Dockmates is a desktop fishing idle game where you cast lines passively to collect fish of varying rarity levels while maintaining a personal journal. Up to four players can share a dock together, creating a collaborative low-stakes experience that runs quietly in the background. Best suited for players seeking a meditative, pressure-free game that doesn't demand active attention.
About this game
A cozy idle fishing game that lives on your desktop. Cast your line, catch fish of every rarity and grade, and track your collection in the journal. Invite up to 3 friends to fish together on a shared dock. No clicking, no pressure — just chill vibes while you work or play.
Players, last 38 days
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Daily peak concurrent players, sampled once a night from Steam.
What players are saying
▲ Recommended11 hrs
Very neat idle game that allows you to have something social with your friends that also doesn't require large amounts of your attention. The art and animations are very well made and look very nice.
It's now been over a month since launch and we've come a long way. Thank you all for sticking around! Fresh icons The pier menu has new icons: Catches, Tackle, Cosmetics, Journal, Social, Arcade and Settings each got their own. Aquarium • You can now like someone's aquarium. Open their profile, pick Aquarium and hit the heart. Your own profile shows how many you've collected Arcade • Scores now show the top ten, and the list scrolls • The Friends ranking properly portrays your ranking amongst friends now Thanks for fishing!
It's been nearly a month since Early Access came out, thank you to all of you who've been with us up til now :). Arcade • Steam leaderboards! Hit Scores to see how you stack up against friends and the world • Fixed a Memory Matching lock-up and a grey-box fish in Guppy Fish Fish grades We've been slowly tuning grades since launch and we're now at a place that feels healthy. This time it's a small change aimed at new players: you'll see more variety in the grades you catch early on, without changing how long the full journal takes. Other • You can sort the bag by rarity or by grade • Fixed a lost fish when closing mid-catch, and stray invites from other games showing up on your pier Thanks for fishing!
It's been a week since the last update and two weeks since launch. Thank you so much for playing! Pacing We spent a good chunk of this last week on pacing. Even after our initial changes, we still felt the progression was a bit too easy and then too steep towards the end. We tuned some numbers so the progression should feel more gradual. You'll notice two new things in your journal. Each fish now has a Mastery that grows the more of that fish you catch, and the better you know a fish, the more of its grades you'll start reeling in. And if you've been at it a while without finding a grade you're missing, Grade Luck builds in your favor until it finally pays off. The catch will let you know when it does. Arcade The Arcade is open! Head to the new button on your sidebar for two games, Guppy Fish and Memory Matching. Play on your own or challenge someone at your pier with a right-click. Nothing in there pays FP, and your line stays in the water the whole time, so it's purely for fun and bragging rights. For now we have just the two games but we'll be observing to see how this feature plays out. Aquarium Right-click a fish in your Aquarium and make it your Champion. That's the fish you'll be using for any arcade games that require a model. For now, it's just Guppy Fish. UI Fixes • The Titles tab is now a grid you can actually browse, and you can pick your title right from your profile card • Renaming a fish while a catch came in could blank the panel • Profile portraits were blurrier than your character on the dock • The right-click player menu now shows in your language • Full docks no longer vanish from the pier browser Thanks for fishing!
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