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About Idle Fishing
Idle Fishing is a fishing game where you earn silver and other rewards while away, or take part in a skill-based fishing mini-game for bigger rewards. You recruit crewmates, collect and upgrade pets, and build up income across 11 fishing zones, from the Ocean and Swamp to the Moon and Mars.
Fishing and progression
Crewmates fish automatically and have unique stats and bonus slots that multiply your income. You can ascend to grow a permanent upgrade tree, then rebirth to unlock another prestige layer with its own shop. The game includes 31 buildings to buy and upgrade, scaling your passive earnings and offline haul. When the game is closed, you can earn silver, ascension gold, seagull rewards and more.
There are more than 1,200 in-game achievements, each with stat rewards rather than badges alone. Pets can be collected, evolved and bonded with for passive bonuses; you can also upgrade their star levels and unlock unique abilities.
Mini-games and events
Idle Fishing includes several additional activities:
- Excavation: dig through a tile grid with chisels, shovels, bombs and scanners to find fossils, treasure chests and timed bonuses. It has a separate economy.
- Seagull events: catch random seagulls for rewards such as currencies, eggs, pet food and temporary boosts. Rewards accumulate while you are away and can be collected when you return.
- Fishing Contest: take on weekly challenges with skill-based levels, earn medals, climb packs and claim legendary rewards.
- Chest Hunt: play a risk-and-reward mini-game where streaks build multipliers and gem savers can keep you in the game.
Zones and regular activities
The 11 fishing zones each have their own fish pool, with fish across six rarities to discover and collect. A weekly trader offers rotating deals on rare currencies in exchange for gold. The game also has 52 weekly holiday events, with a new themed event each week of the year, and daily quests that reward you with chests.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Idle Fishing is free to play on Steam, so there is nothing to buy to start playing.
The minimum requirements for Idle Fishing are: Windows 7, 2 GB RAM, 300 MB storage. It runs on Windows only. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
No. Idle Fishing is a single-player game.
Yes. Valve rates Idle Fishing as Verified on the Steam Deck: it runs well out of the box.
Yes. Idle Fishing is the full base game. You need nothing else to play it.











