When is a game about fishing not about fishing? When it’s About Fishing, of course. The unsettling angling sim was revealed during 2025’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted (hey, that’s us!) and I absolutely loved it.
During tonight’s PC Gaming Show, we got a closer look at how About Fishing’s fishing mechanics actually work, and also peeked below the surface into the murky waters that hide many secrets—like mermaids.
Different lures and baits can be used to help your hook skim across the surface of the water or delve deep into lakes, rivers, and the ocean. It looks like you play as the hook itself, which is a pretty nifty mechanic. I love the way it lets you get up close and personal with the fish you’re about to rip from their world. But, as I wrote above, there’s more to this experience than fishing.
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About Fishing strips away the whimsy of rod and bait and offers up a deeply unsettling PS1-looking (complimentary) tale. It’s got a similar vibe to the Lovecraftian Dredge, only here you play as a woman in a bright yellow raincoat instead of a boat. A man, perhaps her father or mentor, is incarcerated, his orange jumpsuit and her coat contrasting with the otherworldly greens of the rest of the environment.
We also get a glimpse of people in a deliciously blue church, talking about how “I don’t think she’ll stop fishing,” and we get some shots of our protagonist wandering about the town, popping to the shops to buy supplies or looking in her desk, fishing rod slung over her shoulder the whole time. There’s a mystery to uncover here, one cast of the line at a time.
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If you want to know more, you can download the About Fishing demo on Steam, out now.
