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Online fishing games: multiplayer picks for 2026, ranked by how you want to play

Updated February 2026 · by the crew at The Fishing Lands

"Online fishing game" is a broad tent. It includes browser MMOs, cozy 4-player co-op, mobile leaderboard chasers and full-blown simulators with online tournaments. This guide sorts them by how you want to play, so you can skip the ones that don't fit.

Best for: a persistent shared world

The Fishing Lands
Browser · Free

A persistent fishing MMO in a browser tab. Ten waters, 281 species, live player market, crews, seasonal bosses. Your progress is on the same server as everyone else's — records, world feed and prices are all live.

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See our full fishing MMO guide for RuneScape, FFXIV and Fishao.

Best for: cozy co-op with friends

Webfishing
PC · Paid
Small indie, small pond, four to eight strangers or friends casting side by side. It's the "hanging out" side of fishing games, done well.
Stardew Valley co-op
Everywhere · Paid
The fishing minigame plus a whole farm around it. Up to four players share a farm; you can spend a full evening just fishing rivers together.

Best for: realistic simulation with online play

Fishing Planet
PC/PS/Xbox · Free-to-play
Real species, real waters, licensed gear. Not a shared open world, but you can host friends, join competitions and swap stories on shared boards. The free-to-play grind is real — a paid Premium account is the honest way to enjoy it long-term.
Fishing Sim World: Pro Tour
PC/PS/Xbox · Paid
Bassmaster licence, tour format, online tournaments and career mode. If you watch competitive bass fishing on YouTube, this is your game.
Call of the Wild: The Angler
PC/PS/Xbox · Paid
An open-world realism-first sim with multiplayer. Beautiful, slow, meditative. Not for players who want fast dopamine.

Best for: quick mobile sessions

Fishing Clash
iOS/Android · Free-to-play
Big roster, quick 1v1 duels, tournaments. Progression is deliberately slowed to nudge you toward the shop — set a spend limit before you start.
Ace Fishing
iOS/Android · Free-to-play
Long-running mobile fishing game with a huge species catalogue and gacha lure system. Same caveat on the shop.

Best for: arcade and one-more-cast fun

Ridiculous Fishing / Ridiculous Fishing EX
Mobile · Paid
The definitive arcade fishing game. There's an online leaderboard but the joy is single-player.
Fisch (Roblox)
Free · Cross-platform
Roblox's runaway fishing hit. Cross-platform, huge community, generous free game with monetisation.

Fair warnings

A lot of "online fishing games" in mobile app stores are wrappers around aggressive gacha or ad-supported clones. If a game locks better rods behind loot boxes, or shows you a video ad every second cast, we didn't list it. Life is short and the fish are patient.

Quick comparison

GamePlatformPriceBest moment
The Fishing LandsBrowserFreeLanding a legendary while the world feed shouts your name.
WebfishingPCCheapSitting quietly with friends while someone sings on voice chat.
Fishing PlanetPC/PS/XboxF2PCorrectly reading a lake and landing a proper trophy bass.
Fishing Sim WorldPC/PS/XboxPaidWinning a live online Bassmaster tour event.
Fishing ClashMobileF2PA quick 60-second duel while your coffee lands.
Ridiculous FishingMobilePaidShooting a fifty-fish combo out of the sky.

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We built it because we couldn't find a modern browser MMO that took fishing as seriously as we wanted. Create an angler in under a minute and see if it fits.