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Jose Enrico Coronel

How to Fish Beginner Guide — How to Make Money, Upgrade Gear and Unlock New Islands

How to Fish sends players across multiple islands as they catch creatures, earn money and upgrade their equipment (Credit: Dazed Games / Steam)

How to Fish launched on Steam on August 20, 2026 from Dazed Games, and it has spent the week since becoming one of the platform's biggest surprise hits. The premise is simple: a boating accident strands you on an island, and you have to fish your way home.

The execution is less simple. You catch creatures, yes — but you also shoot them, blow them up, cook them, gamble them, fight enormous bosses and sail between islands with increasingly ridiculous equipment.

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