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Fishing Planet
Fishing Planet® is a free-to-play and highly realistic first-person online multiplayer fishing simulator. Developed by avid fishing enthusiasts to bring you the full thrill of actual angling on your PC.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “realistic relaxing fishing mechanics” (81 of 104 reviews) and “realistic graphics and environments” (11); the most common complaint is “slow leveling and excessive grind” (28). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
81 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Excellent game. Definitely the most realistic in terms of mechanics. Can I recommend it? No. It's off the charts bonkers how aggressively and *predatory* the monetisation in this game is. Subscription fees, DLC fees,…”
“For sure i will recomend it to other and alrady have. This game is really amazing the way the game works the graphics. When you on the boat driving its like you really on one. Game has a very calming effect on me when i…”
“oh the glory days of playing fishing simulators on a scrappy iphone in my youth, i find this game to hold a similar position in my heart”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“For sure i will recomend it to other and alrady have. This game is really amazing the way the game works the graphics. When you on the boat driving its like you really on one. Game has a very calming effect on me when i…”
“fun fishing game, great environments.”
“Very nice and addicting game. The graphics are amazing, the realism is on point. So many fish species, so many fishing spots....very complex game. If you can allow yourself to do the grind and not expect to level up…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Pretty good game so far. Played the demo version for a good few hours, game has alot going on and I most enjoyed the Rod and tackel outfiting part as it lets you customise just about everything from leader line length…”
“Great game to relax with catching fish in various lakes, rivers, ponds and oceans”
“Very nice and addicting game. The graphics are amazing, the realism is on point. So many fish species, so many fishing spots....very complex game. If you can allow yourself to do the grind and not expect to level up…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I have only put 20 bucks into the game and its fun but very grind but it is free. The early game is going to be slow but once you get to st.criox its easy game and you'll be able to make enough money however then the…”
“Such calming and interesting multiplayer fishing game. Best free fishing game to play with friends.”
“fun, pretty realistic, can be played thoroughly without purchasing anything, and still able to accomplish missions, unlock goods, and win premium for free from daily spin, overally very good.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“great game, for poeple that enjoy fishing, also dont need a good pc at all, i run 500 fps with this”
“Works perfectly on anything you install it on even this intel core i3 and its relaxing and fun its like real fishing but with more fish.”
“Very well made game I love it! its my favorite game to play as a pass time and it has 0 lag it runs smooth even if my wifi sucks lol I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
28 of the 104 reviews raise this · 23 of them still recommend the game.
“Excellent game. Definitely the most realistic in terms of mechanics. Can I recommend it? No. It's off the charts bonkers how aggressively and *predatory* the monetisation in this game is. Subscription fees, DLC fees,…”
“nah this is terrible, it'd be a great game if they just charged for the game and released all the map locations as part of the base game not locked behind some wild grind and then it'd actually be a good game, maybe not…”
“Annoying popups to buy premium etc. all the time. Travel to locations costs ingame-money or real-money and is on a timer. You also need a license for fishing at the location for ingame-money or real-money; also on a…”
22 of the 104 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Excellent game. Definitely the most realistic in terms of mechanics. Can I recommend it? No. It's off the charts bonkers how aggressively and *predatory* the monetisation in this game is. Subscription fees, DLC fees,…”
“nah this is terrible, it'd be a great game if they just charged for the game and released all the map locations as part of the base game not locked behind some wild grind and then it'd actually be a good game, maybe not…”
“A little money hungry but enjoyable game for sure”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“nah this is terrible, it'd be a great game if they just charged for the game and released all the map locations as part of the base game not locked behind some wild grind and then it'd actually be a good game, maybe not…”
“Okay game, cool physics and a lot of in depth systems make this a very realistic fishing sim. Would be cool for fishing nerds HOWEVER; HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE ANNOYING MONETIZATION. NOTHING about it is optional either unless…”
“Game is fun and all but everything is pay to win and charging insane amount of money for everything. The grind is extreme and you will have to put a thousand hours into just to get to maybe 80% unlocking everything. I…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is so fun and relaxing. I've spent countless hours catching fish on here and i don't think there's another fishing game i enjoy as much as this one. However there is a little bit of a learning curve at first…”
“Most realistic fishing game I have ever played. Love it. There is a huge learning curve, I suggest googling some videos for beginners, would have saved me lots of frustration and lots of in game money lol.”
“Love the game, recommend finding a tutorial because the progression is difficult, if you can find a money making strat early game that's what I recommend.”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is nice. So what's the problem? The monetization. Every menu or loading screen I enter I'm hit with adds to buy premium. I don't want premium, I don't want to play this game anymore. I'm out.”
“Absolutetly garbage, it is utterly terribly in the mechanics of equipping because it is so hard to equip everything properly! UTTERLY TERRIBLE! DO NOT DOWNLOAD!”
“Annoying popups to buy premium etc. all the time. Travel to locations costs ingame-money or real-money and is on a timer. You also need a license for fishing at the location for ingame-money or real-money; also on a…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Very good game I'm 80 yrs. old and love playing the game, since it harder for me to do real fishing.”
— a player, Steam review · 111 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too…”
— a player, Steam review · 106 hrs played“Even though it's a massive grind if you don't cough up for all the paid-for goodies, it's still doable. Look, they must obviously get their revenue *somewhere* , but it's just that the prices in our local (South African) currency are just insane. A single add-on package can…”
— a player, Steam review · 406 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 2026-10-20.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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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 | Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Sports, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Fishing · Free to Play · Multiplayer · Simulation · Relaxing · Sports · Realistic · Massively Multiplayer · Co-op · First-Person · Open World · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Official site | http://www.fishingplanet.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: OS Version - Windows 7, 8, 10 x64 Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics Card Intel HD4600 or higher DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 12 GB available space Additional Notes: External mouse or compatible Xbox controller required