A little ocean for your Windows desktop. Raise and name marine fish, discover curious sea creatures, and restore a living underwater habitat while you work or unwind. Enjoy optional feeding, gentle interactions, and offline progress. Your fish never go hungry, fall ill, or die.

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About This Game

A little ocean for your desktop

Desktop Tide is a cozy idle aquarium that lives along the edge of your Windows desktop. Resize it into a slim strip above your taskbar or a vertical companion beside your work. Watch your fish while you work, study, or unwind, and open the management panel whenever you feel like taking a break.

One complete ocean

The full collection is included with the game. Raise and name marine fish, meet sea creatures including the pearl octopus, and shape your habitat with plants, decorations, equipment, backgrounds, moods, and special moments. The Moonlit Coral Bay theme is part of the main game: its playable theme becomes available when you enter it, while additional creatures and items are discovered through normal progression. No separate DLC purchase is required.

Make progress at your own pace

Collect drifting treasure chests, choose exploration goals, arrange your residents, clear litter, and maintain your equipment. Fish growth and pearl income can continue while you are away, within the game's progress limits. Stored chests wait for you, and exploration pauses when storage is full.

A gentle everyday companion

Fish never go hungry, fall ill, or die. Feeding is optional: drop in food and enjoy a moment of underwater activity. Local saves let you return to your own little ocean.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Generative AI was used to assist in creating artwork for marine creatures, plants, decorations, underwater environments, and Steam store and marketing images, as well as portions of descriptive text. This content is pre-generated and included as fixed assets or text. The game does not generate content during play and does not connect to external AI services.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11 (64-bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or equivalent
    • Memory: 8192 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 630 or equivalent, with DirectX 11 support
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 2048 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device
    • Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system. Keep graphics drivers updated. Performance varies with aquarium size, display resolution, and other running applications.
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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