Rank 01Games like Professional Fishing
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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Shares gear management with Professional Fishing.
- $19.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: MasterCode
- Price: Free to play
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 79% of 962 reviews
- Genres: Action, Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Free to play with no pay to win pressure
- Multiplayer rooms allow peaceful solo fishing
- Realistic gear wear and tear affects performance
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
About Professional Fishing
The closest matches to Professional Fishing: Fishing Planet, Russian Fishing 4, Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2, Ultimate Fishing Simulator®, and The Fisherman - Fishing Planet. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Professional Fishing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fishing Planet, Russian Fishing 4 and Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its fish behavior tracking and gear management. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Professional Fishing: Are you falling asleep with a rod? Never again! Professional Fishing will never let you fall asleep! Play an amazing fishing simulator and feel like a real angler! Create your own fishing club and compete with others!
Is Professional Fishing worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 79% of 962 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 12 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 6 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Multiplayer rooms allow peaceful solo fishing
- Realistic gear wear and tear affects performance
- Sonar puzzles require careful interpretation
- Time and weather conditions drastically alter fish activity
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Game is good but game full of bugs, support for this game is dead, bug reporter don't work. Need some changes.”
“Fishing rod bugs very often. It happens when you catch fish, it gets stuck and the game doesn't allow you to just drop the fish or change the tool you're using, to the point where the only solution is to quit the map and enter again, it…”
People who play it also play: Fishing Planet, Russian Fishing 4, Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2
Frequently asked about Professional Fishing
Can I run it?
Does Professional Fishing run on Steam Deck?
Professional Fishing is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
Is Professional Fishing free to play?
Yes — Professional Fishing is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does Professional Fishing have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Professional Fishing supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Professional Fishing?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Professional Fishing are Fishing Planet, Russian Fishing 4, Ultimate Fishing® Simulator 2.
Who developed Professional Fishing?
Professional Fishing was developed by MasterCode and published by Ultimate Games S.A..