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The Anglerfish Project

Use your friendly probe, Paul, to fish for communication packages in the cosmos. Aim at an alteration in the sky and, being careful of your strength, cast your fishing rod. You will need to decrypt these…

25 July 2023

The Anglerfish Project is an indie developed by Selkie Harbour, released 25 July 2023 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Anglerfish Project is

The Anglerfish Project is an indie game developed by Selkie Harbour and released in 2023. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Blender Game Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Drifting through the lonely abyss of space, Pádraig must use his lifetime of experience of fishing the earthen oceans to help The Foundation catch and decipher communication packages that conceal themselves in the cosmos. "We help the people" is their motto, but is that their goal? Thankfully Pádraig has someone he can talk to — a makeshift decoding probe called Paul.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Anglerfish Project launched on 25 July 2023, within three weeks of Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch and Viewfinder.

Released around the same time: Baldur's Gate III, Baldur's Gate III, Overwatch, Viewfinder.

Official trailer

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When did The Anglerfish Project come out?
The Anglerfish Project was released on 25 July 2023 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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