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Call of the Wild: The Angler™
The Angler is an open world fishing game that can be played solo or with friends. Discover and catch a wide variety of unique fish species, from common to rare, on your journey to become a master angler.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“I'm bummed they abandoned this game. But its still one of my favorite and go to fishing games. I have a great and relaxing time playing, and there's enough challenges and quests to keep me interested. There's always…”
“If ya love to fish, this game can be addictive! There is a lot to do so take your time explore everywhere and see everything. This will help you level up to get more gear and catch bigger fish. Drop a line in every body…”
“Fantastic Game! Fishing at it's best, at least as close as a video game can get. it's a dang shame they completely dropped ALL development.”
5 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Sadly had so much potential. Game Looks amazing, and for the most part the core mechanics are solid But they left the game and now its a mess of crashes, fish not spawning, slow boring grind its actually not worth…”
“Beautifull game but holy jesus is it hard to catch something but that may be because i dont really get what i have to do at certain lakes to get certain fish”
“Its a very good game has great attention too deatail reccomend if ur into fishing also really fun with friends overall i love it (:”
3 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Great Fishing game. Lot's to do with several maps. Very relaxing and fun to play with friends as well.”
“I have to prefdace this review with my sadness that development has ben stopped for COTW the Angler a while ago. I honestly can't understand that - it's such a cool fishing game already and it seems like selling map…”
“I love this game. Big maps, freedom. It's relaxing! Not a hardcore simulator but close enough.”
3 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“Great Fishing game. Lot's to do with several maps. Very relaxing and fun to play with friends as well.”
“chillest and funniest game OAT, especially with friends”
“Its a very good game has great attention too deatail reccomend if ur into fishing also really fun with friends overall i love it (:”
18 of the 95 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“DO NOT BUY=dog piss devs abandoned it”
“The game is no longer in development, which is unfortunate, but the game is rather polished overall. I don't like the controls of the game, but I don't hold that against the game at all. My only real complaint is that…”
“I'm bummed they abandoned this game. But its still one of my favorite and go to fishing games. I have a great and relaxing time playing, and there's enough challenges and quests to keep me interested. There's always…”
14 of the 95 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm bummed they abandoned this game. But its still one of my favorite and go to fishing games. I have a great and relaxing time playing, and there's enough challenges and quests to keep me interested. There's always…”
“Sadly had so much potential. Game Looks amazing, and for the most part the core mechanics are solid But they left the game and now its a mess of crashes, fish not spawning, slow boring grind its actually not worth…”
13 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“some how call of the wild got worse with this one. i am a fan of call of the wild the hunter but this one i feel like it would have been better to make a DLC for hunter with the mechanics of casting then make this, it…”
“Sadly had so much potential. Game Looks amazing, and for the most part the core mechanics are solid But they left the game and now its a mess of crashes, fish not spawning, slow boring grind its actually not worth…”
8 of the 95 reviews raise this.
“some how call of the wild got worse with this one. i am a fan of call of the wild the hunter but this one i feel like it would have been better to make a DLC for hunter with the mechanics of casting then make this, it…”
“i played for 5 minutes and instantly got "here is how people should talk" HR vibe from the narrating voice before the camera turned around and showed my guy holding the fish i caught like a grinning idiot. I wanted…”
6 of the 95 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Not for me. Very hard to understand where to go.”
“Beautifull game but holy jesus is it hard to catch something but that may be because i dont really get what i have to do at certain lakes to get certain fish”
“pretty good fishing game, there is inventory management which i dont like. this game is also abandoned so get it at a steep discount”
Counted across 95 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 63.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Needs an ocean update, and this could be better by far than fishing planet, it already is.”
— a player, Steam review · 178 hrs played“I honestly don't know why the reviews on this game are mixed recently. This is the best fishing game currently out there. Fishing planet feels WAY to grinding and annoying to fish in. As well as it being a money pit unless you want to progress slower than a snail. Let me list…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“[code]This game is no longer supported. [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45534557/]@MatureContent[/url][/code] I have over 300 hours in theHunter CotW and was therefore looking forward to play this 'new' CotW game. Unfortunately, it feels and looks nothing like…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Important Development Update
Anglers, It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the end of development for Call of the Wild: The Angler. The Angler will remain playable both online and offline in its current state, and you’ll stil
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Patch 2.1.1 is live!
Hey Anglers! Patch 2.1.1 is now live! In this patch we've added the remaining fish variations to the Norway, Spain and South African reserves. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue with the Short Locs hair customi
Patch 2.1.0
Hey Anglers! Patch 2.1.0 is here and offers some highly requested new features and quality of life improvements. Rod Holders are now available for all players. You will be able to use two rods in hold
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Fishing · Simulation · Multiplayer · Nature · Open World · Immersive Sim · Relaxing · Sports · Realistic · Walking Simulator · Casual · Hunting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Official site | https://cotwtheangler.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64 bit OS - Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-6400 (4C / 4T) (Q3 ‘15) or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 4 GB or AMD RX 480 4 GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 25 GB available space