Fishbait is a casual 2-4 player card game about survival where the last fish standing wins.

The gameplay utilizes Russian-roulette style mechanics, where a wrong draw can lead to your demise. The last thing you want as fish is be caught by the fisherman and turned into an all-you-can-eat sushi sampler.

Hidden among the deck are dangerous Bait cards. If you draw one, you’re immediately caught by the fisherman and lose the game—unless you have a way out.

If you have an Escape card, you may play it when you run into a Bait card. This lets you safely continue your turn. After escaping, you must place the Bait card back into the deck at a position of your choosing (top, 2nd, 3rd, bottom).

On your turn, you may play as many action cards as you want, in any order. Some examples are:

• Alter – Rearrange the top three cards of the deck.

• Favor – Force another player to give you a card of their choice.

• Skip – Skip your turn

• Attack – Next player must draw 2 cards to end their turn 

• Nope – Cancel the effect of a card.

• Reverse – Change the direction of play.

Use these cards wisely to keep yourself off the dinner menu.


Your turn ends when you draw a card. This is normally from the top of the deck, but certain actions also count as your draw.

• For example, using Dig (draw the bottom card of the deck) immediately ends your turn.