More fish - Idle Clicker
You don't click. You hover, build runes, and watch chaos emerge from a peaceful hexgrid.
More Fish is an incremental idle game where you catch fish by hovering your cursor over water tiles, then spend earned currency on upgrades across a dual-sided skill tree, rune equipment, and talent cards. The game progresses through seven ocean-themed layers with events that mechanically alter how you play, and includes a collection system of 64 fish species that provide passive income.
More Fish markets itself as an idle clicker, but players immediately discover it's not — the hover-to-fish mechanic and rune customization system make it a hands-on incremental that rewards active engagement and strategic builds, which the official description undersells.
The transition from peaceful fishing to chaotic endgame is explicitly celebrated across English, Simplified Chinese, and Turkish reviews—this tonal shift is the emotional core players return to.
Rune discovery and synergy-building dominates mid-to-late discussion; players fixate on specific combinations rather than the underlying progression systems.
No price objections or technical complaints appear in the analyzed sample; reception centers entirely on design satisfaction and engagement.
One English reviewer completed the game twice but noted the lack of an achievements system limits replayability and competitive motivation. A Turkish review mentions the idle mechanic doesn't feel fully realized until very late, and early-game pearl collection feels slow. The sample shows no widespread complaints about balance or bugs, but the progression pacing in the opening hours is inconsistent.
See the game in motion.
More Fish is a simple incremental idle clicker where you hover your cursor over fish to catch them instead of clicking, unlock runes and a two-sided skill tree, and face events that modify game mechanics across multiple progression layers.
Players describe this as a strategic incremental where rune combinations and talent card discovery drive engagement far more than the base idle loop. They emphasize the progression surprise—starting peaceful, becoming chaotic—and the design of the dual skill tree. The hand-fatigue reduction from hovering is acknowledged but not the primary draw; the builds and customization are.
“Instead of clicking, you hover over a pool for about two seconds to catch the fish inside, then you move on to the next pool of your choice.”
“the "hover to fish" mechanic sounds weird on paper but it actually works way better than clicking, way less hand fatigue for a clicker game, which is kind of ironic.”
“It starts out so peaceful, just catching fish and collecting pearls, but quickly turns into pure, beautiful chaos.”
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22 public Steam reviews analyzed across 3 languages.
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Player-language signals, not generic review scores.
Best for
- —Idle game veterans looking for more mechanical depth than the genre typically offers.
- —Players who enjoy incremental progression but want strategic choice, not just passive accrual.
- —Anyone who values hand-fatigue reduction in repetitive games but still wants active engagement.
English reviewers emphasize the mechanical surprise (not an idle game, despite the label) and the hand-fatigue reduction as ergonomic design. They also discuss replayability gaps like missing achievements more explicitly.
Simplified Chinese reviews focus heavily on rune strength and late-game power scaling, describing the game as progressing from simple to demanding (肝, grinding). They note UI clarity positively but do not emphasize the mechanical twist as strongly as English reviews.
More games with overlapping community patterns.
Deep editorial analysis
The marketing copy calls More Fish an idle clicker and leads with hovering instead of clicking. But that's not the gap. The actual gap is that players don't mention the idling part at all — they mention runes, talent cards, event layers, and the two-sided skill tree. The game trains you to be passive, then immediately gives you so many active levers that passivity becomes impossible.
One English reviewer noted the irony explicitly: hover-to-fish sounds weird on paper, but it works better than clicking because there's less hand fatigue. That's the functional truth. But the strategic truth is different. Once you equip runes, the game stops being about AFK grinding and becomes about discovering which combinations of Swarm, Leviathan, and Magnet runes create compounding power. The chaos comes after the peace.
Across the sample, players rarely frame this as relaxing or meditative — the words that usually anchor idle games. Instead they describe it as addictive, satisfying, and chaotic by the endgame. The skill tree has a left side for automation and a right side for economy, but the rune system is what makes those choices feel personal. You're not unlocking generic upgrades; you're building a fishing engine that reflects your playstyle. That's what players are actually selling.
Signal data
% positive reviews
Under-the-radar potential
Store framing vs player language
Voice and personality in reviews
Would a stranger click buy?
29 reviews currently indexed
22 analyzed · english, schinese, turkish
Last synthesized: Jul 31, 2026 · 22 reviews in that synthesis
Revlize indexed this signal before it reached scale.
7/31/2026 · 25 reviews
29 reviews
+16% · +4
Why it entered the radar: hidden gem.
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Frequently asked
Players report 5–6 hours for a single completion, with faster times on replays once you understand the progression. The game supports multiple full playthroughs.
The current build does not include achievements or leaderboards. This is noted as a missing feature in some reviews, particularly for players seeking post-game incentives.