Controls & Keybinds
How to Fish plays like a first-person shooter, so movement and aiming are the usual PC defaults. The game-specific actions — inspecting, selling, switching gear — are the ones that trip people up. Here’s the lot.
Last checked: September 1, 2026
| Action | Key | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Move | W A S D | Standard first-person movement. |
| Look / aim | Mouse | |
| Use rod / fire weapon | Left click | |
| Interact / pick up | Interact key | Grab creatures and items. |
| Inspect value | Inspect key | Check what a creature sells for before you sell it. |
| Switch weapon | Number keys 1–9 | Switching auto-drops the fish you're holding. |
| Open collection | Tab | The Fishipedia / creature collection view. |
| Eat | Eat key | Restore hunger — watch the hunger/grill system. |
How to sell fish
There’s no “sell” button — you sell by throwing the creature into the shopkeeper’s mouth. Inspect it first if you want to know the value before it’s gone.
Controller support
Steam lists no official controller support for How to Fish — it’s built for mouse and keyboard. You can force a gamepad through Steam Input, but aiming trick-shots with a stick is rough, so mouse and keyboard is strongly recommended.
The game doesn’t publish a full keybind chart, and a few actions can be rebound in the settings menu. The bindings above are what we’ve confirmed in-game — if a default differs on your build, tell us on the contact page and we’ll update it.