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Idle Waters

Idle Waters

A relaxing idle fishing game that waits for you at the bottom of your screen. CATCH fish, BUY upgrades, COMPLETE your collection, and DISPLAY them in your aquarium.

Released Jun 12, 2025 Developer Ignita Games Platforms Windows IdlerSimulationFishingPixel GraphicsRelaxing
View on Steam ↗ $3.59 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

94.9%positive396 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“decent, art and music are good if not repetitive. Hard to ignore for an idler. But that might just be me.”

— a player, Steam review · 124 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“So far it was the best Idle I've played. It's really polished and well done. I'm craving for more idles like this one.”

— a player, Steam review · 90 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“love these type of games where it plays itself on background while i do soothing else .”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

721all-time peak
0 500 1k 2026 481 avg · Jun 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

100achievements
44.1%median completion
14.2%rarest: Chasing rainbows
98.2% of players 92.1% of players 88.6% of players 85.5% of players 84.9% of players 84.8% of players 82.9% of players 82.8% of players 82.4% of players 81.9% of players 81.5% of players 81.3% of players 81.2% of players 80.6% of players 79.4% of players 79.1% of players 78.9% of players 78.8% of players 78.6% of players 78.6% of players 75.5% of players 74.4% of players 73.1% of players 71.8% of players 71.7% of players 71.3% of players 71.0% of players 70.5% of players 62.2% of players 61.0% of players 57.7% of players 56.1% of players 55.0% of players 54.7% of players 54.5% of players 51.5% of players 51.4% of players 51.1% of players 51.0% of players 49.0% of players 47.5% of players 47.0% of players 46.4% of players 45.7% of players 45.6% of players 45.5% of players 45.0% of players 44.4% of players 44.3% of players 44.2% of players 44.1% of players 41.9% of players 41.7% of players 41.6% of players 41.4% of players 41.2% of players 40.7% of players 40.4% of players 39.8% of players 38.7% of players 98.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.2%First Catch! — Catch your first fish!
92.1%A mysterious cat — Give a fish to the cat
88.6%It's honest work — Earn 100 coins
Rarest badges of honor
14.2%Chasing rainbows — Catch all fish (rainbow)
14.3%Gold, gold, gold! — Catch all fish (golden)
14.4%On a silver platter — Catch all fish (silver)

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.59−28% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$4.99base price
$3.59lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US3.59 USD−28%
EU3.59 EUR−28%
UK3.08 GBP−28%
Australia5.40 AUD−28%
Canada4.67 CAD−28%
Japan417 JPY−28%
Brazil12.23 BRL−28%
China15.84 CNY−28%

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

China≈$2.4 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$4.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Aug 09, 2025
Idle Waters - Version 1.1.0

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since the last update. Thank you for your patience!! This update is mainly for players who are in the final stage of the game... the challenge of catching every fish

Jul 25, 2025
V 1.0.16

Hello everyone! just a small update with some fixes: Fix: Dimensional Charm wasn't working for all fish. Fix: The Bottle Notes collection UI sometimes showed part of the search bar from other collecti

Jul 08, 2025
V 1.0.15

Hello everyone! Another small update to fix issues related to achievements that some of you had reported: Fix: A true treasure hunter - This achievement wouldn’t complete if you got a treasure from th

Jul 06, 2025
V 1.0.14

Hello everyone! I had to make this update as soon as possible after noticing (thanks to your reports!!) a new bug in the journal introduced by the previous update. I apologize to anyone who encountere

Jul 05, 2025
V 1.0.13

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since the last update. Thank you for your patience!! One of the most requested features is finally here: a way to filter your collection to see which fish you have an

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsIdler · Simulation · Fishing · Pixel Graphics · Relaxing · Strategy · Nature · Management · Incremental · Desktop Companion · 2D · Resource Management (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Latin America * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Japanese * , Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , French * , German * , Korean * , Spanish - Spain * *
Achievements100
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 @ 3.2 GHZ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 970 or better