Ridiculous Fishing Downloads & RevenueRidiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption · App Store
Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption is #5 in Games › Casual Paid in Saudi Arabia and charting in 13 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption update history & changes
Last change · 25 events since 13 Mar 2013Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 24 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption new best rank in the overall chart: #44Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · SA
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100Top Paid · Adventure · FR
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · ZA · Top Paid · Games · ZA
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption charting in a new countrySouth Africa
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Casual · AU · Top Paid · Adventure · RU
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100Top Paid · Adventure · AU
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100Top Paid · Casual · JP
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · BR · Top Paid · Casual · KR
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100Top Paid · Adventure · GB
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100Top Paid · Casual · GB
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · CA · Top Paid · Casual · CA · Top Paid · Casual · US
- 📈Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption charting in a new country in 3 chartsCanada · United Kingdom · United States
- 🆕Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption first spotted by AppInsider#77 in Top Paid · Casual · Saudi Arabia
- 🆕Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Casual PaidRidiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-08. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A premium, no-in-app-purchase arcade fishing game where players catch fish using absurd weapons like guns and chainsaws, targeting casual gamers who value handcrafted design and one-time payment models. The app maintains a strong presence in the South African paid casual market at #5, while holding steady mid-tier positions across other major regions like India, Australia, and Russia, indicating sustained long-tail relevance despite its 2013 release.
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Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption on the App Store
App details
Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | Games › CasualPaid | #5 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › AdventurePaid | #7 |
| Saudi Arabia | GamesPaid | #27 |
| Saudi Arabia | All AppsPaid | #44 |
 South Korea | Games › CasualPaid | #110 |
 India | Games › CasualPaid | #76 |
 Brazil | Games › CasualPaid | #81 |
 Australia | Games › CasualPaid | #93 |
 United Kingdom | Games › CasualPaid | #193 |
 Germany | Games › CasualPaid | #189 |
 Russia | Games › CasualPaid | #85 |
| South Korea | Games › AdventurePaid | #181 |
 Indonesia | Games › CasualPaid | #76 |
 Canada | Games › CasualPaid | #142 |
 Italy | Games › CasualPaid | #112 |
| Brazil | Games › AdventurePaid | #152 |
 France | Games › AdventurePaid | #191 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › CasualPaid | #80 |
| Italy | Games › AdventurePaid | #168 |
| Russia | Games › AdventurePaid | #185 |
| Indonesia | Games › AdventurePaid | #144 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › AdventurePaid | #109 |
Apps near Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption on the chart
Games › Casual Paid, around #5.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly report that the game is broken on modern iOS devices due to severe UI scaling and aspect ratio issues. Many reviewers express frustration that a paid app remains unupdated and effectively unplayable, with some suspecting intentional neglect to drive subscriptions to Apple Arcade.
Mostly negative (16% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for working reliably, and regular updates. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Crashes & bugs: “Great game with one minor bug”
- Updates: “Update February 2024: I believe”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Broken, abandoned by devs”
- Updates: “Please update for iPhone 15 pro max”
- Price & subscription: “Charged me and wrong game!!!”
- Design: “Does not work on newer phones UI is broken”
About Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption
Follow Billy as he tries to find redemption from his uncertain past. Chase your destiny on the high seas and embark on a heroic quest for glory and gills.
* Hours of gameplay across the continents including a never-ending Infinite arcade world.
* Dozens of unlockables, weapons and items including popular fishing gear like the Most Expensive Hairdryer In The World and A Bowling Ball.
* Fish that become hats.
* No IAP - buy the game, play the game. No additional costs, no hidden fees. Even the hats are IAP-free.
* Fish that become hats.
Based on Vlambeers popular 2010 original, Ridiculous Fishing was lovingly handcrafted over the course of two years by Vlambeer (Super Crate Box), Zach Gage (TypeShift, Spelltower, Bit Pilot, Unify) and Greg Wohlwend (Threes, Hundreds, Solipskier, Gasketball).
Winner of the Apple Design Award 2013; Nominated for the 2011 Independent Games Festival Awards; Declared Most Important News Story 2011 by industry magazine Control International; Featured in The New York Times;
"Ridiculous Fishing is such a complete package that it's an effortless recommendation." ~ Eli Hodapp (TouchArcade) - (5 / 5)
"Every aspect of the game, from the rewarding upgrade system to the unique graphics, displays an intricate craftsmanship we rarely see on the App Store." ~ Chris Reed (Slide2Play) - (4 / 4)
"Vlambeer's game is, as its title suggests, ridiculous. In its simple, gleeful rhythms of play, it's sublime, too." ~ EDGE - (9 / 10)
"One of the most mechanically satisfying experiences you'll ever find, and wrapped in a dazzlingly cool aesthetic." ~ Eli Cymet (Gamezebo) - (5 / 5)
"It makes the mass destruction of innocent sea life absolutely adorable." ~ Andrew Webster (The Verge)
"I've come to think of Ridiculous Fishing as the unofficial game of Wes Anderson's movie The Life Aquatic." ~ Rob Hearn (PocketGamer)
"Ridiculous Fishing is from an alternate iPhone gaming universe where Nintendo is the production quality standard and action is everything." ~ Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted)
"A rare pearl amidst the endless sardines of iOS games." ~ Chris Bateman (International Hobo)
"I'm hooked up to an IV and playing Ridiculous Fishing. One is medicine, the other is a painkiller." ~ Ben Kuchera (PA Report)
"Ridiculous Fishing is something very special." ~ exp. Magazine
