Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar
Launches 6 November 2026 · PC
Story
He was here before you installed anything. Sidebar Sea is a narrow strip of ocean that lives on the edge of your desktop. There is a dock, some water going down into the dark, and an old man who fishes. He will keep fishing whether you are watching or not. Look over between two emails and the bobber is just going under. Look again after lunch and there is a Copper Bream in the hold, slowly going green. Everything else in the game is built around that second look. Your clock is the game's clock. Dawn at your desk is dawn on the bay, wherever your desk is. Night species bite in your real night. The moon follows the actual lunar calendar, so full-moon fish are catchable seven nights a month and no others. Weather rolls through on its own schedule, and the Storm Belt is water you can only set out for in the rain, where most of what lives there bites only in foul weather. Forty legendaries, and every one is a riddle. Every one asks you to be somewhere, at some time, with the right gear. Bites in the hour after rain stops, but not while it falls. Full moon, and only the nights the moon is truly full. Nine strikes on the hull, then it takes. Count them in the dark. You read the...
Gameplay
He was here before you installed anything. Sidebar Sea is a narrow strip of ocean that lives on the edge of your desktop. There is a dock, some water going down into the dark, and an old man who fishes. He will keep fishing whether you are watching or not. Look over between two emails and the bobber is just going under. Look again after lunch and there is a Copper Bream in the hold, slowly going green. Everything else in the game is built around that second look. Your clock is the game's clock. Dawn at your desk is dawn on the bay, wherever your desk is. Night species bite in your real night. The moon follows the actual lunar calendar, so full-moon fish are catchable seven nights a month and no others. Weather rolls through on its own schedule, and the Storm Belt is water you can only set out for in the rain, where most of what lives there bites only in foul weather. Forty legendaries, and every one is a riddle. Every one asks you to be somewhere, at some time, with the right gear. Bites in the hour after rain stops, but not while it falls. Full moon, and only the nights the moon is truly full. Nine strikes on the hull, then it takes. Count them in the dark. You read the rumour, work out what it means, and go and be there. Solve the ones on the charts and water opens up past the edge of the survey. Click if you want to. He manages either way. When the bobber dips you get...
Features
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Stats
- Steam Leaderboards
- Family Sharing
Release details
Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar is developed by Idleforge Games. Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar launches on Friday, 6 November 2026 on PC. This date comes from Steam and was last checked on 2 November 2026.
Frequently asked questions
When does Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar release?
Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar launches on 6 November 2026.
Has the Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar release date changed?
Gamelude has listed 6 November 2026 for Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar since 31 October 2026, and that date has not changed.
Which platforms is Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar on?
Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar is on PC.
Who makes Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar?
Sidebar Sea: Idle Fishing for Your Taskbar is developed by Idleforge Games.