Pondlife — Relaxing Fish Game
A pond full of surprises!
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Simulation
Languages
English
Wed Jan 21 2026
This update adds a bunch of improvements to make feeding your fish even better.
- Provide more feedback when feeding fish and increase the drop area when dragging food to fish.
- Add new 'Faster Creatures' shop pack.
- Add Hatch Dragons cross promotion to the shop - check it out for free Aquacash!
Pondlife: Relaxing Fish Game is designed to reduce stress and promote mindfulness. Start with a clear pool of water and slowly build a thriving habitat. You can hatch various species of fish, each with unique patterns and behaviors. The game's atmospheric soundscapes and gentle visuals provide a perfect backdrop for relaxation. Whether you're decorating the pond bed or simply watching your fish swim, Pondlife is a serene digital retreat.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Pondlife is exactly what it claims to be: a relaxing digital escape. In a market full of high-stress competitive games, Pondlife is a breath of fresh air. There are no timers, no 'game over' screens, and no pressure to spend money. You simply cultivate a small pond, add some fish, and watch them swim. The water physics are surprisingly detailed; seeing the ripples as you tap the surface or as a fish breaks the water is very satisfying.
The game excels in its atmosphere. The ambient sound of frogs, crickets, and gentle water is enough to lower anyone's heart rate. The progression is slow—perhaps too slow for some—but that's the point. It’s a 'check-in' game that you open for five minutes a day to see what new species have appeared or to plant a new lily pad. It’s beautifully minimalist and serves its purpose as a stress-relief tool perfectly. If you enjoyed games like Viridi or Neko Atsume, you'll feel right at home here.
Features
Beautiful Water Physics
Ambient Soundtrack
Dozens of Fish Species
No Competition or Stress
Featured In
Upcoming Events
Tips & Walkthrough
Tapping on the surface drops food. Feeding your fish regularly speeds up their evolution into more colorful variants.
Gameplays
Add enough plants to keep the water clean automatically. This allows you to earn resources even while the app is closed.
Screenshot
Q&A
No, Pondlife is a purely positive experience; your fish will always be there waiting for you.
Ratings & Reviews
This Game is sooooo Magical💫🌟
Sun Mar 23 2025 this app will give you robuxSo like I downloaded the game before it even came out but waiting all this time was worth the wait! The experience is so magical because the music is just so pretty! It reminds me of a fairy garden, blossoms from Sakura trees falling gently, just so beautiful. Also, the graphics are amazing! (Better than the other bunny runaway game) Plus, including Koi fish is so nice because Koi fish is my favorite type of fish. Lily, the little otter, her name suits the game very pleasantly because I literally searched up “Lily Pondlife” and it showed a lily pad and Lily pads fit the game so well! I have suggestion though, please make the game a no WiFi game! I beg you! I was happy because the other runaway bunny game well needs no WiFi so please make this one like that too. When I said magical I used that word out of precious, gorgeous, beautiful and many more because “Magical” fits it so greatly! Hopefully you take my suggestion! Thanks for reading! Support the runaway community!
Great game but gets soooooo boring!!!
Tue Jul 01 2025 JacePug1Super fun game for the first couple days playing but then it just becomes so boring unless you spend money. I log into the game 5-6 times a day and all I do at this point is collect, spend, sometimes hatch stuff, then close the game. I think this game has great potential but there needs to be something else added that can help you level up, (leveling up one level in the later game can take literal months unless you open the game every 30-45 minutes) such as mini games or more impactful events. Another problem I have with the game is gaining aqua cash. Again the one of the only ways to gain it is by buying it. I think it’s awesome that you can use aqua cash to decrease the cost of food but you have such a low chance of getting cash naturally that is almost an unnecessary feature. I really love this game and how much detail is put into the fish and stuff because as an avid aquarium hobbyist I can actually see the work put in behind each fish, but that amount of detail is almost pointless if the game isn’t “playable”. Although I get this is different from other games but it just feels like it’s going to take years before I get to see some of the more interesting species and stuff. I wish I could get on the game more often but it just seems pointless and I’m only level 16.
PLS ADD…le
Sun Sep 28 2025 Alex the fish guyIf you recognize me I play splash too and this game is literally just as good as splash! Also I love the new art style! The fish are so cute! I highly recommend Pondlife for any people who love nature, cute stuff, and relaxation! I really love the fact that the game isn’t pay to play type of game! For the devs: I really want you guys to add the friends feature in the game and the camera feature too because splash has it, why not in Pondlife too! Also can you make the events easier to unlock stuff because I’ve been playing splash and Pondlife for the exact same amount of time… about like a little over 2 weeks, and I unlocked the 4th event fish for the gleaming surgeonfish event but I DIDN’T get the 4th event fish for the treasure fish event. But even with these things I love the game! (Edit) WHY!!! EVERY TIME I PLAY A EVENT I CANT GET THE 4TH FISH I WANT THEM SO BAD THEY LOOK SO CUTE!!!
Great game, but needs item drop frequency improvements…
Tue Nov 25 2025 International AliI’ve had this game for a couple of months now and it quickly became one of my favorites. I appreciate all the thought that has gone into creating such a beautifully designed game. The creatures are super adorable without diverging too much from how they look naturally and realistically. As a bit of a nature nerd, I also appreciate the facts that are shared about each species as you establish them in the game. Basically, my only issue with the game has to do with how frequently, or rather infrequently, the “epic” items are dropped. I have released 100+ fish from most species of the cleaner fish set (about 700 in total) and have only come across 4 “epic clam shells” and 2 “epic crescent scales”. I understand that they are supposed to be rare, but I find this ratio a bit crazy. I just think that I shouldn’t be progressing so slowly at the rate that I use the app (which is multiple times a day). I find it a bit frustrating. I wonder if there is something that I’m missing or an alternative way to get these items (without payment ofc)… In short, I love this game and I’m excited to keep playing and discovering new creatures within it, I just wish the frequency in which “epic” items were dropped would increase slightly. This would definitely make the game soo much more exciting and enjoyable for me. Thank you for such a wonderful game! I hope you take my thoughts into consideration
Relaxing game but progression is slow
Tue Aug 05 2025 straeaThis is a very relaxing game when you are progressing. My main issue is that the farther you get, the slower progression gets, till you have to spend several levels raising creatures you thrived ages ago just to unlock a new set, which you can typically thrive within a single level, then leaving you to spend several more levels raising creatures you’ve thrived to get to the next set. I really, really wish that the progression better matched the gameplay or that we had the ability to get visitor creatures to raise while waiting to reach the next level(s) like in this app’s sea version Splash, as for me the slow gameplay got so tedious with so far to go (still two long levels to go till the next set after already spending three levels raising already-thrived creatures just to get this far) that for now I only open the app a couple times a day when there isn’t a special event.
Great Start
Tue Apr 08 2025 AlakamanaThis game is very relaxing and cute, so much fun to play between tasks at work. However, if you like fast paced games with quick progression, this is not for you. It's very slow! There are a few things that could be improved on. I would love to see an auto collector, or a bubble reward once you open the app after being away for a while. I'd also like to see more options to speed up growth time that you don't have to pay real-life money for. Sometimes the gui is too big and blocks some important aspects of the screen. I am not a fan of the otters or manatee that constantly swim around and get in the way of tapping on your fish. Finally, sometimes the "free hurry" does not actually give you a reward... it's frustrating to watch an ad for two minutes and get nothing from it. Even with these grievances, it's still an amazing new game and I'm excited to keep playing and expanding my pond!
So cute!
Fri Dec 12 2025 SithChickI really like this game! All the creatures are adorable! It reminds me a bit of the old Facebook game Fish World, except that in this one, your fish won’t die if you forget to feed them which is a huge plus! The only thing I find that takes away from the game is that some of the fish require really rare items to create eggs and those items don’t appear very often from the “gifts” the released fish leave for you. It takes a long time and a lot of releasing fish to try and get them. This makes completing sets very difficult. I also wish the different foods had names, a lot of them look very similar and that would make it easier to put the correct plants in that produce them. One other suggestion would be to have a second pond where you can keep the fish you want forever without having to release them. Otherwise, it’s a nice relaxing game and the events are fun too!
A big improvement from Splash, but P2W at its worst
Mon Oct 27 2025 FlowerlarkI play a lot of the Runaway games because their artwork and atmosphere are so relaxing. Pondlife uses the same exact mechanics as Splash but it’s graphics are so much better and it’s easier to advance. I took a star off because like all of Runaway,s games, it’s stuffed to the gills (pun intended) with micro-transactions that are constantly shoved in your face. You absolutely CANNOT complete any events without paying real money, so get used to the dissatisfaction of only getting halfway through them. This greedy monetisation the one thing that prevents me from recommending their games to anyone else. It would also be great if we could share our saves across devices like other Runaway games. Not sure why it’s missing in this one, so be aware you could lose all your progress if something happens to your device.
