Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Mar 11, 2022

  inspired me to buy a fish. hes actually doing well thank you.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 26, 2022

  At this point I don't recommend the game. First you start with a tutorial, and it's a long tutorial so be sure to have some time since as far as I can tell you can't save in between. Then when you've made it through and think this is the moment you can start building your own shop, the game just tells you some more of what to do. And then when you've finally made it through the tutorial and the starter phase of your own shop, the game throws in a timer. Which really takes any relaxing aspect of the game and just throws it out the window. Especially considering how short the time is you get. You start your day at 6.00 and you open your shop at 14.00. In that time you have to do everything, build aquariums, clean existing ones, feed fish, sell/buy fish, restock your shop... You name it. And at 14.00, when you open the shop, your day is over. You can't keep working or doing anything when customers are there. Also, you have to walk to the door/computer and open the shop. At 14.00 you get a red blinking text telling you to open your shop RIGHT NOW because heaven forbid the poor customers have to wait 5 seconds. It gets tedious. By the time you've finished your existing tasks and can finally start building an aquarium you wonder if it's really worth it to start building one at all. When you progress you can buy an exhibition and later an ocenarium (or something? sorry for the spelling). I was hoping the exhibition would be like your 2nd shop where you can sell more and better aquariums but so far it seems to be mainly for showing them. Which means the basement shop is your one and only shop. And I'm sorry but when I earned 40k I'd much rather spend that on getting a bigger, better and prettier shop. Because of all the tediousness, the short days, the endless tasks you need to achieve each day and the very limited options it doesn't really feel like you get a lot of freedom. Yes, you can build aquariums. As long as you follow the fishes demands (and they work like zootycoon, having demands in amount of plants, water temperature, amount of fishes and number of decorations) and only build basic ones. There is no sandbox mode and the creative freedom you get is extremely limited. It doesn't help the gamecontrols are pretty wonky too. It's pretty tricky to get something on the spot where you want it to be. I hope the game will get better since I do think it has potential. So far from what I've seen the items and fishes are actually pretty fun and very colourful. I think the focus should be less on customer requests and like, making entire buildings/houses for those and more on the core aspects of the game. Having an aquarium store and creating aquariums.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 3, 2023

  Great game, needs algae control or get rid of it altogether cannot wait for more updates
• gamedeal user

  Jul 20, 2022

  I got this game because i saw BestInSlot play it and I do quite enjoy it! However the game isn't very realistic. For starters the game doesn't talk about cycling fish tanks like checking for nitrites, ammonia, making sure there's beneficial bacteria etc. It can take a long time for a fish tank to cycle especially salt water aquariums. If you put fish in before cycling they could die because you didn't wait long enough. It doesn't talk about acclimating fish ether, if you put the fish in right away they could die from the shock of temperature change. There’s also no doing water changes. For taking dead fish out, you shouldn't flush them down the toilet as dead fish could have diseases or parasites that could effect the native species, ether put them in the bin or bury them. And with putting water into tanks, you can use tap water but only if you use a dechlorinator because tap water can be deadly to fish because most drinking water contains chlorine, another option is a water tank which is just rain water. You also shouldn’t wash your filter in the sink because the beneficial bacteria from it will die from the chlorine and won’t be good for the fish, just use your fish tank water when doing a water change to get the muck off. Although if you have a salt water tank and want to keep corals, you must use reverse osmosis freshwater because corals don't like the stuff that is found in tap water. Lastly the scenario with your friend, she has goldfish and Angel fish in the same tank. Goldfish are cold water fish and Angel fish are tropical fish they should not be in a tank together. I know this stuff because I've been keeping fish for a few years and I'm just getting into keeping a reef tank, I hope that these changes will be implemented so that people who play this game and have never owned a fish tank won't make any of these mistakes like I and many other fish keepers have.
• gamedeal user

  May 5, 2022

  As someone who has raised a lot of fish, I wanted to give this game a chance because I didn't have a chance to grow fish at this time in my life. The game is good, but it needs to be improved a lot. It's a little disappointing now. The variety in the game is a bit low and the realism is very low. Low realism does not bother you if you are not a fanatical fish breeder. That's why I couldn't keep playing. I'll wait for the game to improve. And I have a selfish request from the producer, would you please add Betta fish to the game? UwU
• gamedeal user

  Mar 9, 2022

  Needs a LOT of work. It is almost impossible to place items where you want them, you are constantly fighting with the interface, and it is generally janky. Hopefully it will be better in the future, but right now, if you want to make a nice looking aquarium, this game is not yet fit for purpose unless being frustrated and angry is the goal.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 9, 2022

  I played it for over 2h today and had at lot of fun. The price is real cheap but the graphics are good so far and for oldschool Fish Tycoon gamers like me it's a pleasure to see a studio pick up the idea of making your business as aquarist and so on :) It's an early access game and it still has potential to get better (like how to place items etc.) but it's lovely and worth your money and support! If you like simulations and are into stuff like house flipper it's worth a shot. Thanks to the developer team! Keep up your good work, I'll be watching your progress and send some annoying bug reports if I find any :D If you guys give it a try and like it then please help the devs by leaving a positive comment down here. ♥ EDIT: This game keeps getting better and better :) The dev team is really after fixing bugs and updating new content for free. They also got the problem fixed with positioning the aquarium decoration - it's much easier now! Thanks alot! ♥
• gamedeal user

  Jan 16, 2023

  Woo boy. Firstly, I did actually enjoy this simulation game, which was done well enough. The graphics were really good if you ignore some of the people (I mean, come on, Daddy dearest looks like he'd be more fitting in a different genre...). The music was okay as well and it did add to the game's relaxing atmosphere. The tutorial, while it is helpful, would be nice to skip, especially if someone wanted to start a new game completely. There's no real story in here beyond the odd startup in the tutorial (your father gets you into the hobby and gives you your first basement/garage shop?) and the goal of making better aquariums. I didn't experience any game breaking bugs, but I did notice later on in-game that there were graphical issues? For example, sometimes, when I fed the fish, the flakes won't show but the fish are being fed. Or in the Oceanarium, the sea weed would look like a shadow when trying to place it but it would show up properly when it did get placed. There was a container that got stuck in the wall of the cave but eventually did come out when at a certain angle. Sometimes going into the edit mode or whatever didn't work as it should in the Oceanarium when it was fine in the other levels (I had to move to the side before it would let me go forward beyond the glass). Beyond the issues, the devs need to proofread the English in this game one more time. For example, they have seaweed as "sea weed" or "Plant is dead because of Plant is dead" (which was my favorite). I could list some more issues I had but the review is already long enough. My main issue with the game is the time constraint. It made the game feel a lot less casual, since even skipping still ended the day. That's the major reason why I'm not fully behind recommending this game. Even feeding the sharks was a bit of a hassle when it felt silly to be able to feed fish from a can of fish food in a physically impossible position but when holding a piece of meat, the player had to move to the top of the tank? Overall, despite the very annoying need to pay attention to an in-game clock, this still was a pretty decent simulation game. It's not perfect, but it's not terrible (and it's better than a lot out there). I would still recommend this game to anyone who loves fish or simulation games (or both).
• gamedeal user

  Mar 9, 2022

  Unfortunately too many bugs at the moment to enjoy this game. Placing objects in the tank is difficult as well. The game has a lot of potential in future updates but it seems unfinished
• gamedeal user

  Jul 23, 2023

  Houseflipper, but make it fishtanks