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Ridiculous Fishing – A Tale of Redemption – Entertainment Game Review
Ridiculous Fishing – A Tale of Redemption is a Entertainment/Adventure/Casual game from Vlambeer B.V., first launched in 14th March 2013.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 799+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Ridiculous Fishing – A Tale of Redemption Stand Out
A handcrafted game about fishing with guns, chainsaws & toasters.
Follow Billy as he tries to find redemption from his uncertain past. Chase your destiny on the high seas and embark on a heroic quest for glory and gills.
- Hours of gameplay across the continents including a never-ending Infinite arcade world.
- Dozens of unlockables, weapons and items including popular fishing gear like the Most Expensive Hairdryer In The World and A Bowling Ball.
- Fish that become hats.
- No IAP – buy the game, play the game. No additional costs, no hidden fees. Even the hats are IAP-free.
- Fish that become hats.
Based on Vlambeers popular 2010 original, Ridiculous Fishing was lovingly handcrafted over the course of two years by Vlambeer (Super Crate Box), Zach Gage (TypeShift, Spelltower, Bit Pilot, Unify) and Greg Wohlwend (Threes, Hundreds, Solipskier, Gasketball).
Winner of the Apple Design Award 2013; Nominated for the 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards; Declared Most Important News Story 2011 by industry magazine Control International; Featured in The New York Times;
"Ridiculous Fishing is such a complete package that it's an effortless recommendation." ~ Eli Hodapp (TouchArcade) – (5 / 5)
"Every aspect of the game, from the rewarding upgrade system to the unique graphics, displays an intricate craftsmanship we rarely see on the App Store." ~ Chris Reed (Slide2Play) – (4 / 4)
"Vlambeer's game is, as its title suggests, ridiculous. In its simple, gleeful rhythms of play, it's sublime, too." ~ EDGE – (9 / 10)
"One of the most mechanically satisfying experiences you'll ever find, and wrapped in a dazzlingly cool aesthetic." ~ Eli Cymet (Gamezebo) – (5 / 5)
"It makes the mass destruction of innocent sea life absolutely adorable." ~ Andrew Webster (The Verge)
"I've come to think of Ridiculous Fishing as the unofficial game of Wes Anderson's movie The Life Aquatic." ~ Rob Hearn (PocketGamer)
"Ridiculous Fishing is from an alternate iPhone gaming universe where Nintendo is the production quality standard and action is everything." ~ Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted)
"A rare pearl amidst the endless sardines of iOS games." ~ Chris Bateman (International Hobo)
"I'm hooked up to an IV and playing Ridiculous Fishing. One is medicine, the other is a painkiller." ~ Ben Kuchera (PA Report)
"Ridiculous Fishing is something very special." ~ exp. Magazine
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Ridiculous Fishing – A Tale of Redemption is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th August 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
This compatibility update of Ridiculous Fishing brings support for new iOS devices and functionality. Two brand-new speedrun leaderboards to fish fast for, and haptic feedback support for devices that support it.
Download & Availability
Ridiculous Fishing – A Tale of Redemption is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Ridiculous Fishing – A Tale of Redemption on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We adore this game, its one of the few that we keep on our phone. We hadnt played in years and just opened it recently to replay to find that somewhere along the way the scale and framing of everything got messed up. Such a shame to see such an amazing game get neglected :( we hope its updated one day so we can relive the magic and new players can experience it.
So, let us start off by saying we absolutely love you guys and what youve been working on, the new game is great, but we really REALLY want the framing and cropping issues fixed on modern iPhones, please..its literally just our nostalgia monkey brain speaking but we really want to capture the same feeling again, at it would just make the game better probably, so please, hear our cries.
We love love love this game. We dare say it is better than the ex version. 100% best purchase ever made.
This has always been our favorite casual fishing game, but it either needs an update or a sequel! Give us more! Love the game.
A truly great game. One word: More. 7 years and counting. Still waiting. You gots this. Give it to us! Update: still no more. Need more. Look at "plague inc." you could be millionaires with a cult following for years. We will pay for more!! Update May 2018: we still look all the time for more. Or a sequel. We are begging you. All of us are begging you. Where can we send the cash? Seriously. Update Oct 2018: Please? We are tossing money to worthless games. We want to give it to you. Update Dec 2019, with sugar on top? Just tell us where to donate. Im begging you. Where can we send money? Still the best. 2020 Update July 2020. Virtual fishing. Perfect for a pandemic. Pleeease! More. We will keep begging. Update May 2023. Our life cannot be complete without more. You complete us one might say. If one wanted a copyright infringement lawsuit. Please. More? Update February 2024: we believe. We still believe.
Ok, the title for this review may be a bit over exaggerated but we seriously do like the game. We just need help with what the game and its display. The buttons work great but on our screen (IPhone 12), they display only in the top right corner. Correct our if Im wrong but we believe the game may be thinking Im on an Apple Watch or its just a genuine bug. If anyone, but especially Vlambeer sees this review, please help, the game looks amazing and Id like to enjoy it ourselves.
See how far you can get your like to go below the depths, get a bite and reel in as many fish as possible. Then throw them in the sky and shoot as many as possible to get money. Use the money to upgrade and do it again.
Amazing game but hasnt been updated in years.
BEST GAME WVERRR we are not a bot im a bella.
A truly great game. One word: More. 6 years and counting. Still waiting. You gots this. Give it to us! Update: still no more. Need more. Look at "plague inc." you could be millionaires with a cult following for years. We will pay for more!! Update May 2018: we still look all the time for more. Or a sequel. We are begging you. All of us are begging you. Where can we send the cash? Seriously. Update Oct 2018: Please? We are tossing money to worthless games. We want to give it to you. Update Dec 2019, with sugar on top? Just tell us where to donate. Im begging you. Where can we send money? Still the best. 2020 Update July 2020. Virtual fishing. Perfect for a pandemic. Pleeease! More. We will keep begging. Update May 2023. Our life cannot be complete without more. You complete us one might say. If one wanted a copyright infringement lawsuit. Please. More.
Our kids started playing this on their hand-us-down iOS devices and were in awe at our achievements! We came back to play and found it not very updated. Lot of scaling problems with the higher resolution phones but who cares, its still a lot of fun. Dev, thanks for a fun game.
One of the most amazing games to ever grace the AppStore. Been a fan of this for a decade.
This is one of those rare solid gems of a game; on par with games like FTL, The Executive, Out There, Hoplite. Brings you many hours of melancholy happiness and makes you forget about other stuff for awhile. Please make more games. This is a masterpiece… Although not like the company who made Out There 2… Which got worse.
We have been playing this game since day one, and we cant believe that it has t lost its appeal. No ads, simple mechanics and pretty good sense of humor. Our only complaint is that its in a very very small aspect ratio on the modern iPhones.
Used to love playing this game with our little brother when we were kids. Very nostalgic. Now its borderline unplayable. We would pay for an updated game or even a new one, Im sure many others would too. See ya, Billy.
We get to the play again! So happy.
Ridiculous fishing, from its gameplay hook to its precision, its music and immersive world building via its in universe mobile apps. Splendid, sometimes even heartfelt game. But lately, Ive encountered a scaling bug that really takes away from the experience. Everything is just tiny now! Is a fix planned? Thanks, -jack.
We love this game, ive played this game for years and ive wanted to play it again recently, but as soon as we downloaded it, we saw that the UI and interface are all messed up, the visuals are not how theyre supposed to be, and we wish that could be fixed so we could all enjoy the game again. We use an Iphone 8 plus and ive also heard this bug affects IPhone Xs, and itd just be a dream come true if we got an update for this. We wouldnt even want them to add anything to the game, just to make it playable. Because to us its already perfect as it is, its just this minor inconvenience that really doesnt allow anyone to play or get the full experience.
We played this awhile ago with our dad we redownloaded it and reset our data. This game if you know what youre doing is about 3-4 hours long (if you cheat by changing time on your iPad/phone) But this brought us to tears… The ending just the memories from when we were younger. We know this havent been updated but its a lovely game with all heart poured into it. We would love a sequel even though that probably wont happen. Thank you to the devs. And thank you to all the people who enjoy this game.
Love this game was one of the first games we ever got and brings us a lot of nostalgia to play.
A truly great game. One word: More. 4 years and counting. Still waiting. You gots this. Give it to us! Update: still no more. Need more. Look at "plague inc." you could be millionaires with a cult following for years. We will pay for more!! Update May 2018: we still look all the time for more. Or a sequel. We are begging you. All of us are begging you. Where can we send the cash? Seriously. Update Oct 2018: Please? We are tossing money to worthless games. We want to give it to you. Update Dec 2019, with sugar on top? Just tell us where to donate. Im begging you. Where can we send money? Still the best. 2020 Update July 2020. Virtual fishing. Perfect for a pandemic. Pleeease! More. We will keep begging.
Used to be an amazing, if not the best game on the App Store. Unfortunately, now, the UI is tiny, and we cant see jack. Please fix this, vlambeer! Many people have said they want it fixed and Id absolutely love it, too.
We Love the idea of a good grinding game and this is the one for us, but sadly we notice that the game is having a lot of problems: 1. When you start the game the menu and everything is too small to see what you are doing, 2. The store function works ok, however we cannot tell of if we bought something or not and thats one of many other problems with this game. We hope that the developers have the time to fix these issues as soon as possible. We still think that this game deserves to have a good 5/5 star rating if these issues were fixed then maybe many people would have a better experience with this the same as we do.
Im mad because we used to love this game so much but we just redownloaded it after a while and it isnt working? Everything is so small and you cant see the prices for anything.
This is the all time best mobile game and we just wish it was more playable on the newer iPhones.
We ADORE this game. The art is beautiful and the story is minimalist and sweet. The gameplay is addictive and engaging without being too difficult. This is one of the few games that, on our first play through, we worked hard to unlock all of the hard-to-catch species. All that being said, this app NEEDS a compatibility update. We cant play it on our current device. We know things have been a little quiet, but if the developer sees this, we hope theyre able to revisit the game to make it compatible on newer devices! Thanks for letting us fish ridiculously.
Love this game, but needs a whole new remodel for new end devices ex. Iphone 6 and up.
Played through this game about 8 times in our life havent seen 1 ad or in game purchase its short and with no new update its hard to play BUT still playable we will never stop loving this amazing game. AND YOU CAN STILL BUY THINGS JUST SEARCH AROUND FOR THE PURCHASE BUTTON IN THE ALL WHITE AREA THE GAME IS STILL 100% PLAYABLE.
Needs to be updated for the bigger phones other wise a masterpiece.
This game is actually amazing its so much more than a time waster theres a story a strong one thank you.
We want to be able to use our finger not this phone sensor thing when am in the car it our phone tilts the other way and we miss up and thats pissing us off please fix so we can use our finger to control it thank you.
We really love the concept of this game. But it would be amazing if you guys made it support the full screen of XS Xr and XS Max devices.
We got this app years ago and played it once. So, the other day, Im on hour 4 of a 6 hour plane ride, and Ive listened to all the music and audiobooks we can tolerate. Im scrolling through our phone looking for something new and we find this preposterous thing! Two hours later, our wife has to nudge us to say the plane has landed and we have to get off. She thought Id lost our mind, all the more so when we tried to explain the premise of the game. The thing is, there is no barrier to entry. Any idiot can play instantly. But theres a lot to learn – rolled out at just the right pace. And no jamming you up for money. What a breath of fresh air! And the humor in the game is just the greatest – no small part of its appeal. This is just perfect for withdrawing from the world yet retaining the ability to rejoin, reluctantly, if needed. The best.
We were about seven years old when we first played this game. Our mom had it on her ipad and we were hooked from the very first time we played it. Every time we went in her room, we played this on her ipad while she watched whatever show on the tv. We remember actually "completing" the game when she was asleep and being so shocked and surprised we had to take a few minutes. We were still seven years old so we couldn't comprehend everything, but we know it was significant. Now we're sixteen years old and this game has always managed to come into our mind. We downloaded it for ourselves just yesterday and we've been addicted. It's so simple, yet so interesting that it just pulls you back in for more. The game hasn't changed much since we first played it and we're glad. We're amazed by the simplicity of the game and how nostalgic it's made us. Our life is going at a million miles per hour, but it's nice to sit back and play this game. We even showed our mom and we ended up having a conversation about how excited we were playing the game. We're extremely happy this game is still available and we really believe it's worth every penny. Of course, we have a connection to it so one may say we're biased, but we really believe it. It's simple, but really brings you in to play it again and again. We can only hope you'll have as much fun playing it as we do.
Are you EVER going to update for iPhone X series or have you abandoned this game? Been a long time since any love has been given to this great game. Used to be our go to for easy fun time killing but haven't played much since other games look so sweet on the extra screen real estate. Thx.
Just wow. This game made us cry at the end. We recommend this to everyone. Even if you hate fishing. To the levels to the fish you can just tell the developers put their heart and soul into this game. We have loved this game since it came out and we still keep replaying it. Amazing work. Thank you.
Ive been using iOS since the App Store. This is easily our favorite game. For 5-6 years Ive hoped for a vol. 2, content pack, or something similar but its never come. Ive honestly deleted the app and cleared the data just to replay it. This is worth whatever its being sold for these days. Its a fantastic game.
We have been playing for years. This game always made the boring, less boring. Definitely worth it.
Please update for the newer iPhones.
We have spent over $1,000 in games for iOS, and we can say with confidence that we regret 99% of our purchases. This game, however, from the moment we bought it and up to today, has always been worth it. It combines a unique approach to iOS games that rely on movement of your phone with a story that will make you laugh and cry. The story is emotional and well told, but also completely unessential to the gameplay. If you just want that high score, you dont have to pay attention to the story, because it doesnt matter! If you want it though, the story is there for you, with its loving message about family and redemption. We wouldnt recommend this game to anyone who wants to play a realistic fishing game, but we would recommend it to anyone who wants to play a fun game that combines the most essential parts of life: fishing, hunting, and family. P.S. There are many clones of this game, please dont buy them. Ridiculous Fishing was made by the original developers of Radical Fishing, the first game that combined fishing with throwing fish in the air and shooting them. This is the original game, dont pay for clones.
Ridiculous fishing brings a fun concept and adds so much more onto it. It is definitely worth the money, add this to your collection and you won't regret it.
Its worth the price, its amazing and tons of fun its good if you want to waste time.
The only good game on the App Store tbh.
We love this game! Please update for iPhone X.
But this one had us hooked (pun intended). Highly recommended if you enjoy games that aren't too challenging and provide consistent feedback and rewards.
We've been playing this game and we can't stop.
We are so happy that they updated this game for the latest iOS. We were bored the other week and remembered "that great fishing game" and found it on our purchased apps. We got the message about it not being compatible on the next iOS and had a panic attack. Well worth the money, our kid loves it too. Fun game, fun times, hours of entertainment. Offline play (which is rare these days, we're looking at you, Mario Go) When we are offline is when we want to play.
We were hoping that the next update would be that big update with all the extra content. But it's been 3 years we should probably let go.
Literally the best game ever created.
We love this game so much have loved it since we were very young please make it compatible for modern phones!!!! We want to get back into our childhood game but it doesnt work on our phone.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.50
- Size: 105.88 MB
- iOS: 6.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Profanity or Crude Humor
- Developer: Vlambeer B.V.
Last updated: 24th August 2017 | Genre: Entertainment, Adventure | Developer: Vlambeer B.V.