Clawfish
Fair · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $2.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 0.5h 0.8h to 100%
- Value
- $5.98/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 638 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.17 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 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
Clawfish is a fishing claw machine game. Visit an isolated train station with a fishing arcade. Explore the dock, play the machines, and take some time to relax by the water.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB RAM, 328 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 16 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 10 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Sayonara Wild Hearts ($6.49, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Isle of Jura ($0.79, scores 13).
More about Clawfish
Of the 348 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 92 percent of the 572 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 95 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
95% start to 46% 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
What players say
This game has no illusions of being more than it is. If you, like me, judge games based on the opportunity to collect critters, especially fish, you'll find this to be a relaxing time. Wish there were more fish, but I could say that about literally every game.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Developed and published by David Czarnowski under the davidczar label, Clawfish is a delightful indie title that reimagines the concept of fishing through an inventive arcade-inspired premise. Instead of casting rods into rivers or lakes, players visit a quiet fishing arcade near a lonely train station where fish are captured using claw machines. This unusual blend of fishing, exploration, and crane-game mechanics...
game can softlock you with stuck fish. no save files. happened three times. and the claw minigame itself is jank and insistent. sucks considering its literally the only gameplay mechanic. a cute game that is not fun and very buggy with no save files.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Clawfish scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1621140/clawfishReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length 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.