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Ice Lakes

Ice Lakes

Ice Lakes is a modern ice fishing simulator with different single and multiplayer game modes and sandbox approach to wintertime fishing. Use and customize wide selection of fishing gear and learn how changing season, bottom topology, time of day and weather conditions affects fish behavior.

Released Apr 19, 2016 Developer Iceflake Studios Publisher Paradox Interactive Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux FishingSportsSimulationIndieMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

85.7%positive1,599 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Ice Lakes is a fishing simulator that fully commits to realism, patience, and atmosphere rather than trying to transform fishing into a fast-paced arcade experience. Focused entirely on the niche activity of ice fishing, the game recreates the slow and methodical nature of…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Bun bun”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Good game for when you want to fish on an ice lake.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

5playing at last check
924-hour peak
2,581all-time peak
0 500 1k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 508 avg · Dec 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

60achievements
1.6%median completion
0.7%rarest: Walleye
76.7% of players 52.8% of players 40.3% of players 30.2% of players 16.1% of players 15.9% of players 13.3% of players 12.6% of players 10.1% of players 8.0% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 6.6% of players 5.9% of players 5.7% of players 4.8% of players 4.5% of players 3.6% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 76.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.7%Catch a Fish — Catch your first fish.
52.8%Fish Machina — Catch a fish from every hole you drill during a competition.
40.3%Fish Story — Catch the biggest fish in any competition.
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Walleye — Catch 30 Walleyes
0.7%Chinese Perch — Catch 30 Chinese Perches
0.7%Battle Royale — Win 5 battle royale games in multiplayer

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.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada19.99 CAD
Japan1,990 JPY
Brazil53.99 BRL
China78.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$11 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 04, 2021
Surviving the Aftermath Released!

During the last few years we have been busy working with our new game Surviving the Aftermath together with Paradox Interactive. Today we are happy to announce that the game is finally released! Survi

May 08, 2021
Let us know what you think!

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Free Weekend of Ice Lakes! We have a small internal study ongoing and we wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with both new and old players to ask what you li

Feb 15, 2019
Penguins on the Horizon

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11177078/4f7e44717b9311c733c1b219e46d3a4237d04f9c.jpg Here is the first teaser of the upcoming update. Ice Lakes is going to a new co

Feb 06, 2019
Lunar New Year Event 2019

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11177078/18c4d95643270dbe20e26c8fcfef3b76296fcb96.jpg To celebrate the start of the year of the pig, the game is now on a whoppin

Oct 24, 2018
Pumpkin Party is Back!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11177078/f258d0e0796844825dbe7f249754f85f738a2849.jpg Halloween is at the door and Pumpkin Party is back! All maps have received a Ha

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Sports
Player tagsFishing · Sports · Simulation · Indie · Multiplayer · VR · Open World · Competitive · Singleplayer · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported
LanguagesEnglish, Finnish, German, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Achievements60
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://iceflake.com/#icelakes
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ Processor: 2.0 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT or better DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC