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The best fishing indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 22 fishing indie games on Steam, holding 1,338,259 reviews at an average of 89% 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 882,604 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Stardew Valley · 882,604 reviews · 98% positive · 2016
  2. DAVE THE DIVER · 139,867 reviews · 97% positive · 2023
  3. WEBFISHING · 57,217 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  4. Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition · 46,758 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  5. DREDGE · 46,565 reviews · 96% positive · 2023
  6. Dinkum · 24,507 reviews · 92% positive · 2025
  7. Sun Haven · 21,862 reviews · 81% positive · 2023
  8. Coral Island · 21,550 reviews · 89% positive · 2023
  9. Feed and Grow: Fish · 20,439 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
  10. Cat Goes Fishing · 15,243 reviews · 94% positive · 2015
  11. Melvor Idle · 14,460 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  12. Luma Island · 12,542 reviews · 84% positive · 2024
  13. DYSMANTLE · 10,967 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  14. Battle Chasers: Nightwar · 5,568 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
  15. Moonstone Island · 4,963 reviews · 84% positive · 2023
  16. Megaquarium · 3,748 reviews · 95% positive · 2018
  17. Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway · 3,521 reviews · 87% positive · 2024
  18. Cryptmaster · 1,664 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
  19. Farlands · 1,507 reviews · 92% positive · 2026
  20. Seablip · 1,070 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 estimates, not official sales data.

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