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Cornerpond
A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very chill game you can put up while playing something else. It's quite nice.”
“very fun, passive idle game. It keeps out of the way, making it great to have running in the background while I work on other things. The occasional chime when I have to intervene to catch a special fish helps keep me…”
“This is really fun for calls when I have nothing else to do but twiddle my thumbs. I enjoy the variety in environments and the wild amounts of fish to collect. Overall fun idle game that is cozy enough to have in the…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“fun lil fishy fishing game. deffo worth 2 bucks. i love desktop pets”
“a great little idle game. there is not much too it but there are plenty of fun and interesting fish designs. Trying to get 100% achievements is actually quite a bit of time needed especially with trying to catch a lot…”
“one of my fav idlers, its basically a small window in the bottom right or wherever you want to place it cause thats an option and sits there while you do anything on your pc and u just check it once in a while , in the…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Incredibly cozy corner monitor game. Top tier, aesthetics are nice, gameplay is chill. The only criticism I might have is it feels like upgrading is a grind and is pretty highly priced. Aside from that it gives off the…”
“This is the first game i've ever 100%. No microtransactions, just pure RNG. and it looks cute on screen.”
“Cute game with just enough going on to keep you thinking about it. Love the customization options for your character but wish there were more. Love being able to decide when I want the game to stay as the top window and…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“a great little idle game. there is not much too it but there are plenty of fun and interesting fish designs. Trying to get 100% achievements is actually quite a bit of time needed especially with trying to catch a lot…”
“Worth the 800 hours to 100%”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“one of my fav idlers, its basically a small window in the bottom right or wherever you want to place it cause thats an option and sits there while you do anything on your pc and u just check it once in a while , in the…”
“A very chill game, UI are very responsive and cute. It's very intuitive and addictive. I recommend it for people looking for rewards, peace and tranquility.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Incredibly cozy corner monitor game. Top tier, aesthetics are nice, gameplay is chill. The only criticism I might have is it feels like upgrading is a grind and is pretty highly priced. Aside from that it gives off the…”
“A fun little idle fishing game that sits at the corner of your desktop like one of those desktop companions. Game wise, it's pretty complete as an idle fishing game. While 100% completing the game required some RNG…”
“It is definitely something to look back to while I do homework so it's hard to not recommend but I think other idle games are probably a better choice. The only reason I'm definitely going to keep playing this is…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Cornerpond is great, but can we talk about the power scaling for a second? -Wife's height: 5 inches. -Wife's weight: Probably 2 lbs. -Catch of the day: A literal Black Hole (108,994,578 kg). She didn't even use a…”
“Gameplay is simple, even for an idle. This game is aimed more at upgrading and increasing numbers than it is at collecting cool or rare fish. The only real "collector" aspect of gameplay involves collecting Shiny fish…”
“fun idle game. not much to it.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Stopped working after about 4 hours. When I launch the game, it opens in the center of my screen and is unclickable.”
“The entire game just does not work.”
“This game has been carrying me through my exam season, pretty fun and not overly distracting, but I only realized 10 hours into playing that you can actually upgrade your fishing rod Some tips tho: 1. Turn Fishing…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“[h3] A surprisingly simple and obscure ADHD game [/h3] The concept is really simple — catch some fish and enjoy life. The game offers different locations and different kinds of fish and varying quality, it all just keeps eating up your time. Of course, later game simplifies the…”
— a player, Steam review · 331 hrs played“Great game with a simple loop, a great iteration of the screen-section style idle game. However, the completionist aspect is quite painful. I don't know exactly how long it took me to finish all the content, but I'd estimate it to be around 100-150 hours for all upgrades, a…”
— a player, Steam review · 425 hrs played“Focus too much on the game, cant do any other task.”
— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
v4.0
This update brings a few new items and other smaller improvements :]Added 2 new potionsAdded 9 new hatsAdded a new button to refill all baits in the equipment panelYou can now click on a fish in the J
v3.0 - Rain and more
Your previously favorited fish will become unfavorited with this update as a result of some reworking of systems. Sorry for the inconvenience! It might start raining sometimes at certain locations… Bi
v2.0
Changes: Locations have been reworked: Removed the Locations tab in the shop A new UI element has been added to the bottom right to change locations Locations no longer cost money to unlock. They are
V1.7
Changes: Updated engine to Godot 4.4.1 Added a new option for HD font Changed one of the hair styles Journal now opens automatically to your current location Fixed a bug where quest notification dot w
v1.6
Some small changes: Added new option to disable automatic bait swapping Fish in quests popup now have colored names Fixed a bug where tooltips sometimes went off the left side Also, if anyone is havin
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Idler · Fishing · Pixel Graphics · Relaxing · Creature Collector · Clicker · Casual · Cute · Nature · 2D · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 52 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible Storage: 200 MB available space