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Desktop Fishes

A cozy idle aquarium overlay that brings your desktop to life with pixel-art fish you can hatch, breed, and collect in thousands of genetic combinations. Dress them up with accessories, watch them grow from…

13 November 2025

Desktop Fishes is an indie, released 13 November 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Desktop Fishes is

Desktop Fishes was released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Desktop Fishes launched on 13 November 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2 and Routine.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, Routine.

Official trailer

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When did Desktop Fishes come out?
Desktop Fishes was released on 13 November 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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