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A cozy idle aquarium overlay that brings your desktop to life with pixel-art fish. You can hatch, breed, and collect fishes in thousands of genetic combinations. Dress them up with accessories, watch them grow from eggs to adults, and unlock playful upgrades through a skill tree.

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Desktop Fishes Roadmap! + Steam awards!

Nov 25

Hey friends!

Desktop Fishes is taking part in this year’s Steam Awards, and there’s one thing that helps a ton: player reviews.

If you’ve already been hanging out with your little fish buddies and enjoying the game, leaving a review is one of the best ways to support it right now. It doesn’t have to be long or fancy—just honest. Reviews from people who actually played mean a lot both to Steam and to me as a solo dev.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s already left feedback, reported bugs, or sent kind words. You’ve helped the game grow a lot in a short time. 🥹💕

🗺️ What’s next: Desktop Fishes Roadmap

I’m still actively working on the game and wanted to share what’s coming in the next few months:

V1.1 – Early December · Quality of Life update

20+ new hats and collectibles
Better settings menu & more customization options
Your settings will finally stick (no more redoing everything each time)
Control the playable area so fish only swim in part of your screen
Option to swap the pixel font for a regular font
Toggle to skip the initial setup screen
Button to delete your save file (for a fresh start)
Shortcut to quickly toggle between overlay / wallpaper mode

V1.2 – Early 2026 - Tanks & Name tags!

Fish tanks: sort your fish into multiple tanks instead of having everyone on the same screen
Name tags: finally give your favorite fish a proper name
Probably more hats...

V1.3 – Endgame & Shiny Fishes!

Prestige system: reset your progress by releasing fish to the sea and start stronger
Shiny fishes: every prestige unlocks new special fish to discover (think shiny Pokémon) ✨ \\
New abilities in the skill tree only available through prestige
And… probably more hats again, because I can’t stop

If you’ve played Desktop Fishes and you’d like to support the game:

Leave a Steam review (or update your old one if things have changed!)
Tell me what you’d love to see in future updates! I'm always around on Discord
Share screenshots of your tanks, shiny finds, or cursed fish combos 🐠

Thank you so much for helping this weird little aquarium grow. I’ll keep updating the game and making it cozier, shinier, and sillier over time. 🌊💙

— Dan

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Did the game break for anyone?

For some reason, the game no longer displays my fish. Same goes for any buttons like settings. It just shows weeds and water particles.

❄ FrostyHoneyJuicy ❄

Dec 1 @ 2:21am

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Is there a way to see your collection of fish?

I would like to know which fish I already got and the ones I didnt. Is there a way? Tks

Marinzeck

Nov 15 @ 1:21am

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とりま20時間経過。ショップで金を使う実績もあるんだが、もうコスメ全部買ったからひたすら卵と交配薬を買いまくってる。 / 980 hours to get 1000 hours achievement! long way to go...

tohmisan

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新しい放置系アクアリウム始まる。とりま1000時間実績目指す。 / new idle aquarium game has begun. aim to get 1000 hours achievement!

tohmisan

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fish

LilBritFairy

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フレンドさんに触発され1000時間実績チャレンジいつになるやら。。。このゲーム、"餌"以外に"毒"売ってるんだが何に使うんだ！？あまり説明が無いので手探り状態

kame2

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放置してたらえらい増えてきた。。。というか何故か右に寄るもう動画みたりしながら放置できないｗ（一応、デスクトップに吸収される壁紙モードがある）

kame2

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Does the game only has two snail

I'm curious. Does the game only has two snail to achieved? I thoght I will get three of them.

View_Michara

Nov 30 @ 10:35pm

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Descriptions needed

Title sort of explains, but there needs to be an explanation for the items bought in the shop when hovered over or something. People who don't want to experiment will be left wondering and waiting for someone brave enough to do so, but transparency feels important too....

Ptwifty

Nov 16 @ 11:50am

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please i need to restart the demo

i really wanna restart it because i used my love food when i didnt have 2 does anyone know how to do this plsssss

gavywavy

Nov 5 @ 2:55am

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Day 2 Feedback Update!

Nov 15

Hey guys! Based on your feedback, I changed and fixed a few things that will give you more freedom to customize your experience!

New Features:

Performance mode: useful for low-end PC's or for when your tank is SUPER FULL. Previously, once you had more than 100 fish, the game would start to lag; this feature should give you 10x performance!
Changes to the "hide fishes" functionality: Based on feedback, the mechanic wasn't clear enough, so it was completely replaced with the new fishbowl tool. You can find it in the settings menu. It lets you take fishes in and out of it to your liking
Support for ultrawide monitors :D

Changes:

UI now renders on top of the Fish.
General performance improvements.
Added both Performance and Fishbowl functions to the main menu.

Bug fixes:

Cheaper Swap was not working as expected. Now it should be all g
The seaweed had visual glitches when opening the phone, this is now solved.
Fixed "weeding cake" typo :P

Thanks for playing and giving your feedback guys! it really helps shaping this game! If you have any more feedback, you can join the Discord and let me know!

https://discord.gg/cXUXPWk8

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Desktop Fishes is out now!

Nov 14

🎉 It’s launch day! Come meet your new desktop pets 🐟

Hey friends! Desktop Fishes is officially out on Steam, and the tank doors are wide open. Turn your screen into a cozy aquarium and make it yours. Here’s what’s in at launch:

🧬 Thousands of fish to discover!
Over 1,000 variants across colors and patterns. Collect the weird ones, brag about the cute ones.

🎨 50+ customization options
Skins, accessories, and little flourishes to give your fish some drip. Mix, match, and make the tank feel like home.

🌳 Huge skill tree with upgrades
Unlock faster growth, smarter critters, and quality-of-life boosts as you play. Pick a path and build your perfect chill loop.

🖥️ Play your way
Go full wallpaper for a living desktop, or switch to overlay so fish swim over your work, games or other apps.

🧘 Chill Mode
Wanna just chill? Toggle Chill Mode, and the UI hides to give you the cleanest experience. Just you and your fish!

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Grab the game today, show us your first species discovery!

You can join us in our Discord here to give any feedback: https://discord.gg/nt4WF9UqH2
Also, a review goes a long way for a solo indie dev like me :)

Have fun! 🐠✨

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