From Press Release:
A tiny game jam project about scaling fish has somehow become one of Steam’s weirdest upcoming indie success stories: over 210,000 demo players, 97% positive ratings, close to 115,000 wishlists, millions of YouTube views, and even a wave of AI-made knockoffs. Now, Canadian team Glass Gecko Games and publisher Pretty Soon are bringing Scale the Depths to Steam on May 28th, 2026.
Built around a very simple yet dangerously sticky loop – fish → scale → serve → upgrade → go deeper → repeat – Scale the Depths puts players in the role of a tiny fishmonger robot trying to keep a growing line of hungry, demanding, and quite unexpected customers satisfied.
What starts as a supposedly simple fishing job quickly becomes a game of precision, optimization, exploration, and just one more run decision-making. Players catch fish using careful movement, prepare them through scaling and cutting mechanics, then serve them to customers to earn money, unlock better tools, and dive into deeper, stranger waters.
The full release expands significantly on the jam version and demo, adding new locations, more fish, deeper progression, hidden underwater secrets, customization, collectibles, and more lore than anyone reasonably expects from a game about preparing fish.
In Scale the Depths, players can:
Scale fish with butter knives, katanas, and other increasingly questionable tools – but go too fast and you’ll ruin the value of your catch.
Feed strange customers with very strong opinions, from picky birds to mythical creatures that you probably wouldn’t expect to be ordering dinner from a robot.
Explore four locations inspired by real-world places, from Loch Ness to Point Nemo and beyond.
Find secrets underwater, including messages in bottles, hidden paths, treasures, and story fragments.
Upgrade and customize – rods, hooks, boats, knives, and your tiny robot fishmonger’s look.
So, get ready to scale a tiny minnow with a big ol’ Zweihander and feed it to Nessie. Scale the Depths launches on Steam on May 28th, 2026.
