How to Fish
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (23%); after 5h it's 1 in 30 (3%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 98% 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 84,546 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 7.4h for positive, 5.5h 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 (98.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (31)
story milestone ending side
- Getting started Kill your first creature 100%
- Drip Kill a drip creature 98%
- Who stole my beer Find and kill the culprit, and bring it to the lighthouse keeper 93%
- Getting an upgrade Upgrade the engine on the boat 87%
- Noob Get a kill with no kill score multiplier 86%
- Let me go Get picked up by a seagull 84%
- Impressive Get a 5x killscore multiplier 84%
- Dinnertime Catch dinner for the lady in the forest 83%
- Grillmaster Start the grill 81%
- Vacation Help the tourist swim on his vacation 72%
- GOLD GOLD GOLD Unlock a legendary skin from the slot machine 69%
- 360 no scope Kill a creature with a 360 no scope 67%
- I am speed Buy the best engine for the boat 66%
- Fully equipped Apply all attachments to a single weapon 62%
- Terrorizing bird Defend the scared islanders from the terrorizing bird 59%
- Yummy in my tummy Eat a burnt creature 49%
- Deadliest catch Help the military defeat the big creature they located 47%
- We are so back Finish the game 46%
- All in Bet on green and win at roulette 41%
- Easy Kill a boss within 10 seconds 37%
- I'm the bird now Make the boat fly 33%
- Competitive eating Eat a mini-boss 25%
- Rich! Millionaire Sell something worth 100,000 or more 20%
- Collector Find and kill all the creatures 17%
- Bilingual Earn your first euro 17%
- Money in a bottle Find money in a bottle 14%
- Everyone's dream Kill a seagull with dynamite 7.5%
- Hobin Rood Kill a creature with an arrow 6.8%
- Handyman Defeat the final boss with your bare hands 4.3%
- Fishipedia Find and kill all drip creatures 3.7%
- Bean Finish the game within 1 hour 3.3%