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Catch & Release cover art

Catch & Release

metricminds GmbH & Co KG · Advanced Interactive Gaming Ltd. · 2018-06-07

SteamPlayStation Store

SimulationSports

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 28, 2018 (PlayStation VR), Aug 28, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jun 07, 2018 (Oculus Rift), Jun 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Catch & Release places you on a beautiful mountain lake and lets you freely explore and row around while you choose your fishing spot and take in the scenery.

Catch & Release is a 2018 Simulation and Sports game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 359 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 359 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (730 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 16,661 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.0k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 359 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
404020182026Week of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992018-06-072023-05-222018-06-07 — best price $19.992018-09-20 — best price $19.992018-09-26 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-03-07 — best price $17.992019-03-14 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $11.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-03-27 — best price $17.992020-07-13 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $13.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $13.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $13.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $13.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $13.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $13.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $13.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-14 — best price $11.992022-02-17 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992023-05-15 — best price $9.992023-05-22 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
93.7%
earned "For reel???"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6521%35

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

Player tags

VRCasualSportsCartoonFishingSimulation

Census log

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

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