Patchy
An idle fishing game that lives on your desktop, right on top of your taskbar. Your chosen angler casts all day while you work or play. Click a bite for a better catch, fill your aquarium with your best fish, and keep watch for Patchy, the legendary fish nobody has ever caught.
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About
An endless fishing journey that sits on your taskbar
Patchy: The Legendary Fish is a cozy idle fishing game that lives along the bottom of your screen. A little lakeside diorama sits right on top of your taskbar, and your angler fishes in it all day while you work, browse or watch videos. Clicks pass straight through to your desktop, so it never gets in your way.
Automated Fishing
Your angler casts, waits and reels in on their own.
When a bite alert comes up, click it fast for a chance at a better fish.
Your angler keeps fishing while the game is closed, and your catches are waiting when you come back.
Real weather, in real time
The lake follows your computer's clock, from dawn to night. Type in your city and the weather matches yours too. Rain, storms, and fog each bring different fish to the surface, and some only bite at certain times of the day.
Catch and collect
14 freshwater fish to find, from Fathead Minnows to the Lake Sturgeon, plus junk and lost treasure.
Your best catches swim in PawPaw's tank . It holds up to 50 fish, three of each kind, ranked by size.
Feed your fish every so often and watch them come up and eat just like real fish.
Hunt the legend
Every glimpse of Patchy's shadow and every snapped line goes in PawPaw's Journal, and each one raises your odds of finally catching him.
PawPaw's Journal
PawPaw Steven spent his whole life chasing Patchy: the biggest fish ever! Patchy is scarred and patched like an old coat, with a hundred rusty hooks hanging from his lip. Everybody around Steven's Lake has heard the legend but nobody has ever caught him, is Patchy even real? Now PawPaw's chair, rod, tank and journal are yours.
PawPaw's grandkids
Pick one of six grandkids, each with their own strengths, weaknesses and trait, across Normal, Hard and Nightmare difficulties. Switch between them at any time.
Upgrade your tackle
Spend your coins on a better Rod, Line, Bait and Chair, each up to level 10.
Made for your desktop
Steps aside automatically when a fullscreen game or video is in front.
Live weather, sound and display options, plus a tray icon to pause or hide.
Plenty of Steam achievements to earn while you play.
Facts
- Released
- Oct 30, 2026
- In catalog since
- Oct 18, 2026
- Publisher
- Root Cellar Games
- Developer
- Root Cellar Games
- Platforms
- PC
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
- Features
- Single-player, Steam Achievements, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, #category_contrast_controls, Mouse Only Option, #category_playable_at_your_own_pace, Playable without Timed Input, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English languages with full audio support
- Links
- Website
System requirements
Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit, version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
- Processor: Any 64-bit x86 CPU with SSE2. Dual core, 2.0 GHz.
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any discrete GPU, or integrated graphics from 2020 or later (Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon Vega or newer). Recommended if you run your desktop at 1440p or 4K.
- DirectX: Version 11
- Additional Notes: Patchy runs as a transparent, always-on-top overlay that sits on your taskbar, using Windows desktop compositing. It is Windows only. Clicks pass through to your desktop everywhere except the game's own buttons. It draws at your desktop resolution, so higher resolutions ask more of your graphics card. On lower-end PCs, Settings lets you turn shadows off and switch edges to Compatible. The game steps aside automatically while a fullscreen game or video is in front. Use the tray icon to move it to another monitor. An internet connection is only needed for the optional live weather, which uses the city you type into Settings.
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Quad core, 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any discrete GPU, or integrated graphics from 2020 or later (Intel Iris Xe, AMD Radeon Vega or newer). Recommended if you run your desktop at 1440p or 4K.
- DirectX: Version 12
- Additional Notes: Patchy runs as a transparent, always-on-top overlay that sits on your taskbar, using Windows desktop compositing. It is Windows only. Clicks pass through to your desktop everywhere except the game's own buttons. It draws at your desktop resolution, so higher resolutions ask more of your graphics card. On lower-end PCs, Settings lets you turn shadows off and switch edges to Compatible. The game steps aside automatically while a fullscreen game or video is in front. Use the tray icon to move it to another monitor. An internet connection is only needed for the optional live weather, which uses the city you type into Settings.