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Deadliest Catch: The Game

4Fishing · Ultimate Games S.A. · 2020-04-14

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 28, 2023 (Xbox One)

Enter the dangerous world of king crab fishing in the deadly Bering Sea! Take command of your own fishing vessel, use realistic equipment, combat hazardous Alaskan waters and become the world's best crab catcher!

Deadliest Catch: The Game is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $1.19, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 1626 reviews).

3
playing now
52%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.19
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,626 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.19-94%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.82 at GameBillet (2026-09-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 62 of 69 observed days · $0.37 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13213220192026Week of 2019-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
645Nov 2019Aug 2026Nov 2019 — avg 64 · peak 227Feb 2020 — avg 12 · peak 47May 2020 — avg 28 · peak 70Aug 2020 — avg 17 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 46Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2021 — avg 17 · peak 55Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 13 · peak 40Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 26May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 40Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2023 — avg 9 · peak 29Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 54Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 80Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 13 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.782019-11-142026-10-142019-11-14 — best price $11.992020-02-17 — best price $10.492020-07-28 — best price $10.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-03-20 — best price $19.992021-07-24 — best price $7.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-04-21 — best price $1.992022-09-26 — best price $1.992023-02-27 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-04-15 — best price $1.992024-06-28 — best price $5.992024-08-12 — best price $1.992024-09-12 — best price $2.002024-10-17 — best price $15.082024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-02-24 — best price $0.992025-06-16 — best price $0.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $15.082025-10-22 — best price $1.902025-12-15 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-05-07 — best price $7.972026-05-21 — best price $0.842026-06-23 — best price $17.992026-07-26 — best price $16.842026-09-10 — best price $0.922026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "First catch"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Polish, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-07-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5861%23
Xbox One (Xbox)810%22

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

Player tags

IndieNavalFishingSailingRelaxingAdventureOpen WorldSimulationFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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