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Fishing: Barents Sea

Fishing: Barents Sea is a simulator game for PC, about industrial fishing, you will be put in a role as a fishboat captain. Starting out with a small boat you inherited from your grandfather, earn money…

76 7 February 2018 from $3.85

Fishing: Barents Sea is a simulator developed by Misc Games, released 7 February 2018 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.85 at GameBillet.

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What Fishing: Barents Sea is

Fishing: Barents Sea is a simulator game developed by Misc Games and released in 2018. It was published by Astragon. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Take the helm of your very own fishing boat in Fishing: Barents Sea and explore the vastness of the Norwegian sea in search for the best fishing zones. Start with the little boat inherited from your grandfather, catch fish and earn money for upgrades as well as bigger and better boats. Enjoy the beautiful Barents Sea and make your fishing industry dreams come true. Learn how to catch different kinds of fish with various fishing equipment on several different boats. Every method is easy to learn, but hard to master – time to show what you are made of!
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are business and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 30 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Fishing: Barents Sea holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 3 GHz Dual Core, 4 GB RAM and DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 1 GB VRAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 or better or comparable AMD card). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $3.85 at GameBillet, 85% below its usual price. Across the 4 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $5.00 — a spread of $1.15 for an identical product.

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What it launched against

Fishing: Barents Sea launched on 7 February 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste and Shadow of the Colossus. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Celeste, Shadow of the Colossus.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Fishing: Barents Sea — frequently asked questions

When did Fishing: Barents Sea come out?
Fishing: Barents Sea was released on 7 February 2018 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Fishing: Barents Sea cost?
The cheapest current price for Fishing: Barents Sea is $3.85 at GameBillet, which is 85% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Fishing: Barents Sea?
At minimum, Fishing: Barents Sea needs 3 GHz Dual Core, 4 GB RAM, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 1 GB VRAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 or better or comparable AMD card) graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Fishing: Barents Sea?
The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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