Call of the Wild: The Angler

From the creators of theHunter: Call of the Wild comes a genre-defying fishing experience! Explore a vast and atmospheric open world in search of the perfect fishing spot. Ride the open waters alone or with…

31 August 2022

Adventure Simulator Sport Open world Sandbox

Call of the Wild: The Angler is an adventure developed by Expansive Worlds, released 31 August 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Call of the Wild: The Angler is

Call of the Wild: The Angler is an adventure game developed by Expansive Worlds and released in 2022. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Apex.

The premise, in the publisher's words

From the creators of theHunter: Call of the Wild comes a genre-defying fishing experience! Explore a vast and atmospheric open world in search of the perfect fishing spot. Ride the open waters alone or with friends and embark on your journey to become a master angler.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Call of the Wild: The Angler launched on 31 August 2022, within three weeks of The Last of Us Part I, Cult of the Lamb, Return to Monkey Island and Metal: Hellsinger. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us Part I, Cult of the Lamb, Return to Monkey Island, Metal: Hellsinger.