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Loan Shark

Studio Ortica · 2025-08-08

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 08, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 13, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 18, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Feb 26, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

The loan shark is coming for you. Catch enough fish to repay your debt before it is too late. Go fish.

Loan Shark is a 2025 Adventure and Indie game priced at $3.19, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 691 reviews).

85%
positive of 706 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (201 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$3.19
steam price (US)

You are an angler haunted by huge debts. In the midst of yet another night working at sea, you catch something different: a fish which talks, and promises to make you rich... but at what cost?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (146 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 30,069 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 706 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-02-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12812820252026Week of 2025-08-08: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$1.992025-08-082026-08-272025-08-08 — best price $3.592025-08-15 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $3.192025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-11-04 — best price $3.192025-11-09 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.192026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-01-13 — best price $2.992026-01-18 — best price $3.992026-02-17 — best price $1.992026-02-24 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $2.792026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-05-18 — best price $2.592026-05-25 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $2.792026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-07-17 — best price $2.792026-07-24 — best price $3.992026-08-27 — best price $3.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
87.6%
earned "A little help"
11.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave AnytimeStereo Sound

2 supported languages: English, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50914%16
PS5 (PlayStation)21557%17
Xbox Series (Xbox)9133%16
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

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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