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Ice Lakes

Ice Lakes is a modern ice fishing simulator with different single and multiplayer game modes and sandbox approach to wintertime fishing. Use and customize wide selection of fishing gear and learn how changing…

80 19 April 2016

Ice Lakes is an indie developed by Iceflake Studios, released 19 April 2016 on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ice Lakes is

Ice Lakes is an indie game developed by Iceflake Studios and released in 2016. It is available on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ice Lakes is a modern ice fishing simulator with different single and multiplayer game modes and sandbox approach to wintertime fishing. Use and customize wide selection of fishing gear and learn how changing season, bottom topology, time of day and weather conditions affects fish behavior.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 60 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Ice Lakes holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM and Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Ice Lakes launched on 19 April 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank and Don't Starve Together. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together.

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Quick answers

Ice Lakes — frequently asked questions

When did Ice Lakes come out?
Ice Lakes was released on 19 April 2016 for iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Ice Lakes?
At minimum, Ice Lakes needs 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT or better graphics, 1 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Ice Lakes?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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