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The Fisherman - Fishing Planet cover art

The Fisherman - Fishing Planet

Fishing Planet LLC · 2019-10-17

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerSimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Oct 15, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Oct 15, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2019 (Xbox One)

The Fisherman – Fishing Planet is for all fans of nature and sport fishing! This simulation, made by and for fishing enthusiasts, recreates all the finer details of the art of fishing with unrivalled authenticity.

63%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.68★
PlayStation Store rating (1,409 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,293 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 36k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,453 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Fanatical (2024-06-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days · $37.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220192026Week of 2019-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$47.33$2.172019-10-172026-10-112019-10-17 — best price $33.982019-12-17 — best price $33.992020-01-14 — best price $41.002020-02-07 — best price $39.392020-03-12 — best price $39.992020-05-11 — best price $39.992020-06-21 — best price $33.492020-08-04 — best price $39.992020-09-07 — best price $39.992020-10-08 — best price $35.892020-11-07 — best price $35.892020-12-09 — best price $31.492021-02-04 — best price $39.992021-03-24 — best price $39.992021-06-25 — best price $14.002021-08-17 — best price $13.992021-10-28 — best price $13.992021-12-24 — best price $11.202022-02-10 — best price $11.992022-05-15 — best price $10.492022-07-27 — best price $29.992022-10-24 — best price $29.992023-01-02 — best price $5.992023-03-10 — best price $7.492023-05-22 — best price $29.992023-07-22 — best price $23.612023-10-10 — best price $7.492023-12-11 — best price $23.892024-02-01 — best price $7.502024-04-22 — best price $2.992024-07-04 — best price $29.992024-09-12 — best price $2.342024-12-04 — best price $29.992026-10-11 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
93.3%
earned "Tight Lines!"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-10-17, latest 2020-09-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)4,4220%19
Steam (Steam)4320%18
Xbox One (Xbox)2371%18

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

Player tags

Co-opCasualNatureSportsFishingRelaxingAdventureRealisticSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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