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Idle Waters

Ignita Games · 2025-06-12

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

95%
positive of 390 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (104 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.8k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 390 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-08-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620252026Week of 2025-06-12: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$3.592025-06-122026-08-042025-06-12 — best price $4.492025-06-24 — best price $4.992025-08-07 — best price $4.492025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-09-13 — best price $4.492025-09-27 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-11-08 — best price $4.992025-12-08 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-01-26 — best price $3.992026-02-09 — best price $4.992026-03-11 — best price $3.992026-03-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.842026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-17 — best price $3.692026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-05-31 — best price $3.642026-06-14 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.642026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-04 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
98.3%
earned "First Catch!"
57.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam Cloud1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51430%100

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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