Intergalactic Fishing is a fishing RPG that features procedurally generated content and graphics. Travel to lakes all over the universe and catch unique fish, explore uncharted lakes and sell data, complete quests, upgrade your gear, compete in fishing tournaments, design your own lures, and more!
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Evaluation
Intergalactic Fishing launched on April 21, 2020 and received a healthy stream of post-launch updates from a solo developer. Three major content updates shipped in the first two years: v1.2 on June 15, 2020 (adding the Intergalactic Fishing Society endgame system and revamped Fish Contracts), the Tournament Update on September 7, 2020 (adding Unknown Lake tournaments and Home Dock Fish Storage), and v1.4 on March 1, 2022 (adding full gamepad support and new modules). Following v1.4, the developer continued with smaller feature patches through 2022 and into mid-2023 — the last of which was a single bug fix on August 7, 2023. There have been no developer communications of any kind since August 7, 2023. The major content releases were spaced roughly 3–18 months apart, but the gap from the last major update (March 2022) to the last communication of any kind (August 2023) is now nearly three years with no announcements, no roadmap, and no hints of further content. The developer has not explicitly stated the game is complete, but the pattern of updates has fully wound down: patches went from major content, to minor features, to a single-line bug fix, and then silence. There is no unreleased DLC on the store, no outstanding commitments were announced, and no new content has been teased. The game appears to have been released as a complete, self-contained product and its post-launch support has concluded organically.
Evidence
Version 1.4 added full gamepad support, two new modules, and various quality-of-life improvements — the last major content update.
In Intergalactic Fishing you play as an angler tasked with solving the mystery of what is causing the fish to die in your local lake. You must travel to many different lakes all over the universe, exploring, catching fish, gathering data, completing quests, upgrading your gear, and talking with other anglers and scientists in order to figure out what is going on.
Explore countless lakes all over the universe
Explore the dozens of populated lakes in the ULT Network or venture into the unknown and explore uncharted lakes. With procedurally generated lakes and fish species, there is always something unique and interesting to discover.
Fish behavior simulation
Each fish in the lake is individually simulated. Fish behave differently based on their species, size, habits, lure preferences, time of day, their surroundings, etc. Learn about how a species behaves to catch more fish!
Design your own lures
Target certain fish species by designing a lure that they will be more likely to bite. Try to create a lure with the perfect stats and behavior with your available lure parts and mods.
Use your BOAT to travel the universe
The Buoyant Object for Above-Water Travel (or BOAT) is a high-tech watercraft equipped with a Universal Lake Teleporter capable of near-instant teleportation to lakes all over the universe. Your BOAT is also equipped with underwater jets for precise maneuverability in the water, a lure fabricator that can create custom-designed lures on demand, and several module slots that allow you to customize your BOAT to your liking.
Participate in Tournaments
Join fishing tournaments and compete for prizes against the best anglers in the universe. The live leaderboard shows you how you are doing during the tournament.
Take on Fish Contracts
Accept Fish Contracts to catch a certain species of fish from a certain lake then go out to the lake, get your fish, and turn it in for a reward.
Meet other anglers and complete quests
In your travels, you may come across other anglers who can give you some information about the lake or the fish in the lake, or perhaps you will meet someone who needs help and has a quest for you.
Upgrade your gear
Sell valuable fish, complete quests, win tournaments, gather and sell data about lakes and fish species, and complete fish contracts in order to upgrade your gear. Get a better BOAT, a stronger rod, or modules for your BOAT that add new functionality.
Flexible main story quest
The main quest acts as a guide to introduce the player to the different activities in the game, but you can strike off on your own and do whatever you feel like at any time and return to the main quest later.
Detailed career stat tracking
Keep a tally of just about everything you do from number of fish caught to total credits earned to number of lakes visited.
Intergalactic Fishing Society
An endgame progression system continues to provide goals, tasks, and challenges after completing the main quest and allows you to earn unique and powerful rewards. Together with the sandbox nature of the game, there's always something to do!
Daily Tournaments and Unknown Lake Leaderboard
See how you stack up against other players by competing in the Daily Tournament with Steam Leaderboard support. You can also choose to have your catches submitted to a leaderboard of the largest fish caught in Unknown Lakes.
