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Steam News1 April 20263mo ago

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!

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What changed

0 fixes2 additions6 changes1 removal
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
changedHello dear Desktop Fishing community,you left us a lot of feedback under the last update - thank you for that, we really appreciate it!
changedHello dear Desktop Fishing community,Also over the past months, we’ve repeatedly received feedback about the achievements being extremely hard to obtain. We want to address that now.
changedHello dear Desktop Fishing community,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.
addedIdle Mode ChangesWe’ve also made a change that will likely be especially interesting for new players:
addedIdle Mode ChangesYou can now access the full idle mode (incuding not stopping on new fish) from the very beginning
removedIdle Mode ChangesThese 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.

Desktop Fishing changes

changedyou left us a lot of feedback under the last update - thank you for that, we really appreciate it!
changedAlso over the past months, we’ve repeatedly received feedback about the achievements being extremely hard to obtain. We want to address that now.
changedWe 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.
addedWe’ve also made a change that will likely be especially interesting for new players:
addedYou can now access the full idle mode (incuding not stopping on new fish) from the very beginning

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 Changes

We’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 beginning

  • There is no rank requirement anymore

These 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 obtain

ribbit

Ostend Games

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Steam News / 1 April 2026

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