Clawfish

Clawfish

Released Jun 2021

Clawfish is a fishing claw machine game. Visit an isolated train station with a fishing arcade. Explore the dock, play the machines, and take some time to relax by the water.

92% positive · 638 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Steam $0.89 $2.99 −70%
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Evaluation

Clawfish is a small, self-contained indie game that launched on June 11, 2021. The store description explicitly describes it as a "short game to be played in one sitting" with a completion time of under one hour — it was designed from the start as a finished, complete experience. The developer issued a small bug fix on launch day (June 12, 2021) and a more substantial patch on June 28, 2021 that addressed bugs and added minor quality-of-life improvements. That June 28 post mentioned a possible content update "in the future," but no such update ever materialized — the developer has posted nothing since June 28, 2021. Given that the game is nearly five years past that last communication with no follow-through on that vague mention, and the game was clearly designed as a complete standalone experience, the game is best understood as having shipped complete at launch.
Evidence
Store description explicitly states the game is a 'short game to be played in one sitting' with a completion time under 1 hour — it was designed as a complete, self-contained experience.
description source development ending
high
Developer shipped a polish and fixes patch two weeks after launch and mentioned planning a content update 'in the future.' This is the last communication from the developer.
news post · Jun 28, 2021 source ambiguous
low

Media

Details

Publisher
davidczar
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Clawfish is a fishing claw machine game.

Visit an isolated train station with a fishing arcade. Explore the dock, play the machines, talk to a seagull, paddle a boat and take some time to relax by the water. Clear the machines and free the fish to fill the waters around you.

Key Features

  • Visit an isolated train station arcade and explore at your own pace
  • Play 3 claw machines each with it's own gameplay quirk
  • Catch up to 23 different fish
  • Release the fish to fill the waters around you
  • Short game to be played in one sitting
  • Completion time: under 1 hour

A small game by David Czarnowski
Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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