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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.
The How to Fish devlog: 370 days from first post to launch
We assembled the public Dazed Games devlog into a timeline. The game began as a fishing game
Out of Hand: Deluxe - the first game by the How to Fish devs
Dazed Games has one more game: a physics party brawler for 2-8 players at $4.99.
How to Fish patch 1.0.6: save files and ghost servers
The 23 August update stopped the phantom Game Name lobbies from appearing and rewrote when the game writes a save. It no longer saves during a crash.
How to Fish patch 1.0.8: DualSense glyphs and fire audio
A tiny 24 August update: PlayStation controller button prompts finally display correctly, and the campfire sizzle now obeys the FX volume slider.
How to Fish player count: 164k concurrent 11 days in
The peak was 374k on August 26. Five days later 163,914 people are playing at once - 44% of the record. Measured with the official Steam API on August 31.
How to Fish player count: the daily peak is half the record
On 31 August SteamCharts shows a 189,311 daily peak against the all-time record of 373,887 set on 26 August.
How to Fish press: 12 posts, only two from outlets
We broke down the game's official Steam news feed: 12 entries across eight days, 8 of them written by the studio, and only two games-press pieces.
How to Fish review curve: the day-by-day numbers
Between 20 and 31 August players left 39,095 reviews. We pulled Steam's official histogram and broke it down by day: the peak was 23 August with 4,535 reviews.
The newest 800 How to Fish reviews: 94.8% positive
We took the 800 most recent reviews as of 31 August and counted them apart from the overall pile. The score is holding at the level of the first days
How to Fish ranks 8th in the global Steam chart
Valve official concurrent-player ranking puts a game from a two-person studio above Rust, GTA V Legacy and Project Zomboid.
Dazed Games on YouTube: the trailer has fewer views than players
The How to Fish release trailer has 57,803 views - fewer than the game has concurrent players. And before it the channel was silent for nine months.
How to Fish 1.0.10: the biggest patch and an anglerfish nerf
The 27 August patch is the one the developers called their biggest: weapons clean in water, dropped items persist between sessions
How to Fish: a million players in two days, 374k peak
A 7.99 dollar indie fishing game became a Steam hit: a million players in two days after launch, a 373,971 concurrent peak and a Very Positive rating.
How to Fish 1.0.9 adds Easy and Hard difficulty modes
Patch 1.0.9 gave How to Fish a difficulty choice: Easy cuts creature health by 25% and damage by half, Hard adds 25% to both.
How to Fish 1.0.5: Private Lobbies and Axis Inversion
The second patch in two days: invite-only private lobbies, X and Y axis inversion, the locked fps floor lowered from 50 to 30, and a fix against griefers.
How to Fish 1.0.4: Eight-Player Lobbies and Two Boss Nerfs
The first major post-launch patch raised lobbies to eight players, nerfed the pufferfish and the whale
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