The Fisherman - Fishing Planet
Skip · Multiplayer · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 10, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Reviews
- 63% of 1,453 positive
Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 1 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 655 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Graphics Card Intel HD4600 or higher, 12 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
39 discounts in the 7 years on record, a median of 65 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 94 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 83 percent. On the same math Professional Fishing (free, scores 43) and Ultimate Fishing Simulator® ($1.19, scores 68) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about The Fisherman - Fishing Planet
This site sampled 583 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
The drop-off
93% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
The Fisherman - Fishing Planet scores 10/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1072480/the-fisherman-fishing-planetReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.