Reel It! Ocean Fishing is by Sat-Box, a Japanese developer of solid indie games that often don’t wow graphically, but game play wise are fun. Reel It! is a fishing game. More specifically, the ocean version of Reel it! Fishing. You pick a fishing spot(coast, sea wall, boat or tropical pier) and time of day. You then pick a rod and lure. Then you throw your line, move the lure around to attract fish. Once a fish bites, you play a reeling mini game involving a circular timing section and a bar you fill via tapping the A button. Once you reel in the fish, you a given points based on its rarity and size. These points are then spent in a shop to unlock new lures and rods, each with their own stats.
There are three main modes of play in Reel it! Ocean Fishing single player. Score attack is how many points you can get in five minutes. Battle is seeing if you can beat a competitor in points in two minutes. Endless is just that, endless fishing in one of the environments. Fortunately, you get to keep the points you earn to unlock the new lures and rods. There are the customary online leaderboards present in all Sat-Box games.
Reel It! Ocean Fishing gets a Recommended with an eight score. While the game play is solid and there’s nothing particularly wrong here, I don’t feel you need to run out and purchase this. This is a niche game by default of being solely a fishing game, and not a particularly demanding one. Pro Fishing Challenge this is not. Yet, if you want to chill out just catch some fish to kill time, you cannot go wrong here at all.
Overall: Reel it! Ocean Fishing is not a demanding or realistic fishing game, but those looking for a chill time catching fish will find a lot to like.
Verdict: Recommended
Score: 8
| Release Date | 9/4/25 |
| Cost | $12.00 |
| Publisher | Sat-Box |
| ESRB Rating | E |
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