At a glance
| Developer | Harbledown Digital (Elliott Lee), Canterbury, Kent, UK |
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| Genre | Fishing simulation, venue creator |
| Platform | Windows PC |
| Demo | Free, out now on Steam and itch.io |
| Full game | Steam Early Access, after Next Fest October 2026 |
| Price | $10.99 |
| Steam | store.steampowered.com/app/4949860 |
| Website | swimcraft.harbledowndigital.com |
| Gameplay video | Watch on YouTube |
| Press contact | info@harbledowndigital.com |
What Swimcraft is
Swimcraft is a fishing simulator with a difference: you take photographs of the waters you love and turn them into venues you can fish. Trace the bank, the islands, the depths and the features, stock it with fish, and it becomes a playable peg. Coarse, carp and sea fishing sit in one game, with an honest cast, a fight where fish run, tire and test your tackle, and records tied to the swim where they were set.
Headline features
- Photo-to-venue creator. Build a fishable venue from your own photos of a real swim: water, islands, depth bands, the lake bed, pegs and stocking.
- Species creator. Design and save your own fish species; sharing them with the community arrives in Early Access.
- A real fight. Fish run, tire and test the rod, reel and line, with a strain read-out you feel rather than calculate.
- Tackle and bait that matter. Rods, reels, lines, hooks, floats, rigs and baits across five tackle brands, unlocked with XP as you progress.
- Coarse, carp and sea. Float, feeder, carp and beach rigs, each with its own rig screen and drawn diagram.
- Records. Peg, venue and global leaderboards, every record tied to the swim where it was caught.
- Realistic mode. No on-screen prompts and per-species strike timing, for anglers who want it straight.
Lure fishing, online tournaments and community venue sharing are planned for Early Access and later; they are not in the demo.
Screenshots
Click any picture for the full-size image.
Key art and logo
Key art, wide
Key art, portrait
Logo, transparent PNGAlso available: the header capsule and the logo as SVG. Everything on this page in one download: swimcraft-press-kit.zip.
About the developer
Swimcraft is made by Harbledown Digital, the one-person studio of Elliott Lee in Canterbury, Kent. Elliott is the game's sole developer and creative director. The game draws on the tradition of Fishing Simulator 2 and its community of venue builders, and sets out to give anyone the power to bring their own water into a fishing game.
Contact
For review keys, interviews or a venue built from your own swim, email info@harbledowndigital.com.