The niche at a glance

Fishing on Steam: 1,135 released games, 533 in the last 12 months, 775 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 18. 41% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. Fishing is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .

What releases end up with

lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included538 releases
p100
p252
median18
p75116
p90691
41% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $6.99 · 10% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
16med 388 · 13% unseen
2020
34med 24 · 26% unseen
2021
61med 45 · 28% unseen
2022
57med 42 · 26% unseen
2023
88med 40 · 30% unseen
2024
128med 30 · 27% unseen
2025
205med 23 · 34% unseen
2026
333med 4 · 61% unseen · 150 too fresh

Fishing × presentation: what the pairings end up with

every presentation tag shipped with Fishing at least 5 times · same window
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Fishing ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Story Rich53175828.3% 18%–42%22.4%
ordinary ×0.79169 d
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Brighter Shores
Immortal Life
Disney Dreamlight Valley · Brighter Shores · Immortal Life
Surreal14581under 2021.6%
ordinary ×0.69113 d
Cryptmaster
UMIGARI | ウミガリ
myPOPGOES
Cryptmaster · UMIGARI | ウミガリ · myPOPGOES
Cozy70334822.9% 15%–34%19.3%
cliché ×6.50157 d
WEBFISHING
Cast n Chill
Grimshire
WEBFISHING · Cast n Chill · Grimshire
First-Person83273121.7% 14%–32%18.8%
ordinary ×1.08194 d
FlyKnight Enhanced Edition
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
GONE Fishing
FlyKnight Enhanced Edition · Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · GONE Fishing
Horror27134525.9% 13%–45%17.7%
ordinary ×0.53109 d
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
GONE Fishing
UMIGARI | ウミガリ
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · GONE Fishing · UMIGARI | ウミガリ
Dialogue Heavy16427under 2017.6%
ordinary ×1.44431 d
Brighter Shores
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
Play Together
Brighter Shores · Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · Play Together
Relaxing234912517.1% 13%–22%16.3%
cliché ×3.79138 d
Dinkum
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Coral Island
Dinkum · Disney Dreamlight Valley · Coral Island
3D169572217.2% 12%–24%16.0%
ordinary ×1.28157 d
WEBFISHING
Disney Dreamlight Valley
FlyKnight Enhanced Edition
WEBFISHING · Disney Dreamlight Valley · FlyKnight Enhanced Edition
Family Friendly88281417.0% 11%–26%15.1%
cliché ×1.82194 d
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Cast n Chill
Farm Together 2
Disney Dreamlight Valley · Cast n Chill · Farm Together 2
Atmospheric104441916.3% 10%–25%14.8%
ordinary ×1.25169 d
World of Sea Battle
Cast n Chill
Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
World of Sea Battle · Cast n Chill · Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway
Colorful168572015.5% 11%–22%14.5%
cliché ×1.65138 d
WEBFISHING
The Big Catch: Tacklebox
Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping
WEBFISHING · The Big Catch: Tacklebox · Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping
Psychedelic5258under 2013.3%
ordinary ×0.55113 d
Cryptmaster
FISH
Cryptmaster · FISH
Funny78303314.1% 8%–24%12.6%
ordinary ×1.10113 d
Nice Day for Fishing
Scale the Depths
Play Together
Nice Day for Fishing · Scale the Depths · Play Together
Minimalist3114616.1% 7%–33%12.4%
ordinary ×0.82182 d
Cast n Chill
Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping
Fishing Inc
Cast n Chill · Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping · Fishing Inc
Third Person56201514.3% 7%–26%12.3%
ordinary ×1.41267 d
WEBFISHING
Brighter Shores
World of Sea Battle
WEBFISHING · Brighter Shores · World of Sea Battle
25 pairings cleared 20 releases; 27 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% for games that carry any tags at all.

About these numbers

“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.