Choose Professional Fishing
Choose Professional Fishing if you want an Action experience. Professional Fishing launched in 2018.
Professional Fishing vs Breath of the Waters: The Angler
Professional Fishing and Breath of the Waters: The Angler 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. Both are free to play. Both support cooperative play. 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 Breath of the Waters: The Angler
Choose Breath of the Waters: The Angler if you want an Adventure and RPG game with MMO.
Both Professional Fishing and Breath of the Waters: The Angler sit in Sports, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, 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
 Professional Fishing |  Breath of the Waters: The Angler | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | — |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Casual | Sports, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 78.7% positive (962 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | MasterCode | doyofun |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Both are free to play.
- Both support cooperative play.
- Professional Fishing is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Breath of the Waters: The Angler has no Deck rating yet.
Professional Fishing vs Breath of the Waters: The Angler — FAQ
- Are Professional Fishing and Breath of the Waters: The Angler 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.
- Do both Professional Fishing and Breath of the Waters: The Angler have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Professional Fishing ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Breath of the Waters: The Angler ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Professional Fishing run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Professional Fishing is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Breath of the Waters: The Angler doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.