Best Fishing Games on Steam
Games about catching fish, choosing gear, reading water, and relaxing or competing.
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1Stardew Valley - You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Feb 26, 2016
In this game, you can…
- marry someone with the exact salad you found in a trash can.
- build an 8-player farm together and even tweak the group profit split for a harder run.
- spam bombs in a monster-filled cavern to blast straight through floors for loot.
- run the mines in co-op, with one person fighting monsters while the other grabs ore and bolts.
- restore a run-down community center to reshape the whole town, or buy into a big corporation instead.
- ignore farming and still build a whole life by fishing, mining, foraging, cooking, and specializing into different work paths.
- befriend townspeople by learning their schedules, catching them at dawn, and steadily unlocking personal cutscenes and secrets.
- turn an overgrown inherited farm into a working homestead by clearing debris, planting crops, upgrading tools, and expanding your setup.
2DAVE THE DIVER - DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
Jun 28, 2023
In this game, you can…
- harpoon fish all day, then run a sushi restaurant at night by setting the menu, managing staff, and serving customers for upgrade money.
- hunt Godzilla in a crossover event during your dives.
- care for a Tamagotchi-like fish on your in-game phone by feeding it, cleaning up poop, training it, and putting it to sleep.
- dive into a shifting underwater sinkhole where each trip turns up new fish, loot, and surprises.
- go from peaceful exploration to fighting sharks and a megalodon when something huge shows up in the dark.
- watch customers taste your special dishes and launch into over-the-top Food Wars-style reaction cutscenes.
- unlock a whole farm loop where you grow crops, raise and name chickens for eggs, and feed it all back into your restaurant recipes.
- keep unlocking side activities like seahorse racing, card collecting, photography, gambling, rhythm sequences, and brawling missions as the story escalates.
3WEBFISHING - WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Oct 11, 2024
In this game, you can…
- marry a stranger at a private-island wedding, get served snacks and bait, and watch the whole relationship end when the ceremony does.
- pull up a fish so huge it fills the entire skybox.
- wander into hidden spots and intentional out-of-bounds areas, then link flags so everyone can reach the secret space from spawn.
- cast your line, walk away, and come back later to find a fish still waiting on the hook.
- play instruments together in the lobby, from guitar and tambourine to keyboard-like jam sessions.
- hang out in public camps that work like a chatroom, lobby-hop all day, and eventually host your own room for new people to join.
- draw on the ground with chalk and crayons while everyone fishes and talks nearby.
- buy scratch cards, gamble for a big win, and spiral into more side activities instead of fishing.
4DREDGE - DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Mar 30, 2023
In this game, you can…
- blow your boat horn at night and get a horn reply from something you can't see.
- stay out after dark for rarer, pricier fish while the sea starts lying to you.
- dredge up a mysterious artifact, meet a Collector, and uncover how the mystery ties to your missing memory.
- dredge up relics and scrap from the seafloor to unlock new ship gear and upgrades.
- fit oddly shaped fish into your hold like a sliding puzzle.
- watch your sanity climb until the world fills with whispers, false lights, and hazards that might be real.
- circle a region dominated by a huge monster that defines where you can safely travel.
- go from a tiny tugboat to a faster, brighter, better-equipped ship by piecing upgrades together over time.
5Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition - Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.
Aug 18, 2020
In this game, you can…
- take in a spirit, build them a home, run errands for them, then personally escort them to the Everdoor when they're ready to leave.
- have your ship slowly turn into a memorial, because the houses of departed spirits stay on deck after they're gone.
- play the whole journey in co-op as a cat, help with chores, and get hugged mid-adventure.
- build a ferry from scraps into a stacked, self-sufficient floating town with homes, farms, workshops, and animal pens.
- hug your passengers whenever you want, as a real action you do all the time.
- cook meals, learn each spirit's favorite foods, and watch them react when you finally serve the right dish.
- trigger set-piece events on the water like lightning storms, dragons, jellyfish swarms, and meteor showers to earn resources.
6HoloCure - Save the Fans! - Play as your favorite Vtubers from Hololive! Fight, explore, and clear your way through armies of fans and save them from their mind-control in this unofficial free fan-game.
Aug 16, 2023
In this game, you can…
- find a Golden Hammer once per run, then fuse specific collabs and items into a super collab.
- step into a side mode where you fish, farm, cook, mine, woodcut, manage workers, and bring meals back as combat buffs.
- discover a full Jump King-style tower area hidden alongside the main roguelike mode.
- pick a character whose weapon and skills completely change how you fight.
- use a gold anvil to fuse two maxed weapons into one new super weapon.
- aim certain attacks with the mouse while dodging enemy projectiles and telegraphed strikes.
- max Halu early so the screen floods with faster enemies, then ride the chaos to level faster and earn more currency.
- pull characters from free gacha banners using in-game currency, then roll duplicates to upgrade them.
- walk into a casino, lose rock-paper-scissors to an NPC, then blow your coins on slots and casino-only items.
7Dinkum - Dinkum is a survival life simulation game set on an island inspired by the rugged Australian outback. Farm, hunt, mine, fish, and forage to gather resources, expand your town, and discover what makes Dinkum so special—either solo or with friends.
Apr 22, 2025
In this game, you can…
- unlock jetskis, motorboats, motorcycles, and eventually fly helicopters and hot air balloons across your town.
- dump car batteries in the ocean, set yourself on fire in campfires, and launch kangaroos skyward by caging them.
- reroll the whole island map just to get better rivers for boat travel.
- terraform the island by hand with a shovel and wheelbarrow.
- dig into the mines, get wrecked early, then come back geared up to harvest rare ores for big upgrades.
- hit late night, run out of stamina, and keep crafting or decorating anyway because the game doesn't force you home.
- turn a tent camp into a real town by attracting visitors, building them houses, and unlocking new shops and tools as they settle.
8Disney Dreamlight Valley - Explore a world filled with the magic of Disney as you discover rich stories and build the perfect neighborhood alongside Disney and Pixar heroes and villains in this new life-sim adventure game. Welcome to Disney Dreamlight Valley.
Dec 5, 2023
In this game, you can…
- free the Dream Castle, unlock character realms, solve their puzzles, then bring those Disney and Pixar characters to live in your valley.
- set up a themed scene, dress for the prompt, take a photo for DreamSnaps, and earn moonstones from public voting.
- tame critters like raccoons that appear at specific times, feeding them repeatedly until they finally count as collected.
- hang out with a character as your buddy, level friendship, and get extra drops while you mine, fish, farm, or forage together.
- plant huge fields of money crops like pumpkins or okra, harvest them in bulk, and turn farming into your main gold-making engine.
- plant and water crops in timed intervals, then come back later because they won't wither if you ignore them for a while.
- piece together the valley's backstory by finding hidden memory fragments while you explore and clear the world.
- decorate an entire neighborhood and home with massive amounts of furniture and themed buildings for different Disney characters.
9Cat Goes Fishing - Start out on an island with a basic rod. Progress into a radar-wielding master fisher-cat scouring the sea for the biggest and baddest fish. Each fish has unique behaviors that you will learn to exploit as you tailor your arsenal of fishing rods to suit your style of play. Mrrrow!
Jan 19, 2015
In this game, you can…
- get your bait stolen by a dragon, then have to improvise a whole new plan to catch what you came for.
- strap on rockets and drop bombs to cast farther and clear out fish that keep getting in your way.
- hunt down hats in the sea that give real boosts, change your abilities, and can even alter the music.
- start with a basic rod and unlock boats, better gear, sonar, and game-changing hats.
- use smaller fish as bait, kite predators into position, and thread your hook through cave mazes to land specific targets.
- pull off puzzle-like catches where a fish chases you through caves, you snag the exact bait it wants, then hook it mid-pursuit.
- switch between relaxed fishing and a Realism mode where fish fight hard, slip bait, and demand careful reeling.
- dive farther into deeper, darker zones as your boat and gear improve, unlocking new monsters and secrets as the ocean opens up.
10Melvor Idle - Inspired by RuneScape, Melvor Idle takes the core of what makes an adventure game so addictive and strips it down to its purest form! This is a feature-rich, idle/incremental game combining a distinctly familiar feel with a fresh gameplay experience. Maxing 20+ skills has never been more zen.
Nov 18, 2021
In this game, you can…
- leave a skill running overnight and come back to thousands of logs.
- start leveling one skill, then end up fighting giants just to keep your astrology plan moving.
- chain summons into everything: make ent summons, catch jewels while fishing, cook the fish, then turn bad meals into pig summons that level more skills and earn money.
- fish for days to buy more inventory slots, then use the space to power every other grind.
- auto-battle monsters but manually eat to stay alive until you unlock upgrades that let combat truly idle.
- unlock cartography that slowly reveals new map locations, then tie archaeology finds to those discoveries for rare rewards.
- turn a tiny plan into a full production web: mine ore, smelt bars, craft gear, stock food and ammo, then push deeper into bosses.
- play an entire idle RPG without any reset system, so every hour stays permanent progress.
