Fishing Planet

Intense overall intensity

Highest flag: Spending — real-money purchases

MMOSimulationSports/Racing

What's in it

Spending real-money purchases

High

Real money buys DLC packs, premium membership, and gear that speeds leveling and unlocks higher-level waters, affecting progression and outcomes.

Spending pressure pay-to-win or energy gating

High

Progression is heavily grind-gated with paid premium accounts accelerating leveling and income, alongside limited-time event offers and consumable bait currency (baitcoins) that gates retries.

Animal combat combat mechanic

Low

Fish are hooked, fought, and caught as the core gameplay loop, with catch-and-keep or catch-and-release; no graphic butchery is shown.

Who can reach your kid

Chat with strangersStranger friend requestsReal-money spending

What it is

Fishing Planet is a free-to-play first-person online fishing simulator where players cast, lure, hook, and reel in fish across a range of realistically modeled lakes and waterways. Gameplay centers on selecting rods, reels, lines, and lures, reading water and conditions, and fighting a hooked fish carefully to avoid snapping the line. The only living things affected are the fish, which are caught as ordinary play. There is no combat between people, no profanity written into the game, and no sexual or frightening content. Its most notable content for a parent is commercial: the game is monetized heavily, with a slow grind that paid premium accounts and purchasable gear speed up, additional locations and equipment sold through DLC, an in-game consumable currency, and rotating limited-time event offers.

How it's framed

The game frames fishing as a calm, skill-based hobby built around patience, gear knowledge, and the payoff of landing a large catch. Fish are treated as a sport-angling resource rather than presented with any distress, and the design leans on long-term progression and collection. Its commercial systems are foregrounded through in-game storefronts, premium-account advantages, and time-limited offers layered over the free experience.

Details

Developer: Fishing Planet LLC
Publisher: Fishing Planet LLC
Released: Aug 28, 2017

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