Casual
A laid-back fishing game about timing, patience and slowly upgrading your gear.
★★★★☆ 4.4
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Casual · 4.4★
144games tested
69articles written
2years running
0paid placements
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What readers say
«A laid-back fishing game about timing, patience and slowly upgrading your gear.»
Tomas · FISHIN' FRENZY
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Questions & answers
How do you choose which games to review?
We start with curiosity and one firm rule: the game has to run fully offline after installation. From there we rotate between genres so the site doesn't turn into an endless list of the same thing. If enough readers ask about a game, it jumps up our list.
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