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Catch & Release
Catch & Release places you on a beautiful mountain lake and lets you freely explore and row around while you choose your fishing spot and take in the scenery.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“YESSSSS”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Welcome to Games Germany!
As our game was developed in Frankfurt we currently participate in the Welcome to Games Germany! sale! Catch & Release will be down 40% from February 14th to 17th. Have a look at the finest games made
You Explored the Cave!
During the last couple of weeks fishermen around the world ventured into the unknown depths of the newly discovered Cave System of Whispering Waters . We got some great feedback and really enjoyed you
The CAVE update
Breaking News! Mysterious never before seen cave entrance has been spotted at Whispering Waters! Scientists are puzzled why this cave had not been discovered before however the entrance was heavily ov
The NIGHT update
You asked, we delivered! The amazing go fishing at night update. v.1.4.0 (4207129) - Night Update - Added night lighting scenario - Added 3 new fish - Added glowing lure - Added fireflies - Added rare
WEATHER UPDATE!!
Hi Fishlovers, Just a quick note from us here fishing developers at Catch and Release. We did something! We made a weather update :) Bad Weather, Good Fishing We think it looks pretty sweet! Great for
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Simulation · Sports · Fishing · VR · Casual · Cartoon (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * * |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.catchandrelease.game |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP 1 Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR