Euro Fishing
Euro Fishing
Game
Game2020
The Catch: Carp & Coarse Fishing
Developer Dovetail Games
Take on the hunt of a lifetime as you target and pursue monster-sized fish around the world. You’re set, waiting…. The line tightens, your alarm screams, the fish is on and the battle commences! From the Steam store page
176 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 30, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
98 positive · 36 negative
95% range 65–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 98 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 3 | 35 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
115 of 153 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 100 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 136 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (280 of 377 positive).
Players find The Catch similar to Fishing Sim World but with improved mechanics and graphics. [1][2][3] Some reviewers praise the game as good value and a laid-back fishing experience. [1][4][5] Others criticize it as a copy-paste of the previous title and note the developer abandoned support. [6][7][8]
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- [6]
I have many hours in FSW, thanks to the developers but surely not because of the decision makers at Dovetail games. I don’t recommend The Catch because it is the product of terrible decision making driven by profits not because they really thought they had a new interesting fishing game to offer us. The Catch is pretty much a copy and paste version of FWS with the less contents and a lot more bugs as a bonus. …
- [1]
I'm 24 hours into the game now and my opinion hasn't altered much. It's a fun fishing game, with slightly tweaked mechanics compared to fishing sim world. Is it similar? Yep, so if you liked FSW then you will like this (think of it as a dlc if you like, but with better mechanics and 5 new waters, although not interchangeable with FSW). For the money they are charging (£16.99 during summer sale, £19.99 full price) …
- [3]
Firstly , yes , the core gameplay is the same as FSW , BUT it's a much improved FSW. The Catch is not about a whole new game with completely different gameplay and anybody who expected that is a fool. If you did just a few minutes of research and watched a couple of videos or just the official trailers you would have seen the core gameplay is the same as FSW and it's nobodies but your own fault for expecting …
- [5]
Not sure why the reviews say Mixed, not having any issues which prevent me playing the game. The game is really fun and the changes since the last dovetail fishing games are all positive, they are open to hearing your thoughts on changes in the game on their online forums and the dev team seem to respond very promptly to any concerns. People need to look at the value for money you get, this is a cheap game, and …
- [2]
Some interesting mechanics and features other fishing games lack, especially the multiplayer aspects, I think its worth the money. Most of the negative reviews are from owners of the previous title, and how they would have preferred this to be an addon for that game. Both this and the previous installment by Dovetail Games are quite similar. If you do not have the previous game, I would recommend buying this one and …
Summarised from 34 of the 175 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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The Catch: Carp & Coarse Fishing sits at 73% positive across 134 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 176 · most liked firstSeptember 29, 1954: “The Catch” Willie Mays makes the famous over-the-shoulder catch for the New York Giants in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series against the Indians.
neutral · AI labelView post →The reviews for Game Changer's new episode "What's the Catch" are in! 🎣
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨 A new episode of Game Changer Making of BTS is out now — showing a deep dive into how we created the world of "What's The Catch"! Also...out now on Dropout: THE EXTENDED JAY BEHPOORNIA ACTING REEL!
neutral · AI labelView post →I have to say, last night's Jays game was the most exciting sports event I've ever been to and it's not even close. I high-fived everyone in the Catch Bar. We had group hugs with complete strangers. Everyone lost their collective minds. It was amazing. Regardless of what happens, I'll remember that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today In 1954: Rare photo of Willie Mays making "The Catch" in Game 1 of the World Series at the Polo Grounds! A unique view of one of the most memorable plays in #postseason history! #MLB #Baseball #Legend
neutral · AI labelView post →I have many hours in FSW, thanks to the developers but surely not because of the decision makers at Dovetail games. I don’t recommend The Catch because it is the product of terrible decision making driven by profits not because they really thought they had a new interesting fishing game to offer us. The Catch is pretty much a copy and paste version of FWS with the less contents and a lot more bugs as a bonus. Someone or some at Dovetails need the sack because they clearly don’t understand…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This week on Dropout... 🃏 Monday: Game Changer Behind-the-Scenes ("What's The Catch") + Crowd Control (with Bob The Drag Queen, Dylan Adler, Raphael Chestang) 📄 Tuesday: The Don Hertzfeld Collection: Paper Trail 👇👇👇
neutral · AI labelView post →Willie Mays makes "The Catch" and throw of a lifetime in Game 1 of the '54 World Series at the Polo Grounds! #MLB #Legend #Baseball #History
neutral · AI labelView post →Willie Mays makes "The Catch" and throw of a lifetime in Game 1 of the '54 World Series at the Polo Grounds! #MLB #Legend #Baseball #History
neutral · AI labelView post →I adore Dropout and everyone involved, and I love Game Changer, but What's The Catch might be one of its worst episode. If solely because their played up reactions in their ending segments completely ruined the payoff.
negative · AI labelView post →Do not buy anything from this company. They have stopped supporting the game less than 6 months after the release. Unacceptable and they don't deserve my business
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"HE MADE THE CATCH AND THE REDS WIN. HE TAKES AWAY A BOMB FROM BAUERS AND THE REDS SURVIVE TO TIE THE SERIES. THE PLAY OF THE REDS SEASON." John Sadak's call of TJ Friedl's thrilling game-ending catch to give the Reds a win over the Brewers.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today In 1954: New York Giants legend Willie Mays makes "The Catch" and throw of a lifetime in Game 1 of the World Series at the Polo Grounds, NYC! #TheCatch #MLB #Baseball #SFGiants #History #SayHeyKid
neutral · AI labelView post →What is with Channel 5’s obsession with dramas beginning with word “THE”? - The Au Pair - The Catch - The Cuckoo, - The Drowning - The Feud - The Game - The Good Ship Murder - The Inheritance - The Madame Blanc Mysteries - The Night Caller - The Rumour - The Teacher - The Trial
neutral · AI labelView post →So, I've been thinking about last night's GAME CHANGER, "What's the Catch" and I've been trying to parse why some of it was gut-bustingly funny and some of it...wasn't. I think it comes down to how the fine folks at Dropout have established what is and isn't real. 1/
neutral · AI labelView post →34 years ago today, Devon White made "The Catch" for the Toronto Blue Jays. Braves slugger Dave Justice belted a ball to deep CF in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the 1992 World Series at SkyDome. White leapt into the wall and made a miraculous catch to begin what should’ve been a triple play.
neutral · AI labelView post →Buyer Beware. Note how many posts are blocked or locked.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →basically this is just FSW smaller and exactly the same. its a shame because they make nice looking games, however its the same game all over again just dont bother. the price is cheap the game is not better in any way i think they offered the cheaper price because they expected a backlash im refunding.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today In 1954: New York Giants legend Willie Mays makes "The Catch" and throw of a lifetime in Game 1 of the World Series at the Polo Grounds, NYC! #TheCatch #MLB #Baseball #History #SayHeyKid #Postseason
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm 24 hours into the game now and my opinion hasn't altered much. It's a fun fishing game, with slightly tweaked mechanics compared to fishing sim world. Is it similar? Yep, so if you liked FSW then you will like this (think of it as a dlc if you like, but with better mechanics and 5 new waters, although not interchangeable with FSW). For the money they are charging (£16.99 during summer sale, £19.99 full price) then it is good value. There are 5 new waters and a slightly tweaked reeling…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →➡️ Go to Dropout to watch behind-the-scenes of the Game Changer "What's The Catch" episode: watch.dropout.tv/videos/behi...
neutral · AI labelView post →➡️ Go to Dropout to watch behind-the-scenes of the Game Changer "What's The Catch" episode: watch.dropout.tv/videos/behi...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you already have Fishing Sim World, I would NOT recommend wasting your money on this obvious rip-off. I personally don't understand why they couldn't/wouldn't present this as an add-on rather than a new/different and independent sim other than they thought they could make more MONEY doing so. I definitely have more interest in FSW than The Catch, but don't think DTG put much thought into either one as separate sims. I believe they would have done better adding The Catch material into the FSW…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Everyone is talking about the bad parts of the game, but not the good parts. So I will. Here's a list of the good things and the things that are different from their other fishing games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played and refunded. The mechanics of the game have serious issues and 30 fps in this day and age for a game like this is ridiculous. There are better fishing games out there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Im in the middle of the Catch Bar! It’s been over a month since I’ve been here so it feels good to be back baby. Anyone else at the game?
neutral · AI labelView post →The mastery for each lake does not work. Do not buy unless you like buying broken games
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The "What's the Catch" episode of game changer is legitimately just actual "The Good Place" style torture 😭
negative · AI labelView post →➡️ Go to Dropout to watch behind-the-scenes of the Game Changer "What's The Catch" episode: watch.dropout.tv/videos/behi...
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that we’re just replaying the Catch 22 mini game but these little bouncy balls are everything.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yet again Dovetail put out a product with many of the same bugs its predecessor had, in this case Fishing Sim World. This game is only just a year old, so I buy it hoping the bugs in FSW have been fixed which several of course had not, i report a bug only to be told by Dovetail Games support "The Catch" is not longer going to be updated, as they are shortly releasing yet another fishing sim.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No response from DTG on issues, fixes or DLC. Just found out that the game will not be getting anymore as they prepare for a "new" fishing game next year. This one is dead in the water (oh, just made myself laugh with the accidental pun).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →America's National Game: 1954. Willie Mays and The Catch, plus how we came to measure defense, from Branch Rickey's “There is nothing on earth anybody can do with fielding” on up to today. ourgame.mlblogs.com/americas-nat...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is similar to the other games but the improvements are excellent. Those that gripe about lack of new changes/additions are not paying attention to the subtle yet important improvements made to the overall experience. If you've never played a Dovetail Games - Fishing game yet - now is a great opportunity to get on board as this is the best entry game into the series to date. Developer - Please stick with this one through and continue to make further improvements to this game - do not start…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reading the reviews I agree with both the negatives and the positives. Of course they could have done more but it is a fair price for a more fragrant sim than FSW. Small changes that for me does a world of difference in the feel of playing a fishing sim. Well worth the money, could have been made as a fix or a DLC to FSW but now it wasn't. We will probably see some more improvements in time. Until then, have fun! I will probably play both this and FSW because why not, they're both fun and offer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, this game same as Fishing Sim World, and already 2020, still lock at 30FPS ???? OMG!! Sorry, refunded..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exactly the same as Fishing Sim World. Which isnt even an "Sim".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome you can have Bream waste your time from the comfort of your living room aswell as on the bank. Need more boss bream.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its very boring and clunky, cant even use a controller. I refunded already. I played under an hour. Id rather just play FishingHero or World of Fishing (same game) but it was fun...this isnt.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ok after having the game since launch,had nothing but trouble with the game,the rods dont work like they should,3lines off 1 rod hmm,river ebro still cant fish off bank,rods stick when i try cast underarm,to many dead spots in on line DFL the graphics are worse than fsw,dont know what they done but it looks terrible ,its gone backwards customer service = dont bother asking #dovetail for help they wont reply to you in a hurry if at all they lied when they said all new locations,put bestii in as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some interesting mechanics and features other fishing games lack, especially the multiplayer aspects, I think its worth the money. Most of the negative reviews are from owners of the previous title, and how they would have preferred this to be an addon for that game. Both this and the previous installment by Dovetail Games are quite similar. If you do not have the previous game, I would recommend buying this one and ignoring the negative reviews as they are more targeted towards the marketing…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far its good. More sim then I thought but that's a good thing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →lame game spentmore time frozen than anything
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Basically FSW, with a slightly different feel, there is less equipment to choose from, if you are a predator angler. From the time I have played, there seems to be all the same glitches (fish swimming on land and unnatural line behaviour). The game does like better in the graphics department. over all, for 17 quid, id say it's worth it, just because, this is the gateway to other venues, and equipment in the future, as we all know Dovetail will wash their hands of FSW, as this is their new…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i was really disappointed with this as thought they may have changed something the rod physics are really bad in this its really boring as well spam the one button to reel in theres control of the rod that and its the same game as fsw the game looks great but plays bad theres a lot of bugs as well had fish swim into the boat and get stuck the noise from the reels is bad had to switch off the 30fps dose not help it could have been a lot better if they had took players feedback if u did not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Firstly , yes , the core gameplay is the same as FSW , BUT it's a much improved FSW. The Catch is not about a whole new game with completely different gameplay and anybody who expected that is a fool. If you did just a few minutes of research and watched a couple of videos or just the official trailers you would have seen the core gameplay is the same as FSW and it's nobodies but your own fault for expecting something completely different and being dissapointed. Instead the Catch is all about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Caught one fish quite game and Im refunding. The new hook slipping and everything fealt good but performance and feel of everything else are to bad to justify recommending this. Maybe take another look in a few months
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been playing some fishing games I got in a bundle and this one is a large step down from games like Bassmaster Fishing 2022. I found the gameplay in this one to be extremely slow and challenging to the point it was no longer much fun. Perhaps if you perfect the mechanics it can be a more enjoyable experience, but I did not have fun with The Catch: Carp & Coarse Fishing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game could be fun but the long fights with even the smallest fish makes it undesirable. After about 5 fish or so im done and log out. To be fair this is the first fishing game from the franchise i have played and it may take time for me to want to play this style of a fishing game. I am still going to give it more time and see if its the right game for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Made it 32 mins in. Just could not take the absurd drag and overall mechanics. I keep giving these guys a chance and every time it is a disappointment.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While this game may now be abandoned by the dev's in my opinion it's likely the best of all Dovetail's fishing games, Fishing Sim World has far more content but this one makes many small improvements and the amount of content is more than enough to keep most people busy for hundreds of hours, the newer Bassmasters game is just junk compared to this one, the Dovetail Fishing League is still running so there is competition if you want it as well. Overall this is a great casual fishing game and I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not the worse fishing game not worth more then £10 the game is dead also many other better games to spend cash on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On this day in 1954, during Game 1 of the World Series at the Polo Grounds, New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays executed what is considered as one of the greatest plays in baseball history. #WillieMays #TheCatch 1/3
neutral · AI labelView post →It's actually a good fishing game. If Dovetail games actually focused on continually updating this and didn't abandon it like they do all of their other titles then it'd probably be the best fishing game out there. Of course, they'll no doubt forget this game existed and focus on making another train simulator DLC for $25.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have Fishing sim world pro tour and yes this looks almost identical but this have 60fps and better mechanics in my opinion. I was never really into the tournament and career mode in FSW so i like how The Catch carp & coarse is a more casual and laid back game where you just go fishing. Even though the game is more or less about catching every type of fish and finding the "boss fish" in every lake its not a must, you are free to do what ever you want. I recommend everyone who likes FSW to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun gameplay. Missions and head to head is awesome. The graphics are amazing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not sure why the reviews say Mixed, not having any issues which prevent me playing the game. The game is really fun and the changes since the last dovetail fishing games are all positive, they are open to hearing your thoughts on changes in the game on their online forums and the dev team seem to respond very promptly to any concerns. People need to look at the value for money you get, this is a cheap game, and offers hundreds of hours of play time without the need to buy DLC, there is no pay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10. WHAT'S THE CATCH unfortunately the only game changer ever that I can remember actively disliking. the game mechanics were kinda arbitrary, but much worse was that the "prize" reveals felt way too much like skits for my taste. Kimia's dad's acting reel was the highlight.
negative · AI labelView post →What a disaster!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a bad game bundle, for the price. But I hate the fact that you need to sign up with a email if you want to progress on the upper levels. But I am fine without all that crap, In fact I rather just catch carp than junk mail. Get it on sale! [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28820007] Recommendations [url=https://www.youtube.com/@kreatorb] YouTube [url=https://www.tiktok.com/@iplaykreatorb] TikTok
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