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Idle Waters

2025

Fish from a window at the bottom of your screen, manually or with auto-fishing, to fill a collection of 100 species across 12 biomes and stock your aquarium.

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From the developer's own description, reviewed Sep 29, 2026. Suggest a correction
?Ending
?Time to finish
90%Idle (0 = active)
?Offline progress
?Prestige layers
?Save export
?Plays on mobile
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94%Steam positive · Very Positive
349Steam reviews

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Desktop companionCollectionOceanIdle

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Idle Waters: common questions

Is Idle Waters an idle game or an active one?

Mostly idle: we rate it 90 on a scale where 0 means fully active and 100 means it plays itself. Checking in a few times a day is enough.

Is Idle Waters free?

No, Idle Waters is a paid game.

Where can you play Idle Waters?

Idle Waters is available on steam.

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