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GONE Fishing
A co-op fishing horror game where up to eight friends keep a hungry lake monster fed with their catch.
Online co-op for up to 8 players.
- 8 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op8 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckPlayableValve's own rating
About the game
You fish to keep a hungry beast in the lake fed. Bait comes from worms, frogs and other small animals, and what you catch can go to the beast, the grill, the traders or the gambling pit. Miss the daily offering and the lake takes you. Other creatures hunt you too, so you learn which ones to avoid.
Up to eight players can share one lobby online, and you can also play alone. Trinkets that one player buys or upgrades are shared with the whole lobby, and a friend who dies can be brought back if someone sacrifices a heart. Friends can join a session that has already started.
The scares come with a lot of mess. Beer, TNT and a musket that can hit your friends are all in the game, and voice chat only reaches players near you. It suits a group that likes to joke around more than a serious horror fan.
How it feels
Kind of game
A group of friends, loose goals and a lot of messing around. Failing is part of the fun, and the best moments are the ones nobody planned.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Calm and coziness
- Physical comedy
- Rivalry in the group
- Exploring
- Building and creating
- Fighting
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
Rated on our own feel scale. 11 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked GONE Fishing
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Content Warning
Why it scores 85%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Laughter and chaos
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Fear, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Content Warning differs
- Fits a smaller group than GONE Fishing
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong. Both are about monsters that hunt you.
But fits a smaller group than GONE Fishing.
Burglin' Gnomes
Why it scores 84%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Laughter and chaos
- Notable in both
- Fear, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Burglin' Gnomes differs
- More slapstick than GONE Fishing
- 6 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both are often scary. Both are easy to play while you chat.
But more slapstick than GONE Fishing.
Pratfall
Why it scores 83%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Chaotic friend hangout
- Core to both
- Laughter and chaos
- About
- Monsters
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Working in sync, Tension and danger
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Pratfall differs
- More jumping and climbing than GONE Fishing
- More slapstick than GONE Fishing
- 250 online
Both are chaotic hangouts for a group of friends. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong. Both are about monsters that hunt you.
But more jumping and climbing than GONE Fishing.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
Steam sells one Windows edition at a fixed price. The separate demo is only a trial and does not make the base game free.
- 1
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
Sources
20 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Release status, About, Fear, Laughter and chaos, Exploring, Fighting, Time to hang out, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: Key features list Online Co-op and Co-op.
- Most players online: The store text calls it a game for 1 to 8 players.
- Release status: The page shows a full release date and no Early Access banner. The Early Access user tag is a player tag, not the store status.
- About: The store text is about catching over 100 kinds of creatures, with a gambling pit, and warns of territorial beasts and stalking nightmares.
- Fear: User tags include Horror, Survival Horror, Psychological Horror and Dark, and the store text calls it a survival horror game.
- Laughter and chaos: The store text lists exploding monsters and people, and gambling, among the things to do.
- Exploring: The store text mentions exploring several maps. User tags do not include Exploration, so it stays a minor part.
- Fighting: The store text tells you to avoid dangerous creatures and ends on a stand against the lake beast.
- Time to hang out: The store text lists drinking beer and playing instruments with friends.
- Free base co-op: Steam sells one Windows edition at a fixed price. The separate demo is only a trial and does not make the base game free.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date, Genres.
- Steam app ID: The product identifier is 3645890.
- Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op.
- Platforms: Steam lists Windows only. It lists no Mac or Linux build.
- Release status: Steam lists the game as out now and has no Early Access genre.
- Release date: Steam shows Oct 20, 2026.
- Genres: Steam lists Action, Adventure and Indie. The short text calls the game survival horror.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Playable on Steam Deck.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status, Release date, Sessions, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress, Planning ahead, Rivalry in the group, Physical comedy, Laughter and chaos, Working in sync, Fighting.
- Release status: The maker's 1.0 post says the game has officially left Early Access.
- Release date: The post is dated 2026-10-20. Early access began on 2025-06-15, and the full release date is the one recorded here.
- Sessions: The post speaks of starting a new run and adds a proper ending with a boss. Because of that ending, a campaign is the other reading.
- Building and creating: Traps are placed and harvested each morning after they catch bait overnight.
- Unlocks and progress: Eight trinkets can be chosen and upgraded, and levelling up unlocks hats.
- Planning ahead: Trinkets are made to combo with each other and with upgrades.
- Rivalry in the group: The post says more players mean more competition for bait.
- Physical comedy: The maker says the game has always had bugs and jank that can be excused for comedy, and that stability is now much better.
- Laughter and chaos: The maker says more players bring more chaos.
- Working in sync: A trinket one player buys or upgrades is shared with the rest of the lobby.
- Fighting: The musket kills most creatures in one shot, and the game ends with a boss fight.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Friends can join mid-game.
- Most players online: The post adds 8 player lobbies and warns they were lightly tested. Later posts and the store text still say 8.
- Friends can join mid-game: The post says friends can join after the game has started, using the Shift and Tab keys.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game, Unlocks and progress.
- Friends can join mid-game: Saved cosmetics apply when you create or join a lobby, including lobbies already in session.
- Unlocks and progress: Cosmetics and perks are now saved between sessions.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game.
- Friends can join mid-game: A fix covers upgrades resetting when a player joins a session late.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op.
- Online co-op: Adds a lobby system with private and public lobbies and a server browser.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: The notes call the feature Proximity chat and add an icon that shows when it is on.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: After player feedback the Proximity chat range is raised by 25 percent.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: The notes raise the range at which voice chat can be heard. No post says in plain words that voices fade with distance, so this is read from the named range.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Rivalry in the group, Laughter and chaos.
- Kind of game: Patch notes of 2026-09-19 add musket spawns so players kill each other more often, which fits a loose group of friends messing around.
- Rivalry in the group: The same musket spawns make friendly fire between players more likely.
- Laughter and chaos: The musket spawns add more friendly-fire mishaps.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Sessions.
- Sessions: A game over screen was added. Normal saves reload where you left off, and a hardcore save restarts at day 1.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Working in sync.
- Working in sync: A death tip says a dead player can wait for the next day or have a friend sacrifice the heart to revive them.
store.steampowered.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Getting better.
- Getting better: A new guide tells you when to hold and release the button to land a fish, which shows a timing skill players have to learn.
gonefishing.ggOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Genres, Exploring.
- Genres: The site calls the game co-op survival fishing.
- Exploring: The site lists five maps: the lake, canyons, swamp, jungle and arctic.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.
- Wikidata item: The item matches Steam application ID 3645890.
- Genres: P136 lists action game, adventure video game and action-adventure game.
- Release date: P577 gives 2025-06-15, qualified as early access. It has no entry for the full release.
80.lvPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Fear, Tension and danger.
- Calm and coziness: Preview of 2025-05-13 says the relaxing feel of daytime fishing is mixed with survival dread.
- Fear: The same preview describes survival horror, with a lake monster as the main threat.
- Tension and danger: It says each failed offering makes the lake monster more aggressive and hungrier.
gaming.netPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Fear, Tension and danger, Laughter and chaos, Calm and coziness.
- Fear: Review, updated 2026-07-15, finds the nights stressful, with a monster that stalks you.
- Tension and danger: The reviewer says the time limit and constant threats keep fishing demanding.
- Laughter and chaos: The reviewer played with two people and finds very little humour. That disagrees with player reviews and the maker's posts about bigger groups, so chaos follows those.
- Calm and coziness: The reviewer says fishing feels soothing at first, but the clock and threats make it demanding.
steamcommunity.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Laughter and chaos, Fear, Calm and coziness, Time to hang out.
- Kind of game: Among ten helpful English reviews read on 2026-10-28, one compares it to Lethal Company with fishing and others joke about friends dying and becoming bait.
- Laughter and chaos: Several of the ten reviews joke about gambling, beer and friends being killed.
- Fear: One review expected a chill fishing game and got regular jump scares, which supports often scary play.
- Calm and coziness: Reviews describe a chill fishing game that turns into a race against the clock.
- Time to hang out: One review describes a friend group fishing in a relaxed way while a quota clock runs.