
Fishing Vacation mixes the retro nostalgia of a Game Boy adventure game with the gothic horror of an abandoned cabin in the woods.
Fishing Vacation is a retro Game-Boy-style game that answers an intriguing question: What happens when you cross the wholesomeness of a retro fishing game with the gothic horror of an abandoned cabin in the woods? Created by Teebowah Games with open-source GB Studio software and originally published on Itch.io in 2020 as part of a “fishing horror” game jam, Fishing Vacation is now available to a wider audience on Nintendo Switch.
In a short cinematic opening sequence, you learn that your friend’s uncle sent him a key to his cabin on the lake, where the uncle once lived with his wife and daughter before he got divorced. Your friend just quit his job, so the two of you drive out to the cabin for a relaxing three-day weekend of fishing.
The cabin is more than a little creepy. The refrigerator is filled with fish heads. There are odd stains on the walls. The floorboards occasionally emit a hollow creak, and there’s a triple padlock secures the cellar door. Still, you and your friend are determined to make the most of the long weekend.