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REVIEW
Koi Jump is a quiet little timing game on the LG TV store.
A free koi-fish-themed casual jumper from Bright SDK, sitting in the LG webOS games rail as a low-stakes Magic Remote pastime.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 11, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
Koi Jump is one of those small, free titles that lives in the LG webOS game rail without ever asking for much attention. Bright SDK has built a single-tap jumper around a koi fish climbing a vertical pond — the kind of game you fire up with the Magic Remote because the show you wanted to watch hasn’t started yet. It does not pretend to be more than that, and the restraint is the most interesting thing about it.
The loop is simple enough to describe in one sentence: tap to jump from lily pad to lily pad, mistime the tap, start again. There is no shop, no progression tree, no ad pre-roll between runs. On a platform where most game-rail titles try to monetise a thirty-second arcade loop with coins or interstitials, the absence is the design choice worth noting.
What you trade for that simplicity is depth. The pond doesn’t change much as you climb, the soundtrack is thin, and after a dozen runs the ceiling is visible. None of that is a surprise for a free single-tap jumper. It just means Koi Jump is the kind of TV game you launch for ten minutes between shows, not the one you build an evening around.
Koi Jump is the kind of TV game you launch for ten minutes between shows, not the one you build an evening around.
FEATURES
Koi Jump is a casual single-tap jumper built around a koi fish climbing a vertical pond. The core loop is timing-based: tap to leap from lily pad to lily pad, miss the rhythm, restart. It is the same arcade shape as the wider family of TV-store one-button games, dressed in a calm Japanese-pond aesthetic.
Controls are minimal. The Magic Remote's centre button drives every jump, and the directional pad covers the menu navigation. There is no second-stick complexity, no combo system, no inventory — the entire game lives in one input. Sessions are short by design, scoring is distance-based, and the visual reward for a long run is more koi and more pond rather than narrative progression.
Bright SDK ships the title free across the LG store. There is no visible paywall, no subscription, and no save-state to worry about — runs are self-contained.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
The framing works. A koi pond is a sensible choice for a TV game that often gets played with the sound low and one eye on something else, and the art does not strain against the format. Jumps are responsive on Magic Remote, which is the only control surface that matters here, and load times on recent webOS hardware are short enough that a failed run doesn't punish a retry.
Free with no upsell is the right pricing for the depth on offer. A lot of LG game-rail titles try to wedge an ad layer or a coin economy into a thirty-second loop; Koi Jump declines that, and is better for it.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
Depth is the obvious ceiling. A single-tap jumper without unlockables, daily challenges, or even a basic local-leaderboard runs out of reasons to come back after a handful of sessions. The pond visuals don't change enough as you climb to feel like progression.
Audio is the second weak spot — a few light effects and a short loop, with no real soundtrack to anchor a longer session. A modest content patch covering cosmetic koi variants, a personal-best display on the title screen, and a longer ambient track would lift this from a single-evening curiosity to a genuine repeat-visit pastime.
CONCLUSION
Koi Jump is a fine free download for LG owners who want something to launch with the Magic Remote when the TV is on and the show isn't. Don't expect a session-grade game and don't expect content updates to deepen the loop. As a calm, free, no-strings koi-pond timer between episodes, it earns its spot on the rail.