Simulation · October 16, 2020

Fishing: North Atlantic – Enhanced Edition (2020)

trophy51 achievementsextension2 DLClocal_offer-85% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.4k recommendations
The sequel to the popular simulation game Fishing: Barents Sea invites you to put on your captain’s hat once again: Explore the large ocean of Nova Scotia, try your hand at entirely new fishing methods and enjoy huge range of highly detailed ships in the commercial fishing simulator Fishing: North Atlantic . Discover majestic world of Canadian Nova Scotia while admiring the vast diversity of ocean life. Explore the fishing zones with upgradable ships and gear as you progress in your career. Like our predecessor game Fishing Barents Sea , Fishing: North Atlantic makes you experience an atmospheric and realistic game world based on real maps, boats and fish species. Get ready to enjoy new weather systems with upgraded atmospheric effects, North American Vessels and fishing techniques like harpoons, deep-line-buoy-fishing and lobster pots. Purchasing larger boats and better gear will increase your fisherman skills. Fishing: North Atlantic offers you 29 ships at your disposal for all types of fishing styles and fishing techniques like the harpooning, which is used to hunt swordfish and tuna. Start with harpooning, then work your way up to setting deep lines, catching snow crabs or lobster. As well as longline, net and trawling. Do you have what it takes to fulfill this challenging task? Plan the course of your fishing career throughout the whole year: Brave rain and snow while looking for the best fishing areas, but make sure that you are not in danger of exceeding your quotas! The new advanced fish-AI will require the use of GPS and sonar to follow the movement of your prey depending on weather and season. Key Features Fishing methods – Harpooning, Deepline, Lobster, Crabbing, Longline, Net, Trawling Fish species – Swordfish, Tuna, Lobster, Snow Crab, Cod, Haddock, Pollack, Redfish, Mackerel, Silver Hake Advanced watershader and weather system, with realistic weather data from the area Dynamic fish prices – Other fishingboats will also fish and deliver fish at the ports, which affects the prices Dynamic fish habitats – Fish will swim around the map through the yearly seasons 29 real handcrafted boats available from fishing industry licensepartners Huge map over Nova Scotia, Canada (200x300km) with six realistic ports Fishing industry license partners - A.F. Theriault & Son, Skipasyn, Scanmar, Hermes, Selfa and Moen Marin RTX support New license partner Pronav, NorSap and Mostein New custom start option New volumetric cloud system

Peer Simulation titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.6k Steam reviewsTop 84% in Simulation
Positive rating77% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 66%
Engagement hours27 h averageTop 42% for session depth among Simulation

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Simulation · 129
  • Fishing · 72
  • Naval · 64
  • Open World · 59
  • Singleplayer · 48
  • Sandbox · 38
  • Exploration · 34
  • Realistic · 33
  • First-Person · 30
  • Time Management · 30
  • 3D · 27
  • Multiplayer · 24
  • Third Person · 21
  • Sequel · 20
  • Sailing · 7

Simulation releases from 2020

14 Simulation titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Greek
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian

Press Quotes

“Got to be the best sea fishing game I have played, easy to pick up and get to grips with and fully immersive and can make time fly.” Gold Award – Thumb Culture

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

27h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

15h

Typical completion time

Achievements

51

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

77%Mostly Positive · 2.6k reviews

2.0k positive · 588 negative

Curator recommendations

2.4k

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 16, 2020
DeveloperMisc Games
Base price$5.24 -85%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition