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Time on Frog Island
Developer Half Past Yellow
Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship! From the Steam store page
197 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 12, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
111 positive · 64 negative
95% range 56–70%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 111 | 64 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
163 of 239 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
65% recommend · 117 yes, 64 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 181 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (264 of 377 positive).
Others criticize it as tedious and confusing, with no dialogue or guidance, making it a chore to play. [1][2][3]
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Why Time on Frog Island is a barebone frustrating chore of a game: 1) You run around the Island slowly without fast travel options. 2) You have no inventory, you can hold only 1 item at a time. 3) There is no map of the island & the camera is fixed in one direction so being lost is a common problem. 4) There is a day/night cycle but for some reason daytime barely lasts 10 minutes while nighttime will last until you …
- [2]
This game is terrible on so many levels. We often point to the indie game scene as a beacon of hope in the gaming landscape. While there are many great indie titles, there are also a lot of bad ones too that often seem to get a pass. Imagine a game without any QA testing before launch. Imagine a game without any story and barely coherent dialogue. Imagine a game without at least a basic mini-map, direction and …
- [4]
I am so sad to see how many negative reviews this game got :( you can tell they put so much love in it and sure it is simple, but sometimes you want a cute and simple game to relax to <3 this game does not disappoint and I think that if you love cute and cozy games, don't let the reviews on this one stop you from playing it <3
- [15]
Do I recommend this...? Yes, BUT only if: 1) You're a hardcore puzzle/fetch quest games lover and appreciate a lil' challenge, or; 2) You're a cozy gamer that wants to try a cute lil' game AAAAAAND it's on sale Otherwise, it's a no. So let's start with the positives, cause there's much less of that than negatives... The game is really pretty, they did great with the art. The colors are nice, the frogs are fun, the …
- [5]
Time on Frog Island is a great little game, that I can highly recommend! The controls are fun and you can really get into a groove running around the island, using various items that affect your movement. There's both easy and hard puzzles. Some puzzles really require you to explore and experiment with what you can find and interact with, others are pretty straight forward but very wholesome. The icons showing what …
Summarised from 34 of the 203 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Time on Frog Island talk about cute and beautiful art style; those who didn't talk about no map or direction, leading to confusion. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 197 · most liked firstGreat game. Mostly made this review so other people are aware. There is a THROWING mechanic. If you hold down the pickup button for a second or two you will throw the item your holding. Either I missed the memo or something but as far as I can tell the game doesn't tell you how to do this not even in the Controls menu either where you think something like this would be displayed. Note: The throwing mechanic isn't required to beat the game but is required to do the one of the achievements if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why Time on Frog Island is a barebone frustrating chore of a game: 1) You run around the Island slowly without fast travel options. 2) You have no inventory, you can hold only 1 item at a time. 3) There is no map of the island & the camera is fixed in one direction so being lost is a common problem. 4) There is a day/night cycle but for some reason daytime barely lasts 10 minutes while nighttime will last until you go to bed, which you have to run back to the nearest fire pit and place 3 onto…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i thought id enjoy this game but it drives me insane. theres no map, no dialogue, and no direction of any kind except for nonsensical pictures and it is soooo frustrating. the frogs are cool but thats it >:(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had a combination of issues for me, even when it was on sale. Firstly, the game screenshots showed a completely different game, they showed concepts that were never introduced, they made the game seem like it had more content than it did, by showing only NPCs, despite 80% of the game being empty, along with this it's just full of cheap assets. Secondly, the game is too difficult, it's way too hard to know where you are going, because the island is huge and there is no map to look…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is terrible on so many levels. We often point to the indie game scene as a beacon of hope in the gaming landscape. While there are many great indie titles, there are also a lot of bad ones too that often seem to get a pass. Imagine a game without any QA testing before launch. Imagine a game without any story and barely coherent dialogue. Imagine a game without at least a basic mini-map, direction and inventory mechanic. That's Time on Frog Island in a nutshell and each of those…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While being visual pleasing, Time on Frog Island is mostly composed of pain, annoyance and baffling design decisions. Trying to play this game has to be one of the most annoying experiences I've had in a long while. Here's the list of interactions avaliable to you in Time on Frog Island: 1. Pick up things and bring them somewhere else. 2. Run and jump. 3. Sleep at camps to begin the next day. As you can see, there just isn't that much to do. The way these interactions work makes them…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Playtime: 7.3h (100% achievement, finished the game twice) My First Playthrough: 6.2h Grindy Achievement(s): No. Optional Achievement(s): Yes (27 achievements). Difficult Achievement(s): No. Intro Time on Frog Island is an adventure game where you do a series of fetch quests while traveling through the vast island. The game allows you to explore and finish any quest that you want right off the bat, with some events only triggered after a certain amount of day has passed. Pros: - Unique and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not pay £16 for this game. I completed the main quest in approx 40 mins. It's basically a fetch quest game with no story. Frog wants a feather. Feather is owned by another frog. Give him the item he wants in exchange for feather. That is the entire gameplay loop. There is no text, only pictures to show what the frogs want, and you can only carry one item at a time which is super frustrating, because it means walking back and forth a lot. There is no map to refer to, so much of the time…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was very excited for this game but I came away very frustrated by my experience. This has: - no cloud saves - no quest log - no camera controls with a restrictive view - no map - repetitive scenery with little variety in geometry or palette - no inventory, carry one item at a time - moving quest markers, who knows where the quest giver has gone - a day night cycle that kicks you out of quests mid way The first PC I tried ran the game poorly. I then moved to a desktop PC which ran it okay. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the worst games I've played so far. No map, no compass, no quest markers, no quest log, only 1 autosave and no manual saving. Game-breaking bugs galore, even on console (just look at the trophy guides). Game takes 2-3 hours (if no quest breaks). The quests are exclusively fetch quests and since there is no inventory, you can only carry one item at a time. Most NPCs break completely and don't give you the quests you need. The merchant and the blacksmith like to break almost every…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Confusing as hell. This is not a sandbox game, it is a delivery simulator in which all your customers are deaf-mute frogs!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/Biiox/recommended/1717510/]Steam breaks formatting when reading from the game page, if you'd like to view this better click here If you're looking for a good time go play the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1755950]free [Time on Frog Island - Prologue] instead, it's actually a better experience than this and it's what made me believe the full game was worth playing in the first place (back when it was still named Trading Time). Time on Frog Island…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exploring the island, learning what you can do with objects in the environment and listening to the game's soundtrack, was genuinely fun for the first few hours. After that introduction, however, it was a test of patience to finish the game even while referencing several guides given by other users. In a game with so few points of interaction, I found several of the clues and objects to be shockingly misleading. Examples include: 1) The player never sees the artist frog without a hat, yet the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very very pretty but ultimately just a one big fetch quest. I wanted to like it but well in the end I did not enjoy the experience very much :( If you're going for the 100% DON'T PUT YOUR BOAT TOGETHER RIGHT AWAY Read the last achievement. Make the soup.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sorry but nothing about this game other than the art direction and maybe controls were well designed. The tasks are made very vague and the world is far too big with no form of map that I could find to make navigation easier. There's no sort of tutorial to familiarize yourself with the ideas of the game either, it pretty much just expects you to learn without communicating anything. Some quests are straightforward, but most aren't, and due to the large world you'll most likely get lost in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game leaves a very poor first impression. You're given very little guidance on how to navigate the island, and trying to keep track of the many objectives given to you without any in-game tools is overly cumbersome. Additionally, time passes incredibly quickly, forcing you to return to the starting campfire over and over to reset the routines of the frog villagers. I was hoping that this would be a relaxing fetch-quest game with some problem solving, but the amount effort expected of me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Though fun and cute, the first playthrough may be a bit rough due to vague directions and a good helping of bugs, extra playthroughs are a bit better. Though they could be helped with more robust offerings post-game, recipe lists, recipes that actually have different effects, all of the ruins actually doing something, etc. Overall, still a solid recommendation if you're into quaint fetch-quest games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After completing the short and sweet prologue chapter, I was wondering if the mechanics shown in it would translate well into the full, longer game, namely the imprecise jumping, fixed camera, and day-night cycle that forces you to get busy building a fire each night. Still, the demo was enticing enough for me to try the whole game. Well, no. Those mechanics do NOT work well in a game of this scope. The fire-building gets stale really quickly, the lack of direction (that some would probably…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm giving away a few Steam games for the next few days! First up is Time on Frog Island. To enter, just follow me, like and repost this tweet. If you leave a comment about the game that you're most excited to play this year, you'll get an extra entry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U82T...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have never been more confused playing a game in my entire life, and I've played Frog Fractions
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really like the art style and game play of fetch quests for frogs well you yeet items everywhere. what kills this game - NO MAP!!! - lose items all the time. if its dropped behind a tree, forgot where you tossed, or just plain it fell under the map and now its gone forever so you need to reset the game... this game needs a map that shows you where you are and items you have picked up can be found also item placement reset button reset this game twice now..... dont feel like playing part of it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly disappointed with this game. I love the art-style and character design but the game doesn't feel fleshed out. Just fetch quests over and over again, stale game-play. Feel like dialogue could have added a lot. More puzzles or story would have been great. It has potential and I love the concept but it feels unfinished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game through a Mystery Bundle on Fanatical, so I did not pay full price and cannot say what I exactly paid for it. I do know that the full price is WAY too much. Yes, I played this game for less than an hour, but in this case I feel like I can already review it. I really wish I could recommend this game, but it saddens me that I cannot. The art style is really cute. The soundtrack is well done and relaxing. The little talking noises and made-up language the characters speak are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i cannot figure out where the hell to go or what the hell to do. i must be damn stupid
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The replayability value of this game severely suffers from you having to run everywhere several times already. Don't get me wrong, it was a cute cozy game to play for the (checks notes) 5 hours it took me, but there is no way this game was worth 20€.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, sorry, can just echo what other reviewrs said. This game looks cute on first glance, but almost immeditaley I felt lost in this world with no objective what to do, then random frogs throwing random fetch quests at me, and there's not even inventory or a map. So all there is is basically running around aimlessly, hoping to discover anything you need or honestly anything of interest at all, and it all doesn't make any sense. Why would a shipwrecked person bother to find random items for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a shipwrecked sailor washed ashore on an island, you’ll trade with villagers, solve environmental puzzles, and explore in search of the parts you need to repair your boat and set sail once more. With no dialogue or combat, the game invites you to uncover its secrets through visual storytelling and item trading. Worldbuilding Your journey begins on the beach of a strange island after a storm destroys your boat. With no memory of how you got there and no clear instructions, you’re left to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are a lot of games on my radar, as I usually add to my Steam wishlist just about everything that catches my eye, ending up with countless titles that I don't get to play. However, there are games that persist, that for some reason stay on my list even when I clean it up often, and Time on Frog Island was one of them. Perhaps because of its jovial atmosphere that hides a somewhat melancholic story, and an entertaining but extremely relaxed gameplay. In addition, we'll explore a curious…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am so sad to see how many negative reviews this game got :( you can tell they put so much love in it and sure it is simple, but sometimes you want a cute and simple game to relax to <3 this game does not disappoint and I think that if you love cute and cozy games, don't let the reviews on this one stop you from playing it <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought I'd like this game as it's very casual, but turns out I'm not much of a fan of fetch quests and find them more tedious and boring. The island itself is a lot larger than I thought it would be and could use a map feature. I actually do like the requests asked in pictures of items rather than dialogue, but with no map it can be challenging to figure out where to go to track down the items you need. The art is very good and I love the little storytelling in pictures every time you sleep.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i haven't managed to play the game for long because it is incredibly tedious to do so. there is no text so you must guess what you need to do for each mission, there is no way to track the quests you have gathered as you attempt to explore the space you are in, and although it isn't hard to play, it's boring. the artstyle is incredibly cute but the game just isn't fun at all, and with the lack of a proper narrative, i don't even want to help my character in the frog island.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got the game when it was on sale. I was interested in the art style and thought it would be a comfortable game but it stresses you out more than it calms you down. 1. In my opinion, the days were far too short. 2. It also rained far too often for my taste, which is why I found the scenery uglier. 3. The game is just collect it and give it to them, nothing more happens. 4. This point is the reason why I don't play the game anymore. A specific mission doesn't work for me. There is no inventory…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run Paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time on Frog Island is a very good adventure game where you explore a land full of frogs with multiples quests, some funny designs and a nice soundtrack. I recommend it!!! 💚🐸💚
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted this game to be good so bad, but I frequently had no idea what to do next and I spent my whole time with this game confused and frustrated.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOT FUN IN ANY SENSE. ITS SO TEDIOUS, I'M GENUINELY SO FRUSTRATED. Why is the map so big? Why are 90% of the items not used for anything? Why is there no map or quest tracking? Why do items fall through the map or disappear sometimes? There is no fun in this game, it's all fetch quest for items you probably haven't seen and possibly never will see. I tried to play this to relax after work and it truly only made me have a worse day.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Highly recommend for family & kids with easy controls and friendly puzzles to solve. My Rating: 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Initially, I liked the approach of this game: it demands you to experiment, explore, and figure things out as you go. But ultimately, this game is a bunch of incoherently strung-together fetch quests that require you to sleep a lot to progress to the next day, seeing the same little story every time, and after a while, the whole thing just becomes slightly boring. I put down the game when I tried to give a cold brew to the hermit, and he didn't accept it because of the color (I think), even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →By the time I solved the puzzle to leave, which was relatively easy, it made the other puzzles seem pointless to finish. I played the rest of the game feeling like I was missing something. When the credits rolled I thought: Is that it? I liked the concept and character design. I can't say I recommend the game unless you get it on super sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay-wise lacking. Basically a huge fetch-quest.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3115442544 Kinda like it kinda hate it. The game was pleasing enough with beautiful visuals & adorable characters. But the gameplay was somewhat unenjoyable—annoying and confusing. There's this item that allows you to teleport, but it's actually useless because the game only lets you carry one item, so it's useless. I lost items several times because it's glitched through the terrain or accidentally throwing them away and having to find…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow... That was boring, and uninspired. The whole game is just fetch quests, and running back and forth. There are no memorable characters, and the game is super buggy. I lost items several times just because its glitched through the terrain. Maan... I wanted to love this game, but i just cant. Frustrating a- game. 2/5
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time on Frog Island is a great little game, that I can highly recommend! The controls are fun and you can really get into a groove running around the island, using various items that affect your movement. There's both easy and hard puzzles. Some puzzles really require you to explore and experiment with what you can find and interact with, others are pretty straight forward but very wholesome. The icons showing what the frogs want is great, simple yet understandable. The story def hit deeper…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like Time on Frog Island because of the art style, but it missed the vibe. The soft, cozy visuals and the game’s mechanics were easily the strongest parts for me. Exploring the island and interacting with the world felt charming at first, and the whole game has a very relaxed atmosphere that immediately pulled me in. Unfortunately, the gameplay itself is where things started to fall apart for me. A huge issue was figuring out what my next objective actually was and how I was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I typically love a fetch questy platformy game with a good amount of achievements to unlock, but i finally gave up on this one. It was really annoying not having a map or a quest log of any kind, especially if i took a break between play sessions. It made a style of game i am very familiar with into something increasingly frustrating. I dont have to have an inventory, i dont have to have a map, and i dont have to have a questlog - but having *none* of these things made the game much more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm all for #Cozy #IndieGames, but Time on Frog Island leaned too far into casual. No map, no direction, and constant backtracking made it frustrating. The game relied heavily on memory with very little guidance, the restrictive features really got in the way of the charm and fun. A shame really.
negative · AI labelView post →Hop to it! This is a cute little game that you should definitely not frog-et about. It's toad-ally worth playing this cozy little game about helping frogs on their island. There's no real stakes as you can't really croak but it's still a pond-stomping good time. Gameplay consists of some very mild platforming and exploration around Frog Island, as you help the denizens with their various requests, all the while trying to get your shipwreck back in shipshape so you can ship out to new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do I recommend this...? Yes, BUT only if: 1) You're a hardcore puzzle/fetch quest games lover and appreciate a lil' challenge, or; 2) You're a cozy gamer that wants to try a cute lil' game AAAAAAND it's on sale Otherwise, it's a no. So let's start with the positives, cause there's much less of that than negatives... The game is really pretty, they did great with the art. The colors are nice, the frogs are fun, the tadpoles are cute. It's really a nice and chill looking game. I love our lil'…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game would be a great casual combination of exploring, collecting, and platforming if it weren't for the bugs. Maybe it's rare but I'm not the only one who has multiple fetch quests that have bugged out and cannot be completed, leaving the last ~2 hours of play time an exercise in frustration and, ultimately, futility. I cannot honestly recommend it based on my (buggy) experience, which is a shame because if it had worked right I think it's a really fun indie gem.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was played on a family shared account, and this is the review made by that person. I loved the visuals of the game and it's mechanics, I felt like they they played really nice into each other making it feel easy to play and interacting with the world. You have a lot to explore and many of the items in the island are interactable and unlock many secret features. The game does seem cozy however it lacks the most important feature a game needs: Fun. It feels uncomplete, the game has…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its really not worth it... you need an insane amount of patience seeing that running around takes forever, and if you drown/fall off of something you have to start from the beginning again. when you want to end the day, you have to head all the way back to the beginning to sleep and start over again. the lack of dialogue can be really confusing at times, and the fact you can only carry one item at a time is *terrible*. if you find 2 items you need right next to each other, too bad! you can only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →have a love and hate relationship with this game honestly. i absolutely love the graphics and sound design, visually so pretty so pleasing yes but the gameplay? a bit meh, i find it annoying that it takes me so long to figure out what i need to do next because there's no text hint whatsoever to show you where to go, i loved exploring but besides doing errands for the inhabitants that is much it i'd still recommend it though! but would suggest getting it on sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game for those who want to explore an adorable world with a sense of wonder. This title is primarily fetch quests with platforming and requires a bit of puzzle solving. The completion of the story takes about 2.5 hours and is a perfectly told story. There are some minor bugs from what I've read and times where the geometry is a bit awkward which can be a little frustrating. The small interactions with objects and the environment is heartwarming. After finishing your primary goal there…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like it, I did. I like the prologue/demo which is basically the entire game but smaller. That works since you have a more limited space. This game wants you to grab an item and run all the way back and some items can break, some melt, some you drop when you fall and can be hard to find again. Also the day/night cycle is way too fast and everyone "goes inside" at night so you cant' do anything besides make camp and sleep.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to love this game, it looks cute, seems like a short one afternoon type of game, but 5 hours in and I've had to restart my game 5 times due to bugs. I've run into various bugs so far, but the three main ones I keep getting are: the merchant frog NPC doesn't spawn in (typically triggered by saving the tadpole dog too early, the cold drink is soft-locked when trying to give it to the green frog (tried all the known fixes), or the fruit doesn't grow back / farmer acts like there are crows…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →5/10 This game really lacks dialogue. It's still decently fun but a lot of times I didn't know what to do because a frog wanted some rock and there's like 6 types of rocks that all look the same. Also getting around the island late game is too slow, I wish the effects of potions would stay after exiting the game. I recommend you play either [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055540/A_Short_Hike/]A Short Hike or [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586800/Lil_Gator_Game/]Lil Gator…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →oh gosh the animations are adorable, worth it just for that. had a wonderful experience with this one, really enjoyed figuring out how to progress the quests in my own time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a super cute little game with a-lot of heart and silliness to it. I enjoyed it but missed nearly everything because I struggled to actually finish many of the quests the game had. Sometimes I felt like I wasn't being given enough information from the frogs to figure it all out, but I'm not the brightest person.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Explore, collect, meet some frogs. There's a prologue demo that I'd highly recommend to get a sense of the game. The prologue demo is completely separate from the game, so play it even if you intend to purchase this. :P
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Time on Frog Island Prologue isn't a "Demo Page" as the system for separate pages for your demo didn't exist when we released it. My understanding of the Demo Page system is that all the wishlists and follows are routed back to the main game page. Best to read the Steam Docs to be sure though.
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