Row out onto a dark lake with a lantern, a rod and the feeling that something below is watching.

Night Lake is a calm, eerie fishing game. Cast your float or spin a lure, watch the float bob in the lantern light and strike when it really goes under. Fight each fish with reel and rod: keep the line tension out of the red and lean the rod against the pull. Sell your catch at the dock, buy better baits and tackle, take on quests and unlock new lakes.

But the lake is not empty. The lantern stutters, the crickets fall silent, and a shadow longer than your boat glides underneath. Monsters need their own bait and strong gear, and can tow your boat across the water. Every lake hides a legend waiting for the right bait after midnight.

Features

- A growing collection of lakes: a pine lake, a jungle bayou, a reed marsh, a flooded quarry, a frozen lake, a flood canal in the rain, a ruined mill pond and the fish ponds of an old abbey

- Dozens of fish species with rare Trophy and Unique sizes, lake monsters and legends

- Float fishing, spinning lures and feeder fishing with groundbait mixes and attractants; better tackle lands fish faster

- Live water, lantern light and night sounds on every lake

- Quests, a field guide and fishing spot markers

- Plays on desktop (keyboard or mouse alone) and on phones (portrait or landscape); progress is saved in your browser

Controls

Computer: W/S row, A/D turn, or Right Click the water to row there (hold to steer). Hold Left Click on the water to aim, release to cast. Click or Space when the float goes under, then hold to reel in (with a feeder, strike when the bite alarm sounds); hold A/D to lean the rod away from the fish. E dock shop, J quests, V field guide, P pause.

Phone: left stick to row, right stick to aim, cast, strike and reel.


Updated 12 hours ago
Published 2 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorSolidBuild
GenreSimulation
Made withPhaser
TagsAtmospheric, boat, Casual, Co-op, Cozy, Fishing, Horror, Monsters, Multiplayer, Relaxing
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Touchscreen
AccessibilityInteractive tutorial
MultiplayerServer-based networked multiplayer
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Code, Graphics, Sounds, Text

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I loved it so much keep going adding more stuff to the videogame, i enjoyed it and made me happy while i was living a bad moment few days ago, i became addicted it and even my problems didnt go, it made me smile and help me to solve me then, i made it to the last lake with the best gear unfortunately i couldnt fishing the last legend monster because they removed it where i played it, but i'll play it here and finish the task!

Thank you so much, this really means a lot to me. I'm a solo developer, and reading that Night Lake made you smile during a hard time is the best thing I could hear about it. I hope things are better for you now.

Sorry you lost the game where you were playing. Night Lake stays here on itch.io for good. Your progress from the other site can't move over, sorry about that, but the early levels go much faster now, and there's a lot of new stuff on the way back to the last lake:

- a Pond at the dock where your fish earn coins while you're away

- daily gifts and a chest every 4 hours

- two rods at once

- a public lake where you can fish with other players, or with a friend using a 4-digit code

About the last legend: it only shows at night, watch for its shadow under the water, and check the Field Guide for what it likes. You'll get it!

One tip so your progress stays saved here: play in Chrome, Opera or Edge, or log in to itch.io (Safari can clear saves on this site).

Thanks again for playing, and for the support. More is coming!