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Nice Day for Fishing

FusionPlay · Team17 · 2025-05-29

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 03, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), May 29, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), May 29, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 29, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

The world needs you Adventurer! Embark on an RPG pixel adventure where you’ll play as Baelin the humble fisherman, who must rise-up to become the hero of Honeywood. Battle fish with precision timing and magic spells, upgrade your abilities, defeat evil and rebuild Honeywood.

Nice Day for Fishing is a 2025 Adventure, RPG game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 3199 reviews).

22
playing now
83%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9
Nexus mods (957 downloads)
4.65★
PlayStation Store rating (1,009 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 12:00 UTC (census sample)

When the heroes of Azerim mysteriously vanish, an evil force threatens to take over the lands! Baelin the fisherman NPC must rise up to defend the town of Honeywood the only way he knows how! However, something's different... Baelin's no longer an NPC but... an Adventurer! Can you handle your new found responsibility?! Battle fish with precision timing and magic spells, upgrade your abilities, defeat evil and rebuild Honeywood.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Nice Day for Fishing trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (903 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–144k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,199 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.74 at GameBillet (2026-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 97 of 155 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81381320252026Week of 2025-05-29: 813 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5102026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 33 players2026-09-21 04:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 51 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 29 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 23:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 14:00 — 39 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 41 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 38 players2026-10-15 12:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
36531Jun 2025Aug 2026Jun 2025 — avg 365 · peak 1,907Jul 2025 — avg 98 · peak 287Aug 2025 — avg 54 · peak 133Sep 2025 — avg 37 · peak 81Oct 2025 — avg 38 · peak 101Nov 2025 — avg 33 · peak 118Dec 2025 — avg 74 · peak 178Jan 2026 — avg 113 · peak 260Feb 2026 — avg 89 · peak 263Mar 2026 — avg 46 · peak 97Apr 2026 — avg 31 · peak 76May 2026 — avg 39 · peak 94Jun 2026 — avg 47 · peak 122Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 84Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 188
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.742025-05-082026-10-012025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-06-03 — best price $19.992025-06-25 — best price $16.342025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-30 — best price $16.342025-08-17 — best price $17.712025-09-04 — best price $18.162025-09-29 — best price $16.602025-10-20 — best price $17.242025-11-02 — best price $14.382025-11-20 — best price $13.042025-11-29 — best price $11.792025-12-04 — best price $9.992025-12-19 — best price $14.992026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-01-19 — best price $8.992026-02-03 — best price $9.202026-02-13 — best price $19.992026-02-23 — best price $8.992026-03-01 — best price $17.192026-03-07 — best price $19.992026-03-17 — best price $9.762026-03-27 — best price $16.392026-04-06 — best price $18.392026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $9.202026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-14 — best price $8.452026-05-20 — best price $19.792026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-06-12 — best price $16.392026-06-25 — best price $5.772026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-07-26 — best price $6.312026-08-06 — best price $6.792026-08-12 — best price $6.792026-08-18 — best price $17.912026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $6.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
95.5%
earned "Mornin'!"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-05-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5528%25
PS5 (PlayStation)86730%26
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2155%25
Switch (Nintendo)290%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

2DRPGFunnyCombatComedyFishingColorfulCraftingAdventureAction RPG

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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