The fish game genre unusually encompassed only fishing games. However, the genre has grown of the years and there are many games where you play from the fish's point of view. Sometimes as a shark, or sometime as a fish that is trying to avoid being eaten. Fish games have also benefited from the advent of motion sensitive controllers allowing players to use fishing pole controllers within the game.

The first fishing game, “Reel Fishing” was released in 1996 by Natsume for the PlayStation. In the game you had joined a bass fishing tournament and you were competing against a series of artificial anglers. You could choose where in the lake you wanted to fish and what types of lures you wanted to use. Typically casting consisted of choosing your angle and throwing the lure and you would reel the lure in while maneuvering it around obstacles. Fish were represented by a dark shadow and you could judge the size of a fish by the size of the shadow. Once hooked, you would reel in the fish while watching you line's tension. You didn’t' want to reel in a fish to fast, as you could break your line and lose your fish and lure. This game series was quite popular and spawned several sequels with 9 games being created in the series total. The series was a perfect fit for the Wii, with the Wii controller serving as a fishing rod.

The success of the “Reel Fishing” franchise brought about Bass fishing by Sega in 1997 for the arcade and “Marine Fishing” in 1997. Marine fishing for the Dreamcast innovative in that Sega created a Dreamcast fishing rod controller for the game which was one the first uses of a motion sensitive controller for a console, making it a precursor to the Wii.

Recently there have been an abundance of free to play fish games that you can play online through your browser. Many of these games are quite innovative and most are played from the fish's point of view. “Feed Us”(2010) and “Feed Us 2” (2011) are are games where you play as piranhas released into a north American lake. These games are pretty funny as you play as the fish and try and eat as swimmer in the water while spawning my piranhas or increasing your fish's abilities. Another funny hit game that was recently released is “Sydney Shark”. This has a similar theme as “Feed Us” as you play from the fish's point of few. In this game you are a shark that is going on a rampage in Sydney Australia. The purpose of the game is to eat people that you have knocked into the water, In addition you can jump out of the water and bring down planes and helicopters, gaining even more points. At one point in the game you can even bring down a UFO that gets to close to the water. This game was fairly successful with many millions of plays worldwide. As a result the developer released a sequel called “Miami Shark” which was essentially the same game set in Miami, Florida.