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Fishing: Barents Sea

Misc Games · 2018-02-07

SteamPlayStation Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Commercial fishing on the Barents Sea! Take the helm of your very own fishing boat in Fishing: Barents Sea and explore the vastness of the Barents Sea in search for the best fishing zones. Start out small and earn officially licensed Scanmar Equipment and the officially licensed Hermes trawler.

Fishing: Barents Sea is a Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (80% of 2673 reviews).

8
playing now
80%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (1,020 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$24.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Fishing: Barents Sea is a commercial fishing simulation video game developed by Misc Games, released on Microsoft Windows. It is the first title available on Steam to be released by Misc Games, a video game developer based in Stavanger, Norway.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (455 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 67k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,673 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.85-85%
IndieGala$3.89-84%
Gamesplanet$4.34-83%
GamersGate$5.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-05-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 54 of 76 observed days · $1.36 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33533520182026Week of 2018-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4352026-09-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 27 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 36 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 43 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5630Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 563 · peak 2,046May 2018 — avg 61 · peak 150Aug 2018 — avg 109 · peak 231Nov 2018 — avg 120 · peak 403Feb 2019 — avg 95 · peak 214May 2019 — avg 72 · peak 167Aug 2019 — avg 69 · peak 155Nov 2019 — avg 79 · peak 154Feb 2020 — avg 63 · peak 151May 2020 — avg 99 · peak 298Aug 2020 — avg 62 · peak 125Nov 2020 — avg 63 · peak 143Feb 2021 — avg 39 · peak 88May 2021 — avg 31 · peak 66Aug 2021 — avg 39 · peak 82Nov 2021 — avg 28 · peak 75Feb 2022 — avg 59 · peak 196May 2022 — avg 28 · peak 72Aug 2022 — avg 29 · peak 63Nov 2022 — avg 26 · peak 75Feb 2023 — avg 30 · peak 69May 2023 — avg 29 · peak 68Aug 2023 — avg 27 · peak 59Nov 2023 — avg 23 · peak 63Feb 2024 — avg 27 · peak 62May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 75Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 48Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 40Feb 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 110Aug 2025 — avg 51 · peak 98Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 51Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 39May 2026 — avg 20 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$2.382018-02-062026-10-112018-02-06 — best price $19.992018-08-12 — best price $14.672018-11-15 — best price $17.992019-01-11 — best price $24.992019-04-07 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $16.742019-11-21 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $14.992020-04-07 — best price $19.582020-06-29 — best price $14.892020-08-03 — best price $19.602020-10-08 — best price $22.392020-11-07 — best price $22.392020-12-12 — best price $21.132021-01-23 — best price $19.942021-02-22 — best price $24.992021-03-22 — best price $21.132021-04-16 — best price $11.692021-05-15 — best price $21.132021-06-16 — best price $8.492021-08-17 — best price $9.372021-09-21 — best price $23.442021-11-09 — best price $22.992021-12-18 — best price $21.242022-02-11 — best price $9.992022-05-07 — best price $18.982022-07-30 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $6.892023-03-02 — best price $19.192023-08-28 — best price $12.492023-12-27 — best price $6.492024-04-15 — best price $4.992024-08-13 — best price $21.242025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-04-23 — best price $16.192025-11-17 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $2.422026-06-05 — best price $2.382026-08-05 — best price $8.742026-10-11 — best price $3.85
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1312026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 12 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 12 pageviews2026-09-28 — 1 pageviews2026-10-02 — 6 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
90.1%
earned "You got your first Fish"
44.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Italian, Danish, Finnish…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-08-09, latest 2022-03-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7856%30
Xbox One (Xbox)7096%30
PS4 (PlayStation)55714%31
PS4 (PlayStation)14012%31
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Co-opNavalFishingSailingRealisticOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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