Calgary & Warsaw, May 28, 2026 — Turns out, a game about carefully scaling fish with increasingly unreasonable tools can get very out of hand. Since announcing its release date, Scale the Depths has only gotten fishier. The numbers kept climbing, the internet kept watching, and after hooking over 300,000 demo players and 200,000 wishlists, the full version is finally available on Steam.
Developed by Canadian studio Glass Gecko Games and published by Pretty Soon, Scale the Depths takes one very specific fantasy — what if your dad’s fishing obsession had lore, upgrades, cryptids, and a tiny robot with a knife — and turns it into a dangerously satisfying loop of catch → scale → serve → upgrade → go deeper.
At first glance, it is a casual fishing game about preparing seafood. Give it a few minutes, and suddenly you are carefully scraping scales off a tiny fish with a Zweihander, feeding dinner to Nessie, collecting suspicious underwater artifacts, and wondering why this simple fishmonger job has started to feel like a conspiracy board with fins.
The full release expands far beyond the demo, adding:
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over 70 fish species to catch, scale, serve, and occasionally question;
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4 distinct locations inspired by real-world places: Loch Ness, Huatulco, the Outer Banks, and Point Nemo;
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a wide range of curious customers, from picky animals to creatures pulled from local myths and legends;
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boat and character customization, gear upgrades, hidden treasures, messages in bottles, environmental puzzles, and a mystery that gets stranger the deeper players dive.
To celebrate launch, Scale the Depths is available with a 15% discount for the first 14 days.
💰 Launch price:
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USD: 9.99
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EUR: 9.99
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GBP: 8.99
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CNY: 36.00
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JPY: 1,350
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PLN: 35.99
Why people got hooked
Scale the Depths is built around a simple but dangerously sticky idea: catch fish, prepare them, sell them, upgrade your gear, and go deeper.
But the full release adds much more around that loop:
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Prepare fish with butter knives, katanas, Zweihanders, and other deeply questionable tools – just don’t move too fast, unless you enjoy ruining dinner.
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Serve opinionated customers, from familiar animals to legendary creatures like Nessie and Kelpie.
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Explore distinct locations inspired by real-world places, including Loch Ness, Point Nemo, and more.
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Hunt for secrets underwater, from hidden treasures and messages in bottles to environmental puzzles and old records.
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Upgrade your gear and customize your boat, because even ancient cryptids deserve dinner served with style.
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Uncover a deeper mystery, one artifact, strange note, and suspiciously important fish at a time.