Cornerpond
Last updated: 2025-04-22
- Fun, calming, addictive fishing gameplay loop.
- Great for multitasking during other activities.
- Charming art style and animations.
- Excellent optimization and flexibility.
- Tedious early game progression.
- Unexpectedly high CPU usage.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 88
- Helpful reviews
- 58%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 42%
- Protest reviews
- 0%
- 98%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 2%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 117
- Negative points
- 13
- Gameplay points
- 7
- Perf. points
- 6
- Rec. points
- 26
- Misc points
- 0
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Fun, calming, and addictive
| The game provides a generally enjoyable, calming, and addictive experience. Reviewers highlight its simple yet engaging gameplay loop, satisfying sounds, and overall positive vibes, making it a delightful pastime. | 88% |
Great for multitasking
| The game is well-suited for multitasking, running unobtrusively in the corner of the screen while working or browsing. It helps maintain focus and prevent burnout, making it a great desktop companion. | 58% |
Engaging fishing gameplay loop
| The core gameplay revolves around fishing with engaging mechanics and unique minigames. Reviewers appreciate the variety of fish, bait, and areas, making fishing a fun and rewarding side activity. | 56% |
Customizable and unobtrusive
| The game offers convenient customization options, including resizing, repositioning, and the ability to stick on top of other windows. Players can also customize alerts for special catches, ensuring an unobtrusive experience. | 28% |
Charming art style and animations
| The game features an adorable and visually pleasing art style with spot-on animations. Reviewers appreciate the simple yet charming graphics and cosmetic designs. | 26% |
Customizable sound settings
| The game provides enough settings to be unobtrusive no matter your preference. For example, the game has an option to toggle bite sound. | 10% |
Natural progression system
| The game features an upgrade system and the progression feels natural. | 9% |
Unique, absurd scenarios
| The game features bartering with a disgraced oyster claiming to be the rightful heir to the throne of Clamdenia and watching a squid poet recite an ode to lost tidepools. | 8% |
Weird, wonderful, moving
| CornerPond is weird, wonderful, and unexpectedly moving. | 7% |
Encourages item collection
| The game encourages collecting all items or characters. | 5% |
Stats carry over from demo
| Stats carrying over from the demo is a positive feature. | 5% |
Twisting storyline
| The storyline has many twists. | 4% |
Appreciated character design
| The reviewer appreciates the default character's design. | 4% |
Hidden gem on Steam
| The game is a hidden gem on Steam. | 4% |
Pairs with lo-fi music
| Pairs well with 80's Tokyo City lo-fi chill hiphop music. | 3% |
Satisfying orb clicking
| Enjoyable to click the orbs and hear the 'ding ding ding' sound. | 3% |
Get rich idling
| The reviewer loves the fact that they can let the game run and get rich. | 3% |
TikTok discovery
| The reviewer found the game exciting after seeing it on TikTok. | 3% |
'Peak game'
| The game is considered a 'peak game'. | 2% |