How to Fish vs WEBFISHING: a comparison on Steam numbers
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WEBFISHING is the game How to Fish gets compared to most often: also fishing, also co-op, also indie. We put both Steam pages into one table.
A comparison on measured data
| How to Fish | WEBFISHING | |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Dazed Games | lamedeveloper |
| Release | 20 August 2026 | 11 October 2024 |
| Days on the market (as of 31.08.2026) | 11 | 689 |
| Price | $7.99 | $4.99 |
| Reviews | 43,902 | 70,390 |
| Positive | 94.9% | 97.3% |
| Reviews per day | 3,979.1 | 102.2 |
| Achievements | 28 | 16 |
| Interface languages | 16, all with full audio | 1 |
| Platforms | Windows only | Windows only |
| Concurrent players at reading time | 101,746 | 190 |
What actually matters in that table
WEBFISHING has the higher score, and that is not a detail. 97.3% against 94.9%. The gap looks small, but it is durable: WEBFISHING accumulated those reviews over almost two years, not during one launch week.
How to Fish collects reviews roughly 39 times faster. 3,979 a day against 102. That is not a quality signal — it is a recency signal. Any game gathers reviews an order of magnitude faster in its first fortnight than in its second year.
Languages are the biggest practical difference. WEBFISHING has one interface language. How to Fish has 16, all with full audio. For a game people play on voice with friends, that is not cosmetic.
Price. WEBFISHING is cheaper: $4.99 against $7.99. Both sit in a bracket where price is unlikely to be the deciding argument.
Read the player-count comparison carefully
101,746 against 190 looks like a rout, but these are two instantaneous readings, not averages. How to Fish itself returned anywhere from 101,746 to 163,914 players across different readings on that same 31 August — a daily cycle that spreads the figure by half again.
The honest conclusion: as of 31 August 2026 How to Fish has a concurrent count three orders of magnitude larger. But that compares a game on its 11th day with one on its 689th, and it says nothing about where How to Fish will be in two years.
What they share
Both are Windows only, both have co-op and online play, both come from small studios. Neither has console versions.
What we did not compare
We did not compare gameplay — that would be our impressions, not measured data. We did not measure completion time for either game, and we did not count how much content each one holds. And we do not know why WEBFISHING holds the higher score: we have hypotheses but no evidence, which is why none appear here.
Frequently asked questions
Which is better, How to Fish or WEBFISHING?
By Steam score WEBFISHING is higher: 97.3% against 94.9%. By concurrent players on 31.08.2026 How to Fish was far ahead.
Which game is cheaper?
WEBFISHING — $4.99 against $7.99 for How to Fish.
Does WEBFISHING have more languages?
No. WEBFISHING has one interface language, while How to Fish has 16, all with full audio.
Why does How to Fish get so many more reviews per day?
Because it just launched. 11 days against 689 is a comparison of release recency, not of quality.