Desktop Fishing

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• Patch Notes·5 May 2026Official

  v 1.0.14.5

  Minor bug fix.
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• Announcements·4 May 2026Official

  A Wild Fish Appears! (Well… 10, Actually 🐟)

  Achievement hunters, first things first: Don’t worry - all achievements you’ve already unlocked will stay exactly as they are, even if you don’t jump back in.Dear community, Between semesters, we found a bit of free time - and since many of you are still enjoying Desktop Fishing daily, we couldn’t resist adding some new fish to the game.As of today, 10 new fish have joined the pond! Each biome now features two additional species, complete with their own flavor texts and little details to discover. We hope you have as much fun with them as we did coming up with their ideas! And as mentioned before: you keep your previously achieved achievements (catching all fish etc.), so don't worry about that :)We’ve also bigtime-updated our story-adventure Frog Holm to version 1.1 . Check out our bundle - especially since it’s currently at its biggest sale yet! Now for the slightly scary part (on our side): Our entire team is about to start writing our master’s theses, so there are no further updates planned for the time being..Wish us luck. We’ll need it.Love, Ostend Games
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• Patch Notes·1 Apr 2026Official

  Idle & Achievement Update

  Hello dear Desktop Fishing community,you left us a lot of feedback under the last update - thank you for that, we really appreciate it!Also over the past months, we’ve repeatedly received feedback about the achievements being extremely hard to obtain. We want to address that now.We completely understand that the chances for the final achievements were too harsh. When we last adjusted them, we still held on to the idea of “this should be super grindy so it feels prestigious to catch the rarest fish.” What we underestimated, however, is that many players are still playing Desktop Fishing simply to complete the achievements and then move on - which is totally fair.So, long story short:The last two achievements are now achievable in around 200 hours on average. Of course, depending on luck, it may take a bit less or more. The catch X Amount of fish achievements also have been nerfed.Idle Mode ChangesWe’ve also made a change that will likely be especially interesting for new players:You can now access the full idle mode (incuding not stopping on new fish) from the very beginningThere is no rank requirement anymoreThese mechanics were originally designed to extend Desktop Fishing over time with more content and a broader variety of fish and features. Unfortunately, continuing that approach is no longer possible for us.We know this update comes late. The past six months have been quite turbulent for us. We released our second game, Frog Holm, which was on a completely different scale compared to Desktop Fishing.If you’re interested, feel free to check out Frog Holm - it’s currently on sale until April 2nd and even cheaper if you already own Desktop Fishing.TL;DR Desktop fishing is not that deep 🕊️ Everything easier to obtainribbitOstend Games
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• Announcements·23 Mar 2026Official

  Always on top toggle + new bundle release!

  Always on Top Toggle + Frog Holm Joins Steam!Hello dear Desktop Fishing Community!We’ve just released a long-awaited fix: you can now toggle Always on Top on and off in the settings. Yes, the frog is beautiful — but we understand that you might not want to see it ALL the time.On top of that, we’re excited to announce that our second game, Frog Holm, is now available on Steam! It’s a cozy narrative adventure where you inherit a small pub on a Scandinavian island. We’d love for you to join us on another froggy journey.And who knows… you might even uncover hints about a mysterious illness affecting the local fish.Thanks for being part of our journey 💚Ostend Games
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• Announcements·23 Feb 2026Official

  One last thing.

  Dear Desktop Fishing community,for now, this will be the last Desktop Fishing update. Well - to be honest, it is not really an update.If you want a detailed report on the state of the game, please visit our Discord. You will find everything you need to know there - here is just the short version:Right now, we are not able to keep adding new content to Desktop Fishing because we cannot financially sustain it (which is really sad for us).Our new game Frog Holm is entering Steam Next Fest starting today.Starting today, you can get a special item in Desktop Fishing if you add our new game to your wishlist. Well, to be completely honest, we are not actually checking whether you really add it - but it would make us incredibly happy and would help us a lot as a studio to build a successful foundation. Just click the banner that pops up when you start the game.With that said: thank you for the wonderful time, and maybe one day we will meet again at the pond
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