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Fishing: Barents Sea cover art

Fishing: Barents Sea

Misc Games · 2018-02-07

SteamPlayStation Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player

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.

12
playing now
80%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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
  • · 12 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 19% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 67k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,672 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.25-79%

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 77 observed days (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

3382026-08-06 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.382018-02-062026-08-252018-02-06 — 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 $8.742026-08-25 — best price $5.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1312026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 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…

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.

Player tags

Co-opNavalFishingSailingRealisticOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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