Just Keep Fishing
by Set Sail Games (pub. Aarimous & Thornity) · 2026
7.6
house score
The verdict
A tiny, perfectly-paced number-go-up treat from Aarimous — the incremental-games YouTuber — so it knows exactly which dopamine levers to pull and when to stop. Five bucks, Very Positive, and the fish-counter losing its mind is the entire point.
Hot take
The honest short incremental is a dying art and this is a near-perfect specimen: it respects your time, ends before it overstays, and never once asks for a second payment. Most 'idle' games should be this disciplined.
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The facts
| Developer | Set Sail Games (pub. Aarimous & Thornity) |
| Released | 2026 |
| Status | active |
| Platforms | steam, windows, mac, linux |
| Primary mechanic | cast, catch, and vacuum up ever-larger shoals of fish for cash, then reinvest into rod/area/multiplier upgrades until whole lakes get cleared in a single automated sweep |
| Prestige system | upgrade-gated area progression with escalating multipliers; a short-form arc rather than a deep reset-layer stack |
| Active vs idle | active-heavy |
| Offline progress | No |
| Monetization | paid |
| Pay to win | No |
| Complexity | low |
| Est. length | 2-4 hours to the credits |
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