The best fishing indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 15 fishing indie games on Steam, holding 1,264,757 reviews at an average of 91% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Stardew Valley with 868,743 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Stardew Valley · 868,743 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
2. DAVE THE DIVER · 133,203 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
3. WEBFISHING · 57,052 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
4. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,336 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
5. DREDGE · 45,431 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
6. Dinkum · 24,329 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
7. Coral Island · 20,981 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
8. Feed and Grow: Fish · 20,159 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
9. Cat Goes Fishing · 16,066 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
10. Melvor Idle · 15,830 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
11. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 7,331 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
12. Megaquarium · 3,702 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
13. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,386 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
14. Aquarist · 1,115 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
15. Seablip · 1,093 reviews · 82% positive · 2024

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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