Call of the Wild: The Angler™ – Rushy Gear Pack (DLC)

Call of the Wild: The Angler is an open-world fishing simulation where you cast lines across sprawling natural environments, track fish behaviour, and work toward mastering a roster of species ranging from common catches to genuinely elusive rarities. The core loop involves reading water conditions, selecting the right tackle, and either grinding solo or linking up with friends in co-op sessions. It is a relaxed, low-stakes experience that sits firmly in the casual simulation camp rather than anything that demands the kind of build-order thinking I usually obsess over. That said, there is a quiet layer of progression underneath the calm surface. The Rushy Gear Pack is a DLC add-on for that base game, and it does exactly one thing: it drops a set of gear with a rushy, reed-bed aesthetic into your loadout options. There are no new fishing locations, no new fish species, no new mechanics, and no additional gameplay systems. If you were hoping this pack would add a new river biome or a set of exclusive lures with different casting physics, you will be disappointed. What you get is purely cosmetic differentiation, the kind of content that matters only if you care about how your character looks while standing in a virtual stream. From a value-assessment standpoint, this is where things get uncomfortable to recommend without hesitation. The base game itself sits at a Mixed review score on Steam, with 63 percent positive across a substantial sample of reviews. That split tends to reflect a game with a genuine audience who enjoy it alongside a meaningful group frustrated by bugs, AI fish behaviour, or missing content. Dropping additional money on cosmetic DLC for a game sitting in that review territory is a decision that should come after you have already confirmed the base game works for you personally. The Rushy Gear Pack is not a fix for any of those underlying concerns. If you are already a committed Angler player who logs regular sessions and wants to personalise your experience, this pack does deliver on its narrow promise. The rushy aesthetic is cohesive and fits the naturalistic visual language of the game. For that specific type of player, it functions as intended. For anyone else, including newcomers trying to decide where to spend, this is the last thing to consider. Put your budget toward the base game first, spend real time with it, and only circle back to cosmetic packs when you know the core loop has genuinely hooked you. The tutorial in the main game is accessible enough that newcomers can get oriented without much friction, which at least means the entry barrier is low before you start weighing optional extras like this. Diego, Scout Team