Professional Fishing 2

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Professional Fishing 2 is a single player and multiplayer open world sport game. It was developed by MasterCode and was released on September 11, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

"Professional Fishing 2" is the second installment of an exciting fishing game that takes you into the world of thrilling angling adventures. Step into the shoes of a novice angler, embarking on a journey with simple yet reliable gear. You have an old fishing rod and a reel reminiscent of the nostalgic 80s, with a slice of bread as your bait. To make your expedition more convenient, you …

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Audience ScoreBased on 82 reviews

gameplay8 positive mentions

optimization4 negative mentions

The game offers a large open world with diverse fishing spots and realistic environments, creating an immersive and relaxing fishing experience.
The multiplayer mode is highly praised, allowing live interaction with friends, which adds to the enjoyment and social aspect of fishing.
Developers are active and responsive to community feedback, regularly providing updates that improve gameplay, add new features, and expand content.

The game suffers from poor optimization causing low performance even on high-end systems, resulting in FPS drops and visual glitches.
Controls and camera mechanics are clunky and unintuitive, making the gameplay experience frustrating, especially for new players without clear tutorials.
The fishing mechanic lacks realistic fish behavior and fight tension, with many players describing fish as lifeless or 'ghosts,' diminishing the thrill of catching.

gameplay
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
48%
14%
The gameplay is generally praised for being fun, immersive, and authentically mimicking real-life fishing mechanics, offering a satisfying balance of relaxing and exciting moments. While some reviewers note that the mechanics currently lack depth, feel slow, or are unpolished—particularly in controls and camera—the developers are actively improving these aspects based on community feedback. Overall, it’s seen as a promising fishing simulator with solid core mechanics that are expected to deepen and refine with future updates.
- “You literally start with scraps of bread to catch small fry, and even then, the mechanics feel solid and rewarding.”
- “The mechanics from setting up the rods, to setting the hook, to reeling in the fish are all based and act like real life fishing.”
- “It perfectly balances chill, relaxing gameplay with exciting, heart-pounding moments.”
- “The core mechanics feel unpolished with clunky controls and camera.”
- “Overall, this is an easy concept that feels like the mechanics needed to be solidified before being sent out to the world.”
- “You'll need to grind for some time to get enough cash for the spinning rod, resulting in long gameplay hours.”
optimization
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
30%
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The game currently suffers from poor optimization, resulting in subpar performance even on high-end hardware, with frame rates often below expectations. While some users see potential and note gradual improvements during early access, significant optimization and quality-of-life enhancements are still needed before full release.
- “I would like to see optimization and quality of life improvements because it is not very optimized. The interface should be changed as it is cumbersome and ugly, but since it is in Early Access, much more can be added over time. I initially left a negative review, but I changed my opinion to a positive one after playing the game again. The game is getting better.”
- “Another thing is optimization. On a 147k + 4070ti setup, I would expect more than 60 fps in a game like this where the map is the size of a field and the main focus is the water surface.”
- “I like the game enough to recommend it, but there are still some performance issues that need to be fixed before full release.”
- “Finally, quite poor performance/visual FPS-wise. Running this game on an i9 14900k and an RTX 5080 GPU with 64 GB DDR5 RAM on high settings struggles to hit 80 FPS. This shouldn't be the case, compared to a free-to-play game like Fishing Planet on ultra which is steady at 240 FPS.”
- “Another thing is optimization. On a 147k + 4070ti, I would expect more than 60 FPS in motion in a game like this where the map is the size of a field and the main focus is the water surface.”
- “Wait a couple of years for more waterways, better optimization, and a price drop of at least 50%.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
22%
11%
The graphics are widely praised for their stunning water effects, lighting, and immersive ambiance, with detailed environments and fish models enhancing the experience. While most visuals are considered top-tier and outstanding, some users note minor shortcomings such as character model quality. Overall, the game offers impressive and atmospheric graphics that contribute significantly to gameplay.
- “The graphics are stunning—the water effects and the lighting make the whole experience super immersive.”
- “The graphics are amazing, I love how everything looks, and I love the ambiance I feel while playing the game.”
- “Both first and third person camera options, great water graphics, sounds, etc. You have to pay attention to your gear, especially your hook to make sure it's not degrading to the point of losing fish.”
- “If the game doesn't improve, I won't buy it. In 2025, you can't make a fishing game with outdated graphics and an arcade system like mobile games.”
story
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
24%
38%
The story features engaging and varied missions with risk-reward mechanics, where failing high-reward tasks results in penalties. However, some players find the lengthy wait times for completing fishing objectives frustrating and desire more freedom in choosing and managing quests. Overall, the narrative adds depth but pacing and quest design could be improved.
- “You can accept random missions without knowing their details until you receive them, adding an element of surprise.”
- “If you fail to complete a mission, you will be punished, and the more rewarding the mission, the harsher the penalty.”
- “Quests are designed to be flexible, allowing you to choose what to catch and focus on, instead of rigid tasks like catching a set number of fish within a time limit.”
- “There are missions that reward you far more for catching a total of 10kg of fish than those for 100kg.”
- “What I mean by that is that the quests will be revealed and I will be able to freely choose what I want to catch and what to focus on, instead of having to catch 30 fish in 5 hours.”
- “The game looks good, but the time you have to wait for catching a fish is way too long; had a quest where I needed to catch 40 fish in 5 hours, and after 29 minutes I got 4 fish.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is praised for its immersive visuals, with detailed fish models and environments that effectively create the feeling of being out on a real fishing trip.
- “The fish models and environments look decent and provide a good atmosphere.”
- “It creates a completely different atmosphere, almost like you're both really out there fishing together.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the game to be overly grindy, with some noting that spin fishing is initially more tedious and less rewarding than float fishing.
- “The game is just too grindy for me.”
- “Maybe it's the grindy-ness of it or maybe it's the fact that spin fishing is actually worse (at first at least) than float fishing as other people have mentioned.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is largely derived from its hilarious bugs and unfinished, unoptimized state, which players find adds to its unique and charming comedic appeal.
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is noted for its numerous bugs, lack of optimization, and unfinished feel, but these stability issues contribute to its unique and charming character.

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Professional Fishing 2 is a open world sport game.

Professional Fishing 2 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 21 hours playing Professional Fishing 2.

Professional Fishing 2 was released on September 11, 2025.

Professional Fishing 2 was developed by MasterCode.

Professional Fishing 2 has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Professional Fishing 2 for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Professional Fishing 2 is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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