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Fish on the desktop cover art

Fish on the desktop

GCN · 2023-08-18

Steam

CasualSimulation

Fish culture in reality is expensive and time-consuming! In this game, your desktop is connected to the sea and lake, where you can purchase various types of fish and cultivate on-hook without affecting the computer operation. It's enjoyable to watch the fish swim freely on your computer desktop...

96%
positive of 175 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 19,674 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 175 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320232026Week of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.792023-08-182026-03-262023-08-18 — best price $0.892023-08-25 — best price $0.992023-09-25 — best price $0.892023-10-02 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.892023-11-28 — best price $0.992023-12-22 — best price $0.892024-01-04 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.792026-03-26 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
73%
earned "Barracuda"
33.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DCasualEconomyRelaxingTabletopRealisticSimulationAtmosphericFarming SimSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.