How To Fish

If someone were to explain to a lifelong fisherman how fishing works in *How to Fish*, he probably wouldn't believe it. The game is based on an absurd premise: while you’re drinking and sailing in a boat, you suddenly crash into a small island, and to get back home, you have to learn how to fish. But here, fishing means something very different from patiently waiting with a rod.

You catch fish, kill fish, and sell fish. What starts out as a fishing simulator quickly turns into a first-person action game with wild physics, where a crab can end up flying through the air after a shotgun blast.

How does How to Fish work?

The cycle is simple: you catch creatures, kill them, sell them, and buy better gear and weapons. Missions and bosses unlock new islands.

• Talk to the island’s characters before you explore: that way, every catch has a purpose, and you avoid unnecessary trips.
• Use common fish to learn the controls and save some money. Before spending a boss’s bait, practice your shooting rhythm and combat skills with ordinary creatures.

Here are the priority purchases:

• Radar: It costs about $10 at the lighthouse and becomes essential once the characters start giving you coordinates for new islands.
• Weapons: A faster boat is nice, but it’s usually more important to have a weapon capable of defeating the next boss. It’s better to focus on good gear than to buy a little bit of everything.

Who created How to Fish?

Dazed Games developed this fun fishing game.