022 — avg 101 · peak 218Jan 2023 — avg 93 · peak 220May 2023 — avg 109 · peak 222Sep 2023 — avg 241 · peak 579Jan 2024 — avg 99 · peak 190May 2024 — avg 112 · peak 221Sep 2024 — avg 120 · peak 274Jan 2025 — avg 187 · peak 799May 2025 — avg 126 · peak 306Sep 2025 — avg 90 · peak 219Jan 2026 — avg 106 · peak 242May 2026 — avg 128 · peak 288Aug 2026 — avg 92 · peak 185
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$3.002015-01-202026-07-092015-01-20 — best price $5.242015-06-11 — best price $5.242015-06-27 — best price $3.002015-08-31 — best price $3.492015-11-28 — best price $3.492015-12-22 — best price $3.492016-02-05 — best price $5.592016-04-04 — best price $4.682016-06-23 — best price $4.962016-11-14 — best price $4.682016-11-23 — best price $4.682016-12-22 — best price $4.682017-03-20 — best price $4.682017-06-22 — best price $4.682017-10-26 — best price $4.682017-11-22 — best price $4.682017-12-21 — best price $4.682018-04-23 — best price $3.492018-06-21 — best price $4.682018-12-21 — best price $4.682019-08-26 — best price $4.682019-10-28 — best price $4.682019-11-26 — best price $4.682019-12-19 — best price $4.682021-12-22 — best price $4.682022-01-27 — best price $4.682022-06-23 — best price $4.542023-07-28 — best price $5.242023-11-21 — best price $5.242023-12-21 — best price $5.242024-03-16 — best price $4.682024-11-27 — best price $4.682024-12-19 — best price $4.682025-01-19 — best price $3.492025-06-26 — best price $4.682025-12-20 — best price $4.682026-03-19 — best price $4.682026-05-18 — best price $4.892026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Doing Good"
27.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,6422%86

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCatsCuteFunnyIndieArcadeCasualPuzzleFishingRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.