How to Fish: boss, bait and co-op guides
Co-op fishing with a shotgun: five islands, five bosses and 28 achievements. Verified bait tables, killscore multipliers and working progression routes, each traced back to the patch notes.
Latest guides
2026 fishing games: How to Fish leads all 104 releases
Steam shipped 104 games under the Fishing tag in 2026. How to Fish holds 31.9% of all their reviews and leads the runner-up by 4.63x. Full top-8 table inside.
How to Fish Age Rating: 12, 14 or 18?
The Steam page carries no PEGI and no ESRB rating, but three regional boards scored the game 12, 14 and 18.
How to Fish Albatross Boss: Tuna Bait and an Airborne Fight
The fourth boss circles the rocky island. How to land the tuna mini-boss, where to drop the carcass, and why an SMG beats a sniper rifle here.
All 28 How to Fish Achievements: Conditions and Player Percentages
The full achievement table with live Steam statistics read on 31 August 2026. What each one needs, which are rarest, and why 60% of players never finish.
All How to Fish Bosses In Order: Bait and Tactics
The five How to Fish bosses from the spider crab to the mutated whale: what summons each one, where the bait comes from and how many players reach the finale.
How to Fish All Islands: Order, Bosses and What to Buy
Five islands in a fixed order: lighthouse, forest, desert, rocks and volcano. What guards each transition, where the roulette is
How to Fish bait guide: the full catch table
Every bait in How to Fish and what it catches, from ham and hot dogs to the scientific lure and the fish bucket. Plus boss triggers and drip creature farming.
How to Fish Beginner Guide: Your First Hour on the Isle
First steps in How to Fish: where to buy the radar, how to earn starting cash, which bait catches
How to Fish Boat, Engine and Radar Upgrade Guide
A ten-dollar radar, a 230-dollar engine upgrade and three achievements tied to the boat. What to buy first, and why only 62.3% of players reach the best engine.
Cheats and griefing in How to Fish: no anti-cheat, private lobbies
The Steam feature list contains no anti-cheat system at all. We looked at what the game does put against abuse
Co-op fishing games on Steam: only 17 titles out of 596
We counted how many games under Steam's Fishing tag actually have online co-op. The full list of 17, their prices and scores
How to Fish community: Discord, the Steam hub and no mods
103,040 players in-game versus 320 followers on the studio X account. Where to report bugs, whether streaming is allowed, and which Steam features are missing.
Latest news
How to Fish leads the friendslop trend: peak doubles Peak
How to Fish's Steam peak hit 373,971 players — more than double Peak's record and almost eight times Big Walk's. Data from SteamDB via GamesRadar+
How to Fish: Devs Promise New Content and Fixes After 1M Sales
Dazed Games confirmed on August 23 it will add new content and keep fixing bugs after How to Fish sold 1 million copies in 2 days. Here's exactly what was said.
Every How to Fish patch: the full timeline since launch
Six patch notes in eight days, from 1.0.4 with eight-player co-op to 1.0.10 with persistent dropped items. Every change collected into one dated table.
Who made How to Fish: Dazed Games and two signatures
The game is developed and published by Dazed Games. All eight Steam posts carry the same two names, and six patch notes landed between launch and 27 August.