Bait & Bomb

Fishing against the fleet

Bait & Bomb is a PC fishing and action game about defending Home Cove from an armada. Each voyage starts with you casting a line, choosing which fish to keep, and packing a hold with limited space. When sails appear, you load your catch into a catapult and fire it at the fleet. If you run out of fish during a battle, you have to fish under fire.

Fish and fittings

The game spans 25 voyages across five charts, ending with battles against the Dreadnought and the Flagship. Nine fish serve as weapons: swordfish skewer hulls, pufferfish burst, eels chain lightning, and sharks hunt targets. Twelve fittings from the Shipwright can change your trawler, and a field guide fills in with each first catch. There’s also Gus, a tortoise you can throw, plus Steam achievements and cloud saves.