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breadcrumbs · Published by breadcrumbs
8 user reviews — 88% positive (8 reviews) · 50 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A cozy fishing and island-building game where you catch strange fish, expand your tiny island, decorate postcard islands, complete daily voyages, and collect your way through a cheerful ocean world.
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Indie, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Cozy Tide is a cozy fishing, collecting, and island-building game about starting with almost nothing and slowly turning a tiny patch of ocean into a cheerful little harbor home.
Cast your line, wait for the bobber to dip, fight the fish, gather resources, expand your island, place buildings, unlock upgrades, and collect decorations. Some fish are common. Some are rare. Some should probably not be in the water.
Build up your island at your own pace. Add useful buildings like the Shop Tent, Cozy Tent, Workshop, Harbor, Campfire, Fish Traps, and more. Each building helps your island grow, gives you new goals, or makes your fishing routine smoother.
As you play, your little island becomes easier to manage. Earn coins, gather wood and stone, improve your fishing power, unlock passive systems, complete daily goals, and keep filling out your collection logs one catch at a time.
When you want something different, set sail on Daily Voyages: short challenge islands with special rules, strange weather, score targets, and bonus rewards. Chase perfect runs, collect voyage rewards, and return home with new stories from the sea.
You can also create Postcard Islands: small decorative islands where you place tiles, decorations, trees, rocks, props, and cozy details to make your own tiny ocean diorama. Build something cute, weird, organized, chaotic, or all of the above.
Features:
Active cozy fishing with timing, fish fights, rare catches, size records, and collection goals
Island expansion, buildings, upgrades, passive systems, and resource gathering
Hundreds of fish to discover across zones, weather, times of day, and special conditions
Daily quests, Fish of the Day, rotating shop stock, and short-term goals
Daily Voyage challenge islands with special mutators and rewards
Postcard Island decorating with tiles, props, ambient settings, and cozy customization
Character cosmetics, including outfits, hats, rods, and bobbers
Boss fish, trophies, secrets, achievements, and long-term collection progress
A relaxed pace with steady progression and plenty of small goals
Cozy Tide is designed for players who enjoy fishing games, collection logs, incremental progression, decorating, tiny islands, daily challenges, and games that let you make progress without rushing.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics with OpenGL/WebGL support
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 3 or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Modern integrated or dedicated GPU with WebGL support
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes Yes
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 7
Thank you for your patience, this hotfix should improve performance by a lot. Improved performance on large, heavily decorated islands. Fixed blurry visuals on enlarged decorations. Reduced lag while zooming in and out. Improved rendering during weather and time-of-day changes.Read full article on Community Announcements (mormic)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 6
Performance Improved fishing performance across all resolutions, especially on 4K displays. Reduced GPU spikes and frame drops during the fishing countdown and catch results. Tips and Building Info Rewritten tutorial tips with shorter, clearer descriptions.Read full article on Community Announcements (mormic)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 5
Patch notes Improved Steam Overlay support. Improved Steam achievement reliability. Fixed potential crashes caused by Steam Overlay startup. Improved recovery after a failed launch. Fixed extra game instances remaining open.Read full article on Community Announcements (mormic)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 4
Performance & Windows 10 Compatibility HotfixThis update focuses on smoother gameplay, more stable performance, and startup reliability.Performance ImprovementsReduced recurring frame drops during normal island gameplay.Improved rendering performance for island tiles, decorations, buildings, nature objects, rain, waves, and weather effects.Improved performance during weather and time-of-day changes.Improved performance while menus and journals are open.Improved startup loading and asset preparation.Smoothed several periodic background tasks that could previously cause FPS drops every few seconds.Improved performance on larger and heavily decorated islands.Windows 10 Startup FixFixed a Windows 10 compatibility issue that could prevent the game from passing the initial loading screen.Improved compatibility with older Windows graphics components.If the game previously failed to launch or suffered from frequent frame drops, please update and try again. Continued issues can be reported through the Steam Discussions with your Windows version and graphics card information.Read full article on Community Announcements (mormic)Patch NotesOfficial
Hotfix 3 & a thank you note.
Thank youFirst of all, thank you for playing Cozy Tide and for sending me feedback.This is the first game I have published publicly, so there are naturally some solo indie developer growing pains along the way. I really appreciate everyone who has taken the time to report issues, share suggestions, or simply support the game during launch.If you run into any problems, please feel free to reach out through the Steam Discussions or on Twitter.Thank you again for buying the game and supporting me.Hotfix 3 patch notesHotfix 3 focuses on Postcard fixes, fairer minigame input, startup/loading safety, and a few small progression cleanup fixes.Guide and progression fixesFinal Rod Trial in the Guide / Story section now has separate progress bars for each required fish rarity.Trash, Common, Rare, Legendary, and Mythic progress are now tracked more clearly.Noodle Coat and Mug Hat no longer require Tavern Orders.Noodle Coat and Mug Hat now require Build the Tavern instead.Postcard fixesFixed Postcard Gallery scroll and height behavior so the gallery should no longer run below the screen.Fixed several smaller postcard-related issues.Startup and exit fixesAdded extra startup loading guards around the sprite cache.Added an auto-continue fallback if loading gets stuck without a initialization error.Improved the exit flow so the game now shuts down the Steam runtime more cleanly before closing.Added a hard-exit fallback so the game should close more reliably if the normal exit path gets stuck.Minigame fixesImproved Seal Eye, boss, and chest minigame hit detection.Minigame targets now use their recent drawn position for a few frames, with a small input grace window.This should help with cases where the target looks highlighted, but the click was still counted as a miss.Added a small debounce to minigame actions.Duplicate pointer or space inputs should no longer accidentally reset or advance a minigame step at the same moment.Discover Island fixesDiscover Island auto-signpost placemen...Read full article on Community Announcements (mormic)
