Planned Release Date: December 2026

About This Game

Doug has a boat, a friend, a magic portal, and an unreasonable amount of faith in you. The plan is simple: catch fish, get Frederick to grade them, receive playground parts, and load them onto ships to be sent to god knows where... how hard could it be?

Frederick will show you the ropes, Doug will cheer you on, and the sea will do its very best to take everything you’ve built straight down to the bottom.

Every container is a gamble. Stack it clean and the payout climbs. Stack it crooked and you’re SUNK.

Stack your luck

• Swing, slide and drop containers onto the pile. Clean stacks pay bonuses, sloppy ones send your catch over the side.

• Over 30 species, from humble prawns and bluegill all the way up to tuna and beyond. Heavier, rarer fish are worth more, but they’re harder to keep balanced.

• Fill the ship, set sail, and watch the coins pour in... if you made it back to port.

Earn every catch

• Every fish is won through a quick minigame: pool, knife throw, rhythm reel, brick breaker, flappy gull, whack-a-muck, chess puzzles, battleship, pachinko and more.

• Your grade, from F all the way to S+, decides how big your haul is. Ace it and the whole stack gets sweeter.

• Beat boss spots for bigger rewards, and keep an eye on the quests Doug’s crew hands out along the way.

Build a different boat every run

• Every time a ship sails, pick one of three charms to nail to the mast. Commons, rares, and the odd legendary, each one bending the rules a little differently.

• Hire Doug’s crew, Geraldine, Bobby, Billy, Bobert and the rest, each bringing their own passive to the deck.

• Spend your coins in the shop on upgrades that make the next stack a little less terrifying.

Sink, and sail again

• When you go under, your coins and crew go with you. Prestige tokens don’t.

• Spend them on permanent upgrades and unlock new charm crates, so every run starts stronger than the last.

Zero pressure, all pixels

• Single-player and offline. Play one run on your lunch break or twenty in an evening... the sea will wait for you.

Doug’s Playground is in active development, and anything here is subject to change. Follow the page to hear the moment the demo opens up to the public!

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: General Mature Content