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AO Games · Published by AO Games · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 83% positive (1,961 reviews) · 1215 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Relax and catch fish in beautiful environments while your crew works for you, even offline. Hire crewmates, collect pets, sail ever-bigger boats, and uncover layer after layer of progression. Simple to start, surprisingly deep.
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Indie, RPG, Simulation, Casual · 2024 · More free games
Dive into Idle Fishing, a 2024 casual RPG simulation where you hire crewmates and collect unique pets as you expand your fleet. Experience the serene beauty of each environment while uncovering layers of progression in this relaxing yet surprisingly deep game from AO Games.
About this game
Key Features
- Idle and Active Fishing - crewmates fish automatically while you're away, or jump in with a skill-based mini-game for bigger rewards.
- Offline Progress - earn silver, ascension gold, seagull rewards, and more while the game is closed. Come back to a full haul.
- 1200+ In-Game Achievements - with real stat rewards, not just badges.
- Pets - collect, evolve, and bond with pets that provide powerful passive bonuses. Upgrade star levels and unlock unique abilities.
- Hire Crewmates - recruit crewmates with unique stats and bonus slots that directly multiply your income.
- Ascension & Rebirth - ascend to grow a permanent upgrade tree, then rebirth for a meta-prestige layer with its own shop. The loop goes deep.
- Excavation Mini-Game - dig a tile grid with chisels, shovels, bombs, and scanners to uncover fossils, treasure chests, and timed bonuses in a fully separate economy.
- Seagull Events - catch random seagulls for diverse rewards including currencies, eggs, pet food, temp boosts, and more. Pile up offline, release on return.
- 11 Unique Fishing Zones - from Ocean and Swamp to Moon and Mars, each with its own fish pool across 6 rarities to discover and collect.
- Fishing Contest - weekly challenge mode with skill-based levels. Earn medals, climb packs, and claim legendary rewards.
- Chest Hunt - a risk/reward mini-game where streaks build multipliers and gem savers keep you in the game.
- 31 Buildings - buy and upgrade a full tier of income generators that scale your passive earnings and offline haul.
- Weekly Trader - spend gold on rotating rare currency deals that change every week.
- 52 Weekly Holiday Events - a fresh themed event every week of the year.
- Daily Quests - recurring objectives with chest rewards to keep every session meaningful.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11
- Processor: 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Croatian, Hebrew, Hindi, Lithuanian, Persian, Serbian, Slovak
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 3.0 - Rebirth Expansion, Crew Promotions & Rehire
New Free Codes!Update3.0 - gives 10 Eggs - expires after 31.12.26NewRebirth ExpansionNew infinite upgrades in the Rebirth Shop - no cap, and each level multiplies your bonus instead of just adding to it, so they keep paying off foreverNew upgrades to start each rebirth with boats, zones, and buildings already unlocked - buy more levels to start even further aheadMax rebirth is now 50New upgrade to start each rebirth with your crew already unlocked across all squadsNew upgrades that boost offered-crew bonuses and pet abilitiesNew Rebirth Shop upgrades that pay out currency - buy them again for more, with the price rising each timeCrew rework - your crew now sticks around after a rebirth instead of getting wipedAfter a rebirth you rehire your crew for Gold once you have boat spaceNew promotion feature (after your first rebirth) - promote a crewmate up a star tier for Gold, keeping their luckNew rehire panel showing the cost, with warnings when your boat is full or you can't afford itNew info popup after rebirth explaining how rehiring and promotion workNew star display showing each crewmate's stars and tier colorCrew cards show a "Needs Rehire" tag while they waitEscape and the back button now work across the gameSkip the Ascension animationClose the top popupStep back through Tasks, Daily Quests, Holiday Tasks, Trader, Medal Shop, and Fishing Contest - closes inner popups first, then the windowPetsThe Pets button now shows how much Pet Food you haveThe "bond ready" popup now takes you straight to that pet in Pet ManagementNo duplicate pets on your first 3 opened eggsImportant notices now show cleanly when you log inThe Excavation auto-play robot button now glows until you first use itChangedBalance & pacingTotems now give a lot more Amber (50 -> 500 per 10 totems)Reworked how your banked Gold boosts income - it ramps up then levels off, so late rebirths stay meaningfulPrices now climb a bit each rebirth so progress stays paced instead of getting trivialTuned how much...Read full article on Community Announcements (AO Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Steam Trading Cards Are Live!
New Steam Trading Cards - 11 cards, one for each fishing zone - from the Ocean to Mars Craft cards into badges and unlock emoticons and profile backgrounds 5 Badge Levels - Silver through Rebirth Amber 1 Foil Badge - the Golden Seagull, for dedicated collectors 10 Emoticons - seagulls, fish, crew, and more 8 Profile Backgrounds - your favorite zones, now on your Steam profileRead full article on Community Announcements (AO Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 2.5.6 - Cloud Save Protection
New Cloud save corruption recovery menu If your cloud save is corrupted, you'll now see a menu to help you decide what to do instead of automatically overriding with the local save — preventing potential progress loss. Steam connection warning - if the game can't connect to Steam at startup, a message will warn you that some features won't be accessible Fixed Active catch not progressing when using auto clicker while the active catch window is outside the mouse areaRead full article on Community Announcements (AO Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 2.5.5 - Quality of Life & Excavation XP Multipliers
New Open x5 eggs at a time - requested by multiple players New seagull statistics - as requested Seagull catch streak Max seagull catch streak New in-game detailed list of what resets with rebirths and what stays 2 new Excavation XP bonuses in the Gem Shop 1.7x for 3 days 2x for 14 days Stack additively (both active = 2.7x), multiplicative with other upgrades 2 new Excavation XP multiplier bundles in the Gem Shop Permanently increase Excavation XP by 50% Permanently increase Excavation XP by 60% Stack multiplicatively with each other Changed Camera improvements Camera now auto-adjusts on PC & mobile when you unlock a new boat, to show all crewmates Mobile camera position is now remembered separately for landscape and portrait orientations Fixed Translation and font fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (AO Games)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 2.5.4 - Resizable Windows, Improved Translations, Yearly Free Codes
New Free Codes! Easter2026 - Apr 1 to Apr 22, 2026 IdleFishing2026 - May 24 to May 31, 2026 Halloween2026 - Oct 25 to Nov 4, 2026 Thanksgiving2026 - Nov 22 to Nov 29, 2026 Christmas2026 - Dec 20, 2026 to Jan 3, 2027 NewYear2026 - Dec 29, 2026 to Jan 8, 2027 Valentine2027 - Feb 10 to Feb 17, 2027 New Resizable windows Works on the Excavation, Active Catch, and Fish Index windows Window layouts are remembered across sessions Greatly improved translations — reviewed 2,900 terms across 35 languages, totaling 101,500 translation fixes Changed Reduced chisel achievement max requirement from 400k to 300k — to be fairer to players Reduced shovel achievement max requirement from 250k to 200k — to be fairer to players Fixed Crew bonuses desyncing occasionallyRead full article on Community Announcements (AO Games)
