# WEBFISHING's social fishing breakout

> A social fishing game reached a monthly peak of 23,966 concurrent Steam players.

- Owner: lamedeveloper
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2024-10-11
- Observed peak date: Nov 2024
- Date basis: Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Some dates are known only to the week, month or year.
- Spread Score: 41 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Underdog, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

lamedeveloper released the Steam remake in October 2024. Players discussed mods and creators made videos. Steam Charts recorded a November peak of 23,966 concurrent players.

## Timeline

- 2024-08-14 — lamedeveloper (Open web) — The original game’s itch.io page announced a Steam version.
- 2024-10-11 — lamedeveloper (Open web) — lamedeveloper released the remade multiplayer fishing game on Steam.
- 2024-10-14 — AUTOMATON (Press) — AUTOMATON reported an overwhelmingly positive Steam reception in Japan.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/webfishing-steam-breakout-2024

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “WEBFISHING's social fishing breakout.” Case HIS-01844. Spread Score v1.3: 41/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01844