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. Twelve waters, 340+ 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.

Play free at thefishinglands.com.

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

Game	Platform	Price	Best moment
The Fishing Lands	Browser	Free	Landing a legendary while the world feed shouts your name.
Webfishing	PC	Cheap	Sitting quietly with friends while someone sings on voice chat.
Fishing Planet	PC/PS/Xbox	F2P	Correctly reading a lake and landing a proper trophy bass.
Fishing Sim World	PC/PS/Xbox	Paid	Winning a live online Bassmaster tour event.
Fishing Clash	Mobile	F2P	A quick 60-second duel while your coffee lands.
Ridiculous Fishing	Mobile	Paid	Shooting a fifty-fish combo out of the sky.

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Give The Fishing Lands a try

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.