Patch Notes & Update History

☁️ Patch 1.0.12 — Steam Cloud Support Sep 4, 2026

Probably the last bugfix patch before content updates begin.

NEW

• Save files are now stored through Steam Cloud. Play and exit How to Fish on the PC you saved on once to upload them to the cloud.

CHANGES

• Rebalanced the piranha.
• Nerfed the tuna slightly.
• Limited velocity on items, hopefully making items harder to lose.
• Updated MetaVoice to 4.3, fixing some voice-chat bugs.

FIXED

• FishNet no longer overrides your max FPS when joining a lobby.
• Music is now preloaded so it no longer lag-spikes when buying the first radio.
• Final boss now takes damage from explosives even when landing on its tail.

🎮 Patch 1.0.11 — Steam Deck Verified & GeForce NOW Sep 1, 2026

Another patch focused on stability and extra platform support.

NEW

• How to Fish is now playable through GeForce NOW.
• How to Fish is now fully Steam Deck Verified.
• Added an option to toggle aiming.
• Added an option to toggle sprinting.
• Added an option to hold to attack.
• Added an option to toggle nametags.

CHANGES

• Save files are always checked for corruption before loading, and now keep backups.
• Slightly moved the roulette table on Island 6.
• Changed dropped-item dot colors so weapons are easier to find: weapons are now orange and dead players are turquoise.
• You now die from your own explosives even with friendly fire disabled.
• Removed the purchasable iron sight (players only bought it by mistake).
• You can no longer downgrade from suppressor to compensator.

FIXED

• Inventory bug on join that made players invisible.
• Items must now have been held once before they can be sold.
• Drip parrotfish not being cooked.
• Hands sometimes teleporting instead of moving smoothly to a picked-up item.

🎨 Patch 1.0.10 — Fanart & Ground Item Saving Aug 27, 2026

NEW

• Weapons and tools now get cleaned from cooking when dipped in water.
• Items dropped on the ground are now saved between sessions (up to 64 total), prioritizing weapons, tools, quest items and creatures.
• Added a fanart channel to the community Discord.

CHANGES

• Nerfed the anglerfish slightly (it had too much health).

FIXED (selected)

• Beer no longer bleeds when punched.
• Bug where you could die to a tuna, spawn an albatross, and become unable to respawn.
• Rich-text chat exploit by griefers; roulette ball clipping through the wheel and infinite ticking at high values.
• Removed the confusing death-position X marker from the radar.

⚖️ Patch 1.0.9 — Difficulty Modes Aug 24, 2026

NEW

• Added an option to change difficulty both in the main menu and in-game (default unchanged).
• Easy mode: all creatures have 25% less health and deal 50% less damage.
• Hard mode: all creatures have 25% more health and deal 25% more damage.
• Added a short Steam connection debug in the main menu.

FIXES

• Addressed save files being corrupted.

🎛️ Patch 1.0.8 Aug 24, 2026

A tiny bugfix patch.

FIXES

• PlayStation controller glyphs now display correctly.
• Linked the fire sizzling sound to the FX volume slider so it actually changes.

💾 Patch 1.0.6 — Save Reliability Aug 23, 2026

FIXES

• Checks the save file before loading, so fake servers named "Game Name" no longer appear.
• No longer saves when the application crashes; it saves on the Save, Main Menu, and Quit buttons (still autosaving every minute).

🎣 1,000,000 Fishermen in 2 Days Aug 23, 2026

The developers announced the game had reached 1 million players within two days of release, thanking the community and confirming more content and bug fixes were coming.

🔧 Patch 1.0.5 — QoL & Private Lobbies Aug 22, 2026

NEW

• Added options to invert the X and Y look axes.
• Added the option to host a private lobby joinable only by invite.
• Added the option to change session type in server settings while in-game (requires restart).

CHANGES

• Changed the minimum locked FPS from 50 to 30.

FIXES

• Fixed a bug letting players travel to any island without unlocking them.
• Fixed slot-machine skins appearing invisible while rolling at 4K resolution.
• Fixed the "all drip creatures" achievement unlocking a creature late; griefers can no longer instantly end the game when joining.

🐡 Patch 1.0.4 — 8-Player Lobbies & Balance Aug 21, 2026

CHANGES

• Added support for up to 8-player lobbies.
• Nerfed the Pufferfish.
• Nerfed the Whale.
• Made the intended path up to the final island easier to see.

FIXES

• Black screen when trying to join a lobby and gray screen on startup.
• Permanent boss timer on screen, underwater effects in the main menu, and permanent revive text.
• Disallowed special characters in server names (they broke the save file); fixed the "kill final boss with bare hands" achievement.

🚀 How to Fish Launches Aug 20, 2026

How to Fish launched on Steam on August 20, 2026 at a 38% launch discount for one week. It is a 1–4 player physics-based fishing simulator by Dazed Games.