The Night Fisherman
Released Jun 2020
A short, twisted tale about a smuggler and a late night encounter in the English Channel. Control the camera and make tough choices, will you escape with your life?
82% positive · 766 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
The Night Fisherman is a deliberately compact, self-contained experience — the store description explicitly states it is "roughly 5-10 minutes in length" and describes it as "a single, film-like scene." It launched as a free-to-play game on Steam on June 29, 2020. There is no DLC, no roadmap, no post-launch content updates, and no developer statements about future additions to this specific title. The only post-launch news post (August 1, 2020) announced a new, separate game in the same series — The Outcast Lovers — rather than any new content for The Night Fisherman itself. This confirms the developer moved on to a new project rather than continuing to develop this one. The game launched as a finished, complete product and has remained so.
Evidence
Store description explicitly describes the game as 'a single, film-like scene' that is 'roughly 5-10 minutes in length' — a deliberately complete, self-contained experience with no indication of additional content.
Developer's follow-up announcement was for an entirely new game (The Outcast Lovers) in the same series, not new content for The Night Fisherman. Indicates the developer had moved on from this title.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Far Few Giants
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
You are a night fisherman.
You are smuggling goods into England.
You spot a boat approaching.
The man on the boat has a shotgun slung across his back.
What do you do?
The English Protection Group keep a watchful eye on the Smuggler's Run, a renowned crossing for vessels bound from Calais containing illegal immigrants.
When faced with an armed man, his voracious appetite for conversation, and nobody else for miles, can you safely get rid of him?
This is a single, film-like scene. You direct the fisherman's actions, as well as directing the camera shots between the cinematic angles available.
FEATURES
- Intense maritime story set in the English channel.
- Choose your fate: will you get out of this alive?
- Cinematic experience where you direct the camera.
- Surging orchestral soundtrack by Richard Campbell.
- A reinterpretation of one of cinema's greatest scenes (from Inglorious Basterds).
- Roughly 5-10 minutes in length.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 17, 2026
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