Choose Fishing Planet
Choose Fishing Planet if you want the Online Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 84.4% positive across 27,925 reviews.
Fishing Planet vs Russian Fishing 4
Fishing Planet and Russian Fishing 4 both land in Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. Fishing Planet (2017) is 4 years older than Russian Fishing 4 (2021). Fishing Planet scores higher on Steam reviews (84.4% positive) than Russian Fishing 4 (79.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Russian Fishing 4
Choose Russian Fishing 4 if you want an Adventure, RPG, and Casual experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2021) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 7,247 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Fishing Planet and Russian Fishing 4 sit in Sports, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Fishing Planet |  Russian Fishing 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2021 |
| Genres | Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Sports, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 84.4% positive (27,925 reviews) | 79.2% positive (7,247 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | Fishing Planet LLC | FishSoft LLC |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Fishing Planet (2017) is 4 years older than Russian Fishing 4 (2021).
- Fishing Planet scores higher on Steam reviews (84.4% positive) than Russian Fishing 4 (79.2% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Fishing Planet has co-op; Russian Fishing 4 does not.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Fishing Planet vs Russian Fishing 4 — FAQ
- Which is better, Fishing Planet or Russian Fishing 4?
- On Steam reviews Fishing Planet scores higher (84.4% positive) than Russian Fishing 4 (79.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Fishing Planet is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Fishing Planet or Russian Fishing 4 first?
- If you want chronology, Fishing Planet (2017) came out before Russian Fishing 4 (2021). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Fishing Planet and Russian Fishing 4 similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.