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Cat Goes Fishing

Cat5Games · 2015-01-19

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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!

152
playing now
94%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$6.99
steam price (US)

152 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 152 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 2% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 412k–989k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,484 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

152312026-08-06 22:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 97 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 109 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 112 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 104 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 76 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 117 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 93 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 120 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 109 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 107 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 117 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 137 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 147 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 56 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 121 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 142 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 66 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 152 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

2DCatsCuteFunnyIndieArcadeCasualPuzzleFishingRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.