About the Game

Catching fish is only the beginning.
Cast your line, hunt for the perfect catch, scale it with care, serve it to hungry customers, and turn your hard-earned cash into better gear. Then go deeper. Catch stranger fish. Make more money. Upgrade again.
You know, just one more run.
Each improvement pushes you further into the depths… and further from whatever counts as normal.

Explore four distinct fishing spots inspired by real places – from Loch Ness to Outer Banks, Point Nemo, and beyond.
Each location comes with its own:
atmosphere and environment
gear
fish species
hidden paths and secrets
puzzles, treasures, and strange things waiting below
The deeper you go, the less this feels like a simple fishing job.

Your customers are not human. Some are cute. Some are mythical. Some are exactly the kind of creatures you wouldn’t expect to order dinner from a tiny robot on a boat.
Serve wild animals like otters, axolotls, and herons, alongside beings inspired by myth and folklore, including legends such as Nessie and Kelpie. Each customer has their own personality, appetite, and favorite fish.
Learn who likes what, deliver the right catch, and you might earn a very generous tip. Serve badly, and… well, they’ll have opinions.

There’s more than fish hiding underwater, and definitely more lore than anyone reasonably expects from a game about fishing.
Search the depths for:
hidden treasures and collectible artifacts
messages in bottles
secret passages
environmental puzzles and levers
Every scrap of old notes and logs brings you a little closer to understanding why this tiny robot is busy fishing in the first place.

Progress isn’t just about bigger numbers (although bigger numbers are very nice).
Upgrade your fishing gear, unlock better tools, customize your boat, and dress up your tiny robot fishmonger before sending them back into increasingly strange waters.
Improve your rods, hooks, bags and scaling tools
Unlock new boats and cosmetics
Scale tiny fish with increasingly ridiculous tools
Look good while feeding ancient beings from the deep
Because if you’re going to prepare fish for strange creatures, you might as well do it in style.
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
A very stylish update incoming! This update adds colour-swapping to the "Cosmetics" page to give your bot some extra flair! We've included some of our favs below (there are many more) 😎
We have also been working hard to resolve the noted save data issue and have implemented some fixes to mitigate this. We thank you for your patience and support. 💾
Finally, for those of you who felt dealing with parasites was a little gross, we have added a setting to make it just a bit less gross... and more starchy. 🥐
We hope you enjoy this fun little update as much as we did. Happy customizing! 👕
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NEW! Added Character Cosmetic Palettes! - Mix and match colours to make the outfit style combos.
NEW! Added Parasites Censorship Setting - Enable this in the Settings to make parasites less gross and a whole lot sillier.
⚙️Improvements
Modified system for customer spawn chances to guarantee their appearance after a certain point.
Customers can now be asked about their feeding preferences without having to feed them.
Small balancing updates across the game.
Controller should now work on dropdowns.
🐛Bug Fixes
Save data fixes - Game data should no longer be cleared when reloading the game in rare instances. Backup save files are also now available in the save directory.
Global cosmetics will now be marked as “SOLD” when the item is already obtained in other worlds.
Steam Cloud support has been extended to macOS devices!
This should allow save data to sync between Windows and Mac. However, if you previously launched the game on both platforms while Steam Cloud was not syncing correctly, please be careful when starting the game after this update.
In rare cases, Steam may ask which save file you want to keep, or an older local save may overwrite your newer progress. If you played on multiple devices, we recommend checking the Steam Cloud sync prompt carefully and backing up your local save files before launching the game.
Thank you for your patience, and please let us know if you continue to experience any save sync issues!
A minor QOL patch for repellent, screen shake, save data issue fixes, and more. Thank you all for your patience and support. Happy fishing! 🐡
🌟Features
Added Repellent Toggle to the Fishing Station - Allows you to toggle your repellent between your highest available level and no repellent
Added Screen Shake toggle to Settings
⚙️Improvements
Changed the condition for secret fish showing up in the almanac and made it so the page crown only appears after getting them
Fixed minor grammatical issues and incorrect fonts
🐛Bug Fixes
Fixed issues with disliked fish, prepped fish value reduction
Implemented fixes to resolve some save data issues, including:
Issues with players getting softlocked at specific customers (especially after playing beta versions)
Issues with save data being incompatible with certain date formats, making it so players from certain regions couldn’t play the game (causing the Player to spawn without a boat)
Other minor save-related issues
Corrected liked fish for the belted kingfishers
Fixed the issue with being unable to immediately select or navigate the almanac on the controller
Fixed issue with Quetzalcoatl’s sounds being audible even with the volume off
Sending a minor hotfix patch for some minor noted issues. Happy fishing! 🐠
⚙️Improvements
Added a perfectly prepped indicator to fish in the almanac.
🐛Bug Fixes
Fixed the issue where the perfect prep achievement only triggered under very specific conditions.
Fixed aspect ratio issue on ultra-wide monitors with level select.
We have patched a variety of things noted from previous versions. Thank you to everyone who helped catch these so we could patch them. Happy fishing! 🦦
🌟Features
Almanac, Shop, and Settings tabs will now localize immediately when switching languages while on the boat.
Added more cosmetics to purchase in the shop in Huatulco, Mexico.
⚙️Improvements
Automatic removal of empty inventory slots to prevent bad saves.
Fixed items disappearing from the ocean when they have not been collected to prevent softlocks.
Made some performance optimizations to the overall game.
Improved the chance of getting one of the Cormarant variants.
🐛Bug Fixes
Fixed issue with the Shop cancelling equipping gear when the equipment row is accidentally clicked.
Fixed customer dislike sound effect.
Fixed the final world boss not dropping its artifact when defeated.
Fixed achievements that weren’t accessible or weren't unlocking.
Fixed the pirate shirt in the chest as it was giving the pirate captain's body instead.
Fixed the finishing base game dialogue and the Point Nemo legendary customer dialogue repeated.
Fixed customers showing ??? instead of “None” when they don’t have a liked or disliked fish.
Fixed the spring bait effect from occasionally clipping through the map when reeling in.
Fixed active baits still having their cooldown continue when you reel back in.
First, we’d like to thank everyone for playing our game, and we’ve been absolutely blown away by the reception! We’ve noticed a few bugs being reported, so we did our best to try to address these ASAP.
Thank you for your patience, and happy fishing!
Bug Fixes 🐛
Disabled VSync as it possibly caused problems with stuttering/lag.
Fixed an issue where players would not get the achievements for the World 2 Legendary Fish and Legendary Customer.
Fixed an issue with the compass and sewing needle baits causing them to break the game’s UI.
Fixed the issue where the Favourite Fish Finder bait could not be purchased.
Fixed an issue where the Puzzle Gate in Point Nemo would remain permanently shut every dive after the one where it was unlocked.
Fixed an issue where the Elite Explorer Achievement was unlocked too early after 100% only one level, rather than all of them.
Fixed an issue where certain letters could not be typed when trying to rename the ship.
Fixed an issue where the anchovy was missing from the almanac.
Fixed an issue where a boss customer of the level in progression would always be followed by the same boss customer.
Fixed a visual bug with the Razor Sturgeonfish.
We’re aware of a couple other issues as well, and we’ll try to resolve those as soon as possible.
🌟 We released a minor update for the Scale the Depths Demo (Version 1.4.0).
❄️ We put up some fun decor on deck and FisherBot to match the festive season. We also added some social media links for anyone interested in joining our official Scale the Depths Discord channel.
🎁 Again, thank you all for playing the demo, wishlisting the full game, and commenting with your feedback. Every bit of support means a lot to our small dev team and genuinely makes a difference as we work hard toward our release.
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Current Release
Build 23924640
Uploaded Jul 27, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
Scale The Depths.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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