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Dazed Games · Published by Dazed Games · Official site ↗
Content notice: This game includes cartoon violence towards fish and gambling with fish (no real money)
Overwhelmingly Positive — 95% positive (71,278 reviews) · 28 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
£6.39
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Action, Indie, Simulation, Casual · 2026 · More £5 - £15 games
In How to Fish, master the art of angling on a deserted island. Collaborate with up to three friends or tackle challenges solo as you explore and survive.
About this game
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
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What you do in the game:
Fish fish, kill fish, sell fish
Start off with no gear or weapons, earn money to buy better gear and weapons and stuff
Complete quests and fight bosses to progress to new islands, where there are more dangerous creatures and better gear
Try to collect the rare variant of all the different fish
Hit trick shots for more money
Gamble for even more money
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System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10+
- Processor: Intel Core i5-5257U, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050, AMD RX 460 or equivalent
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
STEAM CLOUD SUPPORT & PATCH 1.0.12
Hi again : )Probably the last bugfix patch before starting to work on content updates. NEWSave files are now stored through Steam Cloud. Play and exit How to Fish on the pc you've saved them on once to upload them to the cloudCHANGESRebalanced piranhaNerfed tuna slightlyLimited velocity on items, hopefully making items harder to loseUpdated MetaVoice to 4.3, hopefully fixing some bugs in voice chat (Thank you Connor Myers (Metater)!)FIXEDFishNet no longer overrides your max fps when joining a lobbyNow preloads music so that it doesn't lagspike when buying the first radioFinal boss should now take damage from explosives even when landing on its tailAlso started talking about content updates, which we will start working on next week : )Restart Steam for updateThat's about it,Carl-Vilhelm & MelvinRead full article on Community Announcements (contact)Patch NotesOfficial
STEAM DECK VERIFIED, GEFORCE NOW & PATCH 1.0.11
Helo : )Today we're bringing another patch for How to Fish, mainly for increased stability and extra platform support.NEWHow to Fish is now playable through Geforce NOWHow to Fish is now fully Steam Deck VerifiedAdded option to use toggle for aimingAdded option to use toggle for sprintingAdded option to hold to attackAdded option to toggle nametagsCHANGESSave files are now always checked that they're not corrupt before loadingSave files now have backups in case of becoming corruptSlightly moved roulette table on island 6 as it was a bit annoying to bet in that positionChanged color for item dots to make dropped weapons easier to find (weapons are now orange and dead players are turquoise)You will now die from your own explosives even with friendly fire disabledRemoved iron sight as a purchasable since players only ever bought them by mistake, removing their expensive attachmentsYou can no longer downgrade from suppressor to compensatorFIXEDHopefully fixed inventory bug on join, making players invisibleFixed so that items need to have been held once before sellingFixed drip parrotfish not being cookedFixed hands sometimes teleporting instead of moving smoothly to a picked up itemRestart Steam for update : )That's about it,Carl-Vilhelm & MelvinRead full article on Community Announcements (contact)Press Coverage
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 25 Aug — 1 September 2026
* STAR WARS Zero Company™; * How to Fish; * NBA 2K27; * Crimson Desert Enhanced; * Dead by Daylight; * EA SPORTS FC™ 27; * WARDOGS; * Red Dead Redemption 2; * Forza Horizon 6; * ELDEN RING; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDBRead full article on SteamDB (SteamDB)Patch NotesOfficial
FANART & PATCH 1.0.10
Hello!Biggest patch yet! : )FANART POSTINGCreated a new channel just for fanart in the community discord. You are very welcome to post any fanart of How to Fish, we'd love to see it! (props to borgus18 for patch splash art)NEWWeapons and tools now get cleaned from cooking when dipped in waterItems dropped on the ground are now saved between sessions (up to 64 total items, prioritizing weapons, tools, quest items and creatures)CHANGESNerfed anglerfish slightly since it was too annoying with a lot of healthFIXEDFixed beer bleeding when punchedFixed a bug where you could die by tuna, spawn albatross and become unable to respawn"Last played" saved in UTC but didnt convert to localtime, displaying the wrong time.No more rich text in chat since griefers were exploiting itLimited max velocity on explosions so items don't fly so far that they dissapearFixed a bug where things broke if a player and a seagull picked up an item at the same timeFixed infinite ticking on roulette table when at high valuesRoulette ball should hopefully not clip through the wheel anymoreNow prints game version number in player.log for easier debuggingIncreased time allowed to connect, hopefully lowering risk of being disconnected instantlyFixed a bug where if you left while playing roulette it broke for the next sessionHopefully fixed items spawning far away when equipping one from the inventoryNo longer shows item dots while in end game screenRemoved X marker on the radar (it was the position where you last died, but was just confusing)Hopefully fixed items falling through the level when loading a game or joining a lobbyGoodbye,Carl-Vilhelm & MelvinRead full article on Community Announcements (contact)Press Coverage
Steam Global Top Sellers for week of 18 Aug — 25 August 2026
* How to Fish; * Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4; * Mortal Shell II; * WARDOGS; * S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl; * HELLDIVERS™ 2; * Big Walk; * STAR WARS Zero Company™; * Black Myth: Wukong; * No More Room in Hell 2; * excluding free to play games View top 100 on SteamDBRead full article on SteamDB (SteamDB)
