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Catch & Release

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.

Released Jun 7, 2018 Developer metricminds GmbH & Co KG Publisher Advanced Interactive Gaming Ltd. Platforms Windows SimulationSportsFishingVRCasual
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

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 2026-05-14.

89.1%positive359 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“YESSSSS”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

35achievements
6.4%median completion
0.3%rarest: Hell's gate
93.7% of players 90.5% of players 83.2% of players 56.0% of players 49.4% of players 35.7% of players 30.0% of players 28.3% of players 27.4% of players 21.5% of players 20.0% of players 16.5% of players 16.2% of players 9.9% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 7.8% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.0% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.6% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 93.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
93.7%For reel??? — Cast reel at least 5m
90.5%One fin — Catch 1 fish
83.2%Reel good — Cast reel at least 15m
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Hell's gate — Drink 666 beers
0.4%Royal Flush — Sell five Registomas at once
0.4%Collector's Edition — Catch each fish type once

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-12
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia28.95 AUD
Canada22.79 CAD
Japan2,050 JPY
Brazil37.99 BRL
China70.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.3 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 15, 2022
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

Apr 29, 2020
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

Feb 10, 2020
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

Sep 18, 2019
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

Jun 25, 2019
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.

GenresSimulation, Sports
Player tagsSimulation · Sports · Fishing · VR · Casual · Cartoon (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * *
Achievements35
Official sitehttps://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