The Game Census
Clawfish cover art

Clawfish

David Czarnowski · davidczar · 2021-06-11

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 12, 2021 (Mac)

Clawfish is a fishing claw machine game. Visit an isolated train station with a fishing arcade. Explore the dock, play the machines, and take some time to relax by the water.

92%
positive of 639 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

Visit an isolated train station with a fishing arcade. Explore the dock, play the machines, talk to a seagull, paddle a boat and take some time to relax by the water. Clear the machines and free the fish to fill the waters around you.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 77% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (108 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 23,065 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 639 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2024-08-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10010020212026Week of 2021-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$0.892021-06-122026-07-092021-06-12 — best price $2.692021-06-18 — best price $2.992022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-06-30 — best price $1.492023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-08-02 — best price $1.492023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-08-15 — best price $0.892024-08-22 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-06-16 — best price $0.892025-06-23 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-01 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "Gone Fishing"
66.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)71871%14

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

Player tags

3DIndieShortArcadeCasualFishingColorfulStylizedAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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