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GONE Fishing
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 2% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 90% positive of 3,991
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (46%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 2% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “You have defeated the Lake Entity” (Fish now worship you, as do I): only 2% of starters get there.
- 94% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,043 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 7.7h for positive, 2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (94.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- You have defeated the Lake Entity Fish now worship you, as do I Most players quit here 2% −98
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (53)
story milestone ending side
- I mean it's a fish... Caught a 1lb fish 100%
- You met Quota Either you or someone in your group knows what they're doing 97%
- You might know what you're doing Caught a 5lb fish 92%
- See You Later Alligator or was it a crocodile? 89%
- I'm impressed Caught a 10lb fish 87%
- Oh right you can't swim No drowning in the lake does not contribute to quota... 80%
- Fish fear you Caught a 50lb fish 76%
- You Survived Reached day 7 75%
- You addict Just one more fish... 73%
- what the fish Caught a 100lb fish 66%
- This fish has legs Bro bought the wrong evolution dlc 61%
- You caught a Puffer Fish I would sell this fish quickly 50%
- MAX WIN It costs you everything.... 49%
- Man's best friend You made a new friend 39%
- Fish get that big??? Caught a 1000lb fish 37%
- You've done something right... Reached day 14 36%
- Hug It Out You got a cuddle it got a meal. 34%
- IS THAT A CAR OR A FISH??? Caught a 2000lb fish 27%
- You came prepared This is not your first trip to the cabin 25%
- Duplicating bait??? You make one bait into two 25%
- You and fish get along well You have a thing for fish dont you? 25%
- Fish seem to stick to your hook now Aggressive fish seem to like this hook 25%
- You've trained for this moment You run extra fast 25%
- You're that guy You can breathe underwater 25%
- You can now store extra tackle $89.99 bill at bass pro 25%
- Son of a banker Someone has decided to invest in you 25%
- You tread lightly Make less noise when moving 25%
- Did you feed it a fish? He gets a little hangry 24%
- Happy birthday Curtis Here lies Ty savior of Ohio 22%
- So, you think you can fish... You did the bare minimum 21%
- uhhhhhhhh too big put it back in the water Caught a 3000lb fish 19%
- Wow you've got these fish by the fin Reached day 21 13%
- thats a big turtle i like turtles 12%
- so now we're killing each other... this is a coop game what do you think you're doing 12%
- Nice rod Very nice rod 11%
- Fish worship you Reached day 28 5.7%
- you just blew up the troll he was just sleeping stop trolling 3.7%
- WHAT THE FISH Jeremy Wade studies you 3.5%
- Are you exploiting? Reached day 35 3.5%
- You have defeated the Lake Entity Fish now worship you, as do I 1.5%
- you really just sat there holding down e for 10 seconds.... well your friend is probably drowning now well done 1.4%
- NESSIE Got to Drink a Bassweiser for this one 1.3%
- Fish fear you... I fear you... Survived until day 35 on Jeremey Wade difficulty 0.6%
- day 60 is crazy yo king in the castle king in the castle idk lol 0.3%
- How were sperm whales created? Moby Dick 0.2%
- That squid isnt just giant, its colossal this was a pain to animate 0.1%
- now THAT'S a big fishy i like big fishies 0.1%
- That thing looks prehistoric?? Straight out of River Monsters 0.1%
- Now thats a big squid A squid to rival Moby 0.1%
- So the megalodon never went extinct... Who knew it would become your prey 0.1%
- Now thats a killer whale This will make quota forsure 0.1%
- This fish preys on Nessie This outtagh sell for alot 0.1%
- Keep the pointy end away I wonder if you can glide with this thing? 0.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-30.