Checked on 21 October 2026 against GONE Fishing 1.0 (20 October 2026, with the 20 October hotfix). Steam app 3645890 by GONE Studios. Forum dates are UTC.

Short answer. GONE Studios posted a Steam announcement for the demo on 10 May 2025 [S1], and its 18 October 2026 post counted 227 updates since Early Access began [S29]. Early updates added perks, saves, lobbies and new maps. Later ones rebuilt fishing and added seasons, an Arctic map and boats. This page lists the major ones in date order, using the titles GONE Studios gave them. Anything before the Update 1.0 release is from Early Access or the demo.

How this list was built

The Steam news feed holds many short hotfix posts, so this page keeps the updates that changed how the game plays and skips the rest. Each row below is one official GONE Studios announcement, and the date is the one shown on the post. Details of what Update 1.0 itself changed, and its hotfix, are on the Update 1.0 changes page.

Before Early Access: demo builds

DateUpdateWhat the post lists
10 May 2025 [S1]"GONE Fishing DEMO Released!"The post is a link to a separate demo store page. [S1]
26 May 2025 [S2]"Fish Throwing Update"Pressing left mouse button drops a fish and holding it throws the fish. A leaderboard overhaul added Top Fish, Top Players and a My Fish section. The post also lists a cave monster rework and full controller support with remappable bindings. [S2]

Early Access: the first months

DateUpdateWhat the post lists
17 June 2025 [S3]"Fixing issues around the clock"The developer wrote that the team "failed to do enough play testing prior to releasing" and listed fixes such as the crocodile sending a player to the void and fish despawning on catch. [S3]
21 June 2025 [S4]"Updates to the fishing system, polish, and bug fixes!"Fish type and fish size would scale with the day count, so larger fish can be expected as a run continues. [S4]
28 June 2025 [S5]"The new perk system is live!"Eight perks at launch. Surviving to day 7 grants a perk, perks are equipped in the lobby, and up to two can be brought into a match. [S5]
10 July 2025 [S6]"Changes to Perk Progression and bug fixes"Perks unlock at the start of day 7 and on every 7th day after that, instead of on the game over screen. [S6]
17 July 2025 [S7]"ALPHA 2.0 Is HERE!!!"A new map, The Jungle, with 11 new bait types, 10 new fish and two new creatures, plus TNT. The post says much of the fishing system overhaul was pushed back. [S7]
21 July 2025 [S8]"Save System is now live!"The game saves 10 seconds after each morning, and saves are deleted on game overs. The developer called the system 99% stable. [S8]
18 August 2025 [S9]"BEER IS ADDED TO THE GAME... New Content, Polish, and Fixes!!!"Beer, bought from the trader for 15 gold, gives a temporary fish-size bonus. Bait crates cost 25 gold. [S9]
30 August 2025 [S10]"THE BAIT UPDATE and more..."A new bait type for each creature, so a creature killed with TNT can be used as bait. [S10]
9 September 2025 [S11]"LOBBY SYSTEM + NEW LEGENDARY FISH"Private or public lobbies with a server browser, a new Legendary fish tier and a seventh upgrade level. On the Average Angler difficulty, failing the quota twice lets the monster end the game. [S11]
25 September 2025 [S12]"The Chasm Update"The ChasmCaller item for quick travel between two placed gates. The post said the Canyons map was scheduled for the 4th of October. [S12]

Early Access: maps, seasons and a reverted rebuild

DateUpdateWhat the post lists
5 October 2025 [S13]"THE CANYONS MAP UPDATE"The Canyons map, marked as a beta phase, with 8 new bait types, 2 creatures and 9 fish. It also introduced the "struggle" mechanic, which gives a second chance when grabbed. [S13]
14 October 2025 [S14]"Fishing Algorithm Rework + Website + Stethacanthus + Fixes"The algorithm that decides what fish you catch was remade, and a new version of the gonefishing.gg website was added. [S14]
13 December 2025 [S15]"ALPHA 4.0: The Late Game Update"A late game trader, upgradable totems, emotes, daily, weekly and monthly challenges on the website, and 8 player lobbies. The developer warned the larger lobbies "could be buggy". [S15]
17 December 2025 [S16]"The Christmas Update"A Christmas tree on each map holding a valuable surprise, Christmas decorations, and the Redhorse Sucker fish. [S16]
17 January 2026 [S17]"Season 2 + Mythic Fish Type + Ultra Powerful Rod + New Monsters/Fishies + MORE"Season 2 reset the leaderboards while player experience and stats were kept. A Mythic fish tier, a new legendary rod and daily fishing hotspots were added. [S17]
24 January 2026 [S18]"FISHING SYSTEM OVERHAUL LETS GOOOO"Fishing System V2 went live with a new interface and CPU and network optimizations. The beer bonus was cut from 80% at maximum drunk to a new formula. [S18]
24 January 2026 [S19]"THE OLD FISHING SYSTEM IS BACK THROW A PARTY WOWOWOW"The same day, the developer wrote that "the build is reverted". [S19]
28 January 2026 [S20]"FISHING SYSTEM OVERHAUL ROUND 2"The second attempt was "fully client side AND uses the OG mechanics". [S20]
7 February 2026 [S21]"ALPHA 6.0
20 March 2026 [S22]"WERE BACK BABY"The developers returned after a 2 week hiatus. [S22]

Early Access: the final months

DateUpdateWhat the post lists
1 April 2026 [S23]"GONE FISHING Development has come to an end..."The title says development ended, but the post is dated 1 April and asks whether anyone thought the brothers "would stop developing GONE FIshing". It added a Crash Recovery Beta. [S23]
29 May 2026 [S24]"ALPHA V8 + NEW SWAMP MAP + New Monsters + Persistent Cosmetics + MORE"A reworked swamp map, custom radio music from your own mp3 files, a torch item and character customization in the main menu. [S24]
9 June 2026 [S25]"AQUARIUM + New Characters +Changes +Optimizations + Fixes"Personal aquariums on player profiles and five new character models. The day bonus to bait score now caps at day 60, previously day 40. [S25]
13 July 2026 [S26]"New Fishing UI + New Struggle Mechanic + GeforceNow and MORE"A new fishing interface, a timing-based struggle minigame replacing button mashing, and save files synced to Steam Cloud. [S26]
28 August 2026 [S27]"BOATS ARE BACK WTF + New GONE Fishing app and MORE"A new season began and boats returned, fully replicated, with a different boat on each map. [S27]
13 September 2026 [S28]"TIER 6 BAIT, NEW WEIGHT SYSTEM, Yumi conspiracy theory???"The first tier 6 bait, obtained by chopping the heart on the butcher table, and a reworked weight system that tied bonuses to day ranges. [S28]

The road to the full release

On 18 October 2026, GONE Studios wrote that after "16 insane months" the game was heading to a full release on 20 October, and that it had delivered 227 updates since Early Access [S29]. The post named three priorities: a proper ending, a new fishing progression system and stability [S29]. The release post of 20 October 2026 repeated those three priorities and said trinkets replace the earlier line, rod and sinker upgrades as the progression system [S30]. What Update 1.0 changed in detail, including the hotfix, is covered on the Update 1.0 changes page.

Sources and version

Checked on 2026-10-21 against GONE Fishing 1.0 (20 October 2026, with the 20 October hotfix).