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Umihara Kawase
Umihara Kawase is a girl who uses a fishing hook as a grappling hook. You’ll need quick reflexes to swing your way through the branching surreal environments. Use your brains to figure out the best way through. They say fish is brain food—you’re going to need it!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“If you like challenging old school platformers this is the game for you. Umihara Kawase is a game that will get your heart pumping as difficult trials and tribulations are thrown your way. You must pull off tricky stunts and daring maneuvers through the sky using your fishing…”
— a player, Steam review · 190 hrs played“Getting over it before getting over it!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Better physics engine than half life and half life two : )”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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Umihara Kawase Fresh! Coming to Switch
Quick bit of news about the newest game in the series which is on its way to Switch Official homepage: https://swninfo.success-corp.co.jp/switch/umihara-fresh/ Nintendo store page: https://ec.nintendo
Umihara Kawase : Sale and Twitch Event!
IT'S TIME TO FISH! Now Umihara Kawase is 60% off on Steam! And if you buy Trilogy, you can even get 70% off for whole series. Also we will be holding a special Umihara Twitch stream event at 6pm PT on
Umihara Kawase : Sale and Twitch Event!
IT'S TIME TO FISH! Now Umihara Kawase is 60% off on Steam! And if you buy Trilogy, you can even get 70% off for whole series. Also we will be holding a special Umihara Twitch stream event at 6pm PT on
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The Studio Saizensen Bundle is Now Available!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Precision Platformer · Physics · Action · Platformer · Indie · Pixel Graphics · 2D Platformer · Female Protagonist · Retro · Difficult · Anime · Classic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.degica.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or faster processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 150 MB available space Sound Card: Direct Sound Additional Notes: Controller recommended.