AdventureCasualSimulationSports
Call of the Wild: The Angler™
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 64% positive of 7,638
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (73%); after 7h it's 1 in 5 (22%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised more than in 97% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- 93% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 7,712 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 19.1h for positive, 4.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (92.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (50)
story milestone ending side
- Fish Just Got Reel Catch a fish 100%
- Hey Good Hookin Complete the Golden Ridge Reserve tutorial 88%
- More Fish in the Sea Catch 3 unique fish species in Golden Ridge Reserve 81%
- Can you smell what the Rod is Hooking Catch 3 bronze ranked fish 79%
- Scaling up Catch a silver ranked fish 78%
- I'm on a Boat! Get in a boat for the first time 70%
- Ready to Rod and Roll Use the Rod Assembler to put together a tackle 66%
- Fish Out of Water Catch a fish in a Lake, River, and Pond in Golden Ridge Reserve 52%
- Things that go Splash in the Night Catch a fish at night 49%
- Goldfish? Catch a gold ranked fish 46%
- License to Gill Reach level 10 41%
- Going for Gold Catch a gold ranked fish in under 1 minute 40%
- School's Out for Summer Catch any 12 unique fish species in Golden Ridge Reserve 28%
- I'm Hooked! Catch 100 Fish 27%
- Diamond in the Rough Catch a diamond ranked fish 22%
- I'm the Captain Now Purchase a boat 16%
- More than a Tourist Complete the Golden Ridge Reserve Self Guided Tour 14%
- Hook, Line and Sinker Set up 4 unique fishing tackles to use from the Quick Menu 13%
- Marathon Travel the distance of a marathon on foot 12%
- Big Fish Small Pond Reach level 50 8.1%
- Gonna Need a Bigger Boat Catch a fish of 44 lbs (20 kg) or more. 7.2%
- No Fin left to give Spend 100,000 credits 7.0%
- The Beetles Complete the "Beetle infestation" Warden Missions in Golden Ridge Reserve 4.1%
- Taylor Made Complete ten of each Shopkeeper mission type in Golden Ridge Reserve 4.0%
- Rod and Troll Catch any 14 unique fish species in Trollsporet Nature Reserve. 3.8%
- Live by the Rod, Diez by the Rod! Catch any 10 unique fish species in Aguas Claras. 2.8%
- Golden Ridge Ranger Max your reputation score in the Golden Ridge Reserve 2.6%
- A Rod for your own back Catch any 10 unique fish species in Izilo Zasendulo. 2.4%
- Way of the Rods Catch any 10 unique fish species in Kamuibetsu. 2.2%
- Head for Heights Reach the highest peak in Golden Ridge Reserve 1.9%
- Lake Me up Before You Go Go Travel 100km by boat 1.9%
- All Good Kings Must Come to an End Complete 'The King's Path' mission in Aguas Claras. 1.8%
- Fish upon a Star Complete all fishing challenges in Trollsporet Nature Reserve. 1.7%
- Three Square Meals Complete Taste of Tomatito, Cream of Camarón and Lucía's Day in Aguas Claras. 1.7%
- Trollsporet Tale Teller Max your reputation score in Trollsporet Nature Reserve. 1.6%
- Buckaroo Complete all Warden missions in the Golden Ridge Reserve 1.5%
- Cache and Carry Complete all Caching challenges and Scavenger Hunts in Trollsporet Nature Reserve. 1.4%
- Snap Happy Complete the 'It's a Snap' mission in Izilo Zasendulo. 1.3%
- Journey's End Complete Scale Mail, Railway Fishing and Ainu Adventure in Kamuibetsu. 1.3%
- Northern Soul Complete 'Hokkaido Forever!' mission in Kamuibetsu. 1.2%
- Have Fish, Will Travel Find every Point of Interest in the Golden Ridge Reserve 0.9%
- Club Crawl Join all three fishing clubs in Izilo Zasendulo. 0.9%
- Lost and Flounder Find all collectibles in the Golden Ridge Reserve 0.8%
- Aguas Claras Conquistador Max your reputation score in Aguas Claras. 0.8%
- Norway Jose Find all collectibles in Trollsporet Nature Reserve. 0.5%
- Paleontologist Max your reputation score in Izilo Zasendulo. 0.5%
- Claras Mud Find all collectibles in Aguas Claras. 0.4%
- All Betsu Off Max your reputation score in Kamuibetsu. 0.4%
- Izi does it Find all collectibles in Izilo Zasendulo. 0.3%
- Viking Buffet Find all collectibles in Kamuibetsu. 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.