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Aquarist
Developer FreeMind S.A.
Build beautiful aquariums, care for exotic marine life, complete creative customer jobs, and grow your own aquarium business into a world-class oceanarium in this relaxing sandbox simulation🪸🐟 From the Steam store page
185 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
77
LovedLoved
134 positive · 39 negative
95% range 71–83%
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| Steam reviews | 134 | 39 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
542 of 647 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
77% recommend · 133 yes, 39 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 172 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (967 of 1,163 positive).
Many reviewers note clunky controls and placement issues. [1][2][3] Some players report bugs and glitches that hinder the experience. [4][5][6]
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- [2]
While it's beautiful and kinda a little fun, the main appeal for me when I bought it was the idea of decorating beautiful aquariums (isnt that most peoples appeal?) and the difficulty in placing items in the tank has really turned me off of this game. I've played 4 hours, and I don't think I'll play any more. Accidentally place deco on the glass? your only option is to sell it for a loss. The placement system is …
- [9]
I would absolutely recommend Aquarist. It's like 10 games in one. On top of the gameplay, each area brings with it a mission to build the personal dream aquarium for someone. I do wish there were more of these missions. Are a couple of the missions adverts for their other games? Sure, but you still have a good time playing the mission and you get stuff you can use in your main aquariums, including fish and …
- [8]
This game does a great job of realistically simulating aquascaping. You have to carefully balance variables like pH, oxygen levels, temperature, and nitrates to create a healthy environment for your fish and plants. It’s challenging in a rewarding way, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning about aquascaping without the cost and commitment of a real setup. I do also recommend the DLC offered in …
- [1]
It's a nightmare to rotate an object in this game, but it's fun to play
- [7]
My genuine only complaint about this game is that, during the store location, I swear customers walk in and complain just to complain. It's infuriating when the MOMENT they step inside, they mention that something is missing. Like they're somehow prophetic. Worse is when another customer *just* pulled the last one off the shelf... It's not missing, just not restocked. Beyond that, I am enjoying a game that takes …
Summarised from 34 of the 184 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Aquarist talk about realistic simulation of fish care and aquascaping; those who didn't talk about clunky and frustrating item placement controls. Which matters more to you?
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60 of 185 · most liked firstWhile it's beautiful and kinda a little fun, the main appeal for me when I bought it was the idea of decorating beautiful aquariums (isnt that most peoples appeal?) and the difficulty in placing items in the tank has really turned me off of this game. I've played 4 hours, and I don't think I'll play any more. Accidentally place deco on the glass? your only option is to sell it for a loss. The placement system is extremely clunky.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is there. The concept is beautiful. The bugs and glitches are not. For a game that is 2-3 years old, there SHOULD NOT be so many glitches and bugs. I first played this game on my Nintendo Switch and enjoyed it until I got stuck- one too many times. So, I decided to purchase it for PC because TYPICALLY bugs are squashed faster... For this game, that's not the case. I had to return it for this very reason. I wish that at some point in the future everything can be fixed so I can purchase…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an aquarium game, and that's awesome, and there's a lot do do. Though it's apparent from the very beginning that this is not a *good* game. One of the first clues is that the first fish you get in the tutorial are two goldfish for your 30-something gallon tank- whose store page says that their minimum tank size is 18 gallons, which would be very, very small for a fully grown goldfish in real life- personally I'm raising some goldfish in real life in 150 gallons and one of them is about 8…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting idea for a game, but the execution is pretty rough. Pros: - You get to design aquariums (yay)! Cons: - Extremely hand holdy tutorial. I wanted to make my goldfish's home perfect, before the story moved on, but I was locked out of the store. - Difficult to control where items get placed in the tank and at what rotation. - Difficult to tell where in space an item is as you are holding it. This makes it easy to mistakenly place an item close to or far from the player. -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY FOR STEAM DECK Even though it says its verified, 90% of people who download this and run it on deck wont have any controls at all. The devs DO NOT care about fixing it as the deck is not there top priority, and will do nothing more than tell you "it does work, you're probably just doing something wrong" or they'll tell you "the demo version doesn't work on deck but the full version does" no, no it doesn't. Don't buy this game for deck. Not worth the gamble.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished the main campaign of the game. I have some thoughts. I'm going to start by saying I mostly enjoyed the game. It was fun figuring out the different fish and their aquariums. That said, there were a few things that annoyed me. First, the more minor one, there are constant grammatical errors throughout the game. The types of errors make me guess that the developers aren't native English speakers, which is perfectly fine, but having someone look it over would have been good. I would…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →aquarist is a relaxing aquarium decoration game. however, it has a really slow opening that may potentially turn a lot of players away from the game, as well as numerous bugs and gameplay issues. lets start with the opening of the game. the tutorial has about three different segments before you get into the main game and can decorate aquariums however you would like. the tutorial takes 30-45 minutes to complete, give or take. that is ridiculous. tutorials are supposed to be quick…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really, really wish I could give this game a good review because I do love it, but unfortunately I can't in good conscience recommend a game that made me literally spend hours trying to repair my PC after a crash. This game managed to overrun the threads on my GPU and somehow in doing so corrupt my graphics driver. This was not a one off because the same issue occurred every time I attempted to play the game. A game crashing is one thing, a game crashing the whole PC is another. I would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like all the parameters and the fact that they aren't inscrutably difficult to meet, but the controls for placing decorations in the tank are so difficult to use, it's very hard to do anything you could call aquascaping. I feel like I'm mostly just throwing objects into the tank and hoping they land well. Surely these controls could be improved.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →developer replies really fast, bugs reported are fixed the very next day, which is incredible. however, the game is frustratingly tedious at times. jobs are also badly designed, you can get stuck on certain small edges, spend a ton of time looking for items required for certain late game mechanics. a lot of in game mechanics are actually just there to peak your interest at other games from this developer. game has a lot of 'rare' achievements, but they arent hard to get at all, its just so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma (possibly?) ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ALGORITHM... HEAR ME. Square Enix Nintendo Marine Biology Nudibranch Crustacean Aquarist Fishing Zelda Pokemon Digimon Bravely Default Dragon Quest Game Boy Monster Collector Nintendogs Dogs Sonic Plushies Fossils Ordovician Cambrian Silurian Jazz Slap Bass Metal Fighting Games Pokken Indie Game
neutral · AI labelView post →This is going to be such a conflicting review, but I'll do my best to keep things short. As far as game play goes, this game is actually so addictive and fun. It is a truly cozy game in the sense that I can chill for hours after work tending to my aquarium without the stress of being good/bad at a silly little simulator game. However, it isn't the type of cozy game that gets boring after 8 hours of play time. They introduce so many elements in terms of DLC as well as regular game play to keep…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While this is not for me, as it is EXTREMELY detailed, I do recommend it if you always wanted to own an aquarium and all the things that come with owning one but you do not have the money or time irl; this game is for you! This game is a little overwhelming for me personally; as there is too much to do for me. It felt like I actually had an aquarium I needed to take care of. You name it and you can do it in this game! Its really cool, I just personally do not care for games that this detail…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would absolutely recommend Aquarist. It's like 10 games in one. On top of the gameplay, each area brings with it a mission to build the personal dream aquarium for someone. I do wish there were more of these missions. Are a couple of the missions adverts for their other games? Sure, but you still have a good time playing the mission and you get stuff you can use in your main aquariums, including fish and decorations. I love how big each level is. There are so many opportunities to display…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This relaxing game allows you to create and decorate aquariums with a great variety of fish and other elements. Although the controls of the game feel a little clunky at times, you get used to it. This is exactly the kind of cozy experience I was looking for. Very recommended for those who want to create their own dreamlike aquarium and exploit their creativity.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game would be a lot better without the hour long tutorial
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i played this game quite a while ago and loved it but recently i cannot get the game to launch no matter what i try!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fairly accurate for fish species with a sprinkling of make believe ones. However it does promote a lot of practices that are absolutely undesirable in the fishkeeping world; namely flushing fish down the toilet. Great fun for all the family.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My genuine only complaint about this game is that, during the store location, I swear customers walk in and complain just to complain. It's infuriating when the MOMENT they step inside, they mention that something is missing. Like they're somehow prophetic. Worse is when another customer *just* pulled the last one off the shelf... It's not missing, just not restocked. Beyond that, I am enjoying a game that takes fish needs into a more realistic variable. You have to consider what you're…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a controller gamer, I get some games won't be suited to them. I don't take huge offense when a game doesn't offer controller support (unless it's in a genre that is known primarily for being controller-type, like Metroidvanias, arcade racers, platformers, etc). What frustrates me is when a game comes out WITH controller support that was clearly added just to tick a box. This controller support is pathetic. I couldn't even make it through the tutorial with how insanely frustratingly bad the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't care for this one, in spite of my love of aquariums. It just felt tedious, and the dialogue was lame as hell. Maybe this genre isn't for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely LOVED Aquarist! I bought all the DLC's when they were on sale, and they were great. I 100%ed the game as well which was hard but not impossible! Highly recommend this game! :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game in concept, but it's glitchy and clearly unfinished. The mechanics of placing items in your aquarium are clunky and hard to perfect. I kept accidentally pressing escape while inspecting my aquariums, causing me to be completely unable to exit either menu. I had to go to task manager and close the game to get out of that. I'm refunding this game but I'd be happy to buy it again when it's more refined.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today I talk about another aquarium game I've played this year: #Aquarist - which is an aquarium simulation game where you open your own shop! #Gaming #VideoGames #Blog #Blogging aywren.com/2025/11/11/b...
neutral · AI labelView post →Aquarist is terrible!!! Nothing about this "game" is good. Graphics are bad, controls are horrible and don't work half of the time. Must be paid for reviews cause I'm not seeing anything worth playing. I would ask for a refund if I had bought it from Steam, but it was in a bundle. NOT recommended
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i have bought this game 3 times on 3 different platforms. i will mention the first game but dont judge the game from reading that because things improved after that & got much better. the first time i bought it for the switch but apart from the game giving me chronic motion sickness (i was playing docked mode on tv) but it had game breaking controls in that at the time there was no clear instructions how to pick up & put down the tank & it needed to be put on a table in the middle of the room…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun! I need a crustaceans DLC with paludarium and such!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does a great job of realistically simulating aquascaping. You have to carefully balance variables like pH, oxygen levels, temperature, and nitrates to create a healthy environment for your fish and plants. It’s challenging in a rewarding way, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning about aquascaping without the cost and commitment of a real setup. I do also recommend the DLC offered in the game, as you get much more opportunities to showcase your aquariums and even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant even load it up just black screens has been like it for a year
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I currently have 7 fish tanks of various sizes at home with multiple different species and invertebrates. I would love to get more but don’t have the space, this game scratches that itch. It’s fairly in depth for a game but not so much that you have to worry about things like ammonia or nitrate spikes or anything like that. It’s not the best looking game by any means but it’s good for what it is, and if you buy the dlcs the amount on content you get is great from odd jobs to running your own…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely no way to aquascape, which is half of a tank. You buy things and they... appear behind you. Sure. Totally intuitive. Garbage. Just random crap (you can only buy a handful of things) flopping everywhere. No organization to the inventory. The storyline/tutorial mode doesn't tell you anything. Here's your first empty tank and some money. Go. Garbage.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I HATE this game! It says I've played this game for 8 hours...Nope not even, it's been running but 90% of this time is fighting the controls in this sad excuse of a game. You can't move forward in the tutorial if you miss a step, you have to start over. The saved file that I have just have me washing tanks (right after the tutorial. I've tried giving this game some time to get better and it has not. Got a bunch of DLC's but the core mechanics of this game is terrible. I thought it was me but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nightmare to rotate an object in this game, but it's fun to play
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Completed the game. This game is not designed for people who liked fighting, storylines, challenges, adrenaline etc. It is very therapeutic without time constraints (you can ignore the time and it will stop at 2359 and you can do whatever you want), and you can design aquariums and put in fishes as you like. Very chill and relaxing. Choices are limited at first, but as you progress you will unlock more items, fishes, corals, decorations, plants etc. There are plenty of things the devs can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. I was, and still am, looking for ocean related or aquatic based games, as I love the ocean and think its so beautiful but its hard to find the right game for me. I've been playing Aquarist nonstop for the last couple of weeks. Its pulls you right in, and does a good job at making you feel like your in the game actually taking care of these fish with how detailed it is. I do wish it was a little less buggy. I only say a little because for the bigger fish, they don't really swim…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →doesnt work. no mouse, touch pads dont work either. missing items in game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BUYYY ITTT!!!!!! LOVE THIS GAME honestly if you like aquariums irl then youll love this game for pc. this by far is one of my fav games of all time i always reccomened it to all my pc friends. the design is beautiful the decor is beautiful THE FISH THE FREAKING FISH IN THIS GAME ARE AMAZING SO BEAUTIFUL THE WAY EACH ONE IS DEISNED DIFFERENTLY HONESTLY THE devs and there team should give themselfs a pat on the back cause this is the only fish game that i found on steam that is the best fish…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is bugged and gaming loop is not that good, can be annoying to know which fish to feed, u get just warning symbol don't know which acquarium or fish and hard to check what water, or if you have multiple overlying stats adn tweaking it is slow. Customers buy ♥♥♥♥ off your acquariums it is chore, despite havin 10 drawers from which they can buy decorations ,even when i check buy only fish then it gets all green... Supermarket is very annoying u have to charge so many ppl same ♥♥♥♥ , instead…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I quite like this game and I did have it 100% at one point but the addition of so much DLC feels like kind of a cashgrab. The devs are super helpful though and when my save got corrupted they responded very quickly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just beat this game and I loved the ride, there are some small changes i think could be added to make it even better such as better swim animations and collision or some animal emotes like morays hiding under rocks, but if more DLC come out i'll be grabbing them for sure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an alright game. The controls are super janky, though. And some of the "jobs" arent working for some reason? Supposed to paint 10 walls.... well, I've painted and re-painted my entire shop thing and it's still at 0 lol. Give it a shot, but don't expect anything incredible. There are definitely better aquarium games out there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bad cant even get past the tutorial on top of that you cant save in the tutorial and its really long
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a review of the game but a review of the lack thereof for me. Paid for the game, installed and tried to play. It would consistently attempt to oad but I would eventually have to close do to it no responding. tried clearing cache / updating drivers. Does not work to fix the problem
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible with a controler. The arrow moves at snail's pace and there's no streamlining for menu selection with controler
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun for people in the fish-keeping hobby. I have loads of fun building my own tanks, choosing the species that goes in there, and taking care of them. To me it's not about the money. Maybe the true aquarist was the friends we made along the way (there aren't any).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was interesting to be able to have to get the temperature and food right which was really fun. it was so satisfying to clean and decorate the aquarium's. i loved it, It's so much fun! out 10 I'd give it an 8 no 8.5 to 9. this game was what actually made me want a seahorse and other fish i would of hated otherwise. ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i bought this thinking it was full controller support. It;s not. now its unplayable, great. please dont get this if you have hand disablities.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty bad. Not gonna go into detail because it's not even worth that much time. Refunded and moving on
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a awesome game, Its very fun and some stuff is a challenge, there is some bugs here and there with placing items in the tanks but that will not stop you and the supermarket stocker is the worst he will not take boxes to storage he just drops them on the floor lol but other then that its a great game, If you join the discord they are very good at helping with problems.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw this game by chance, thought it was my type of game except for........aquariums! I just coudn't see myself being interested in designing aquariums. How wrong I was! It's an absolutely wonderful game! Designing the aquariums is fun but this game offers so much more. It offers just about everything you could imagine and more! The positive comments on here (the reason I decided to give it a try) are totally justified. It was a really pleasant surprise and I fully recommend it. If in doubt,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun and relaxing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't typically write too many reviews but this game and it's devs are absolutely Fantastic! I have spent over 53 hours in under 2 weeks loving this game and have only stopped recently due to a bug that stopped my progress (which the lead Dev himself responded to me, in less than a 12 hour period from when the report was submitted, and is currently working to fix my save) This game is a absolutely must buy if you love very casual and creative yet rewarding gameplay. I was also pleasantly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello developers. I really love the lab DLC add on. However I do wanna talk about one thing. The timer only works if your in that area, which makes playing hard because there's other things to do. Could you make it so the timer works no matter what zone your in? If people are wondering if it's a good game, It's amazing. I highly recommend it, there's lot's to do!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's so hard to move around objects inside of the aquariums. Refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aquarist, developed by FreeMind S.A. and published by both PlayWay S.A. and FreeMind S.A., is a relaxing simulation game that centers around designing, managing, and expanding aquariums in a variety of scenarios. With a gameplay loop that emphasizes creativity and care, players are given the opportunity to gradually build their way from modest freshwater tanks to elaborate aquatic displays filled with exotic marine life. It’s a game that aims to blend casual sandbox mechanics with light…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game but recently the game fails to load and ive found no fix as of yet, just goes to not responding
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of the most beautiful games i have tried and it has a deep reality for lovers of making fish ponds and it will make you gain experience in the field of making fish ponds
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a "cozy games" and "simulation games" fanatic, I have to say this is one of the best ones I've played! It is absolutely amazing the amount of activities they added for us to do, the collab with other games was a genius idea! I am only at my second location and I already loveee this game! Chef's kiss!
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