How to Fish Gets First Content Update With New Weapons and Mini-Bosses
The patch lands five days before the Steam Autumn Sale on October 2, and a September 22 developer interview had said Dazed Games might show off new elements for that sale.
Key Facts
- Dazed Games released Mini Island Update 1.1.0 for How to Fish on September 28, 2026.
- How to Fish update 1.1.0 adds new weapons, multiple mini-islands, new prey, new mini-bosses, items, new bait, new NPCs, and new achievements.
- How to Fish launched on August 20 for PC via Steam at 880 yen.
- How to Fish sold 1 million copies within two days of release.
- How to Fish has about 63,000 Steam user reviews, 95 percent positive, and an all-time peak concurrent player count of 373,971 on August 26.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Dazed Games released update 1.1.0 for How to Fish on September 28, 2026. The update is the game's first content update and is called Mini Island Update 1.1.0. New elements include multiple mini-islands, new weapons, new prey, new mini-bosses, items, new bait, new NPCs, and new achievements. The patch also changes the volume of some sound effects and adjusts the distance between each island. How to Fish is a physics-based fishing simulator for up to four players. The player washes ashore on a small island, earns money by catching and selling fish, and travels between islands. Fish are finished off with bare hands, rifles, or shotguns, and bosses gate progress to new islands. The game launched on August 20 for PC via Steam at 880 yen. It sold 1 million copies in two days and has around 63,000 reviews, 95 percent positive.
Dazed Games is a Swedish two-person studio. Carl-Vilhelm said in a September 22 interview that the team spent the first two weeks after launch on bug fixes, then began work on additional content. That work is now live. SteamDB figures cited in the coverage put the game's all-time peak concurrent player count at 373,971 on August 26. More than a month after release, the most recent 24-hour peak was 24,013. The game's hook is that caught fish are killed rather than released. Trick plays, such as shooting a fish thrown into the air with a sniper rifle, pay bonuses, and players can bet caught fish on roulette. As players move between islands, the danger level of creatures and the level of obtainable items both rise. The 1.1.0 notes list eight additions: weapons, mini-islands, prey, mini-bosses, items, bait, NPCs, and achievements. Two adjustments round out the patch.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.