Realistic, deep fishing mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Its a good game that really feels like fishing.”
Steam review · 97.7 h played ↗
Russian Fishing 4
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 61%Mixed · 61%FishSoft LLC2021Fishing · Sports · Simulation
The verdict
A deep, realistic free-to-play fishing sim with a very heavy grind, a premium-leaning economy and harsh bans. Skip it if you want co-op, fast progress or hand-holding.
Great for
Patient solo players who like slow, relaxing, detail-heavy fishing and researching mechanics
Main risk
Endless grind and premium-gated progress, plus risk of unexplained bans or penalty-pond punishment
What players love
Relaxing, chill atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Incredible game to relax and have a beer, great analog for irl fishing.”
Steam review · 1358.1 h played ↗
Good graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“this game is awesome the grafic is so good”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Huge variety of gear, waters and fishing styles
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
Free to play, playable without donating
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Fun game, no need to spend too much money in game.”
Steam review · 119.5 h played ↗
Active devs and community
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
What players complain about
Harsh bans and penalty pond for swearing
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The dumbest admins here, they ban for some macros, clickers and cheats”
Steam review · translated · 34.7 h played ↗
Pay-to-win premium and donation prices
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It has the monetization of a low-quality freemium mobile game”
Steam review · 56.8 h played ↗
Punishing grind and slow progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“A simulator of grinding and wasted time. The economy is stuffy, progress is artificially stretched, and decent gear takes forever to farm.”
Steam review · translated · 38.5 h played ↗
Poor support and unresponsive admins
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“admins will not help you. they just like to be in charge.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗
Unreliable or very rare bites
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“no matter what you do, change spots, lures, target fish etc you wont get a single bite.”
Steam review · 3636.5 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and unexplained mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Little to no explanation on ANYTHING the game contains, the tutorial covers only the most basic aspect of fishing”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® i5 3Ghz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 760
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® i5 3.5Ghz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8/10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® i5 3Ghz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 760
Storage40 GB available space
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