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I Am Fish
Developer Bossa Studios
I Am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. Swim, fly, roll and chomp your way to the open ocean in a bid for freedom and to re-unite once again. From the Steam store page
191 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
57
Mixed
98 positive · 73 negative
95% range 50–64%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 98 | 73 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,108 of 1,585 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
59% recommend · 103 yes, 73 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 176 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (2,936 of 4,015 positive).
Players praise the game's original concept, cute art style, and variety of fish mechanics. [1][2][3] Many reviewers find the physics-based controls frustrating and the game overly difficult. [1][2][4] Some players report technical issues like bugs, poor performance, and broken achievements. [5][6][7]
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Representative posts
- [5]
Cute with great artstyle, but I encountered too many bugs. A lot of them required me to restart from checkpoint, especially in the airport level. Usually these bugs don't bother me, but when it's in a challenging game like this, it's just isn't fair and makes a terrible experience.
- [4]
I was really excited to play this game but I am really disappointed by it. This is one of the most frustrating platformers I have ever played. I love the concept and the art style is so cute and it is so fun trying to get the fish back together but the way the mechanics of the game work are so frustrating. For example being in a bowl you can move all directions but being in a bottle it is less than ideal for …
- [1]
Very original in terms of concept and level design. Highlights were the discotheque, the highway and the hospital. The graphics were gorgeous, comparable in quality to Pixar movies, complete with great lighting and reflections. However, in this type of niche game, there are pseudo physics implemented, so the movements are often intentionally clunky and awkward. Those water containers have momentum and don't turn on …
- [2]
I got the platinum for I Am Fish in around 14 hours, and the experience was a constant balance between frustration and satisfaction. The physics-based movement can be incredibly chaotic at times, leading to plenty of failed attempts that feel more awkward than difficult, but finally overcoming those sections always felt rewarding. That contrast ended up becoming a big part of the game’s identity for me. What kept …
- [3]
Novel concept, fun mechanics, lovely sense of humor, and some very satisfying challenges. Except for Flying Fish 3. I need whoever was responsible for that level to be sat down before my cold, empty, bloodshot eyes, and I need them to explain themselves. The rest of it's great though!
Summarised from 34 of the 196 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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I Am Fish sits at 57% positive across 171 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 191 · most liked firstCute with great artstyle, but I encountered too many bugs. A lot of them required me to restart from checkpoint, especially in the airport level. Usually these bugs don't bother me, but when it's in a challenging game like this, it's just isn't fair and makes a terrible experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is a very fun game and i wish i could give it a positive review but for some reason this game is IMPOSSIBLE to 100% since 2 of the bread are completely broken and will never give you the collect all bread achievement. the developers have abandoned this game and it shows
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very original in terms of concept and level design. Highlights were the discotheque, the highway and the hospital. The graphics were gorgeous, comparable in quality to Pixar movies, complete with great lighting and reflections. However, in this type of niche game, there are pseudo physics implemented, so the movements are often intentionally clunky and awkward. Those water containers have momentum and don't turn on a dime. You try to be precise, but it's tough. Not so much difficulty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only buy it for the Steam Deck if you love 20 FPS
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Who is the target audience for this game?? You would think this would be aimed towards a younger audience based on the cute fish, and cartoony hi-jinks but don't let the trailers fool you this is a total rage bait game in disguise as a children's game. Do not buy this for your kids.. they will cry. Do not buy this for yourself.. you will cry. This game has some of the worst performance and controls I've ever experienced. Checkpoints only exist within your current play session so if you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really excited to play this game but I am really disappointed by it. This is one of the most frustrating platformers I have ever played. I love the concept and the art style is so cute and it is so fun trying to get the fish back together but the way the mechanics of the game work are so frustrating. For example being in a bowl you can move all directions but being in a bottle it is less than ideal for directional movement. Add in that you have seagulls pushing you around, I was getting…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Moving aquarium felt painfully slow, and I didn't find the gameplay rewarding enough for me. + Frequent FPS drops
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here is this week's schedule ! It'll be my last week as a tiny BU, so let's give it a nice sendoff ! I AM FISH was the first game other than a gacha that I played here, so I wanted to revisit it ! I wonder if it'll be nostalgic ! Then, let's play a lot of webfishing together !
positive · AI labelView post →Do not get baited by the art style or preview videos. I have been playing steam games for 10 years and this is the first review I have ever written. I am only doing so because I have never been so uniquely upset after completing a game. Who is the target audience? Frustrating, boring, and uninspired level design. A warning to not waste any time or money on this gold spraypainted turd of a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the technical physics stuff of the game are sluggish and make the game a slog, getting stuck on objects means a full 5 secs of swimming in teh other direction to get the momentum to be unstuck that is if your just stuck on the object and have to respawn. the game runs poorly also and the style looks cheap
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game, I really did...until the flying fish. The concept of the game is nice and cute, but the controls are so awful it makes you want to rage quit at points, but you can't...because you loose all the progress. Once you start a level, you need to complete all of the map, because despite the checkpoints, if you leave or exit the game, it sends you back to the beginning. Is the game bad or unplayable? Not at all, but I can't in good mind recommend it, not with those controls. If you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How could you make a game about being a fish so unfun. I was miserable the entire time playing this game. The controls feel like you are fighting quicksand, the sounds are annoying, the level designs are repetitive. Every level is the same. There is so much you could have done for a game called i am fish to be fun and i want to cry now. You ruined my day and frankly my life.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →totally random question but if you had to pick a game that a certain goblin Druid should stream next would you pick; MySims remake (cozy furniture building/decorating Sims game) Looney Tunes Sheep Raider (silly stealth(?) puzzle game where you steal sheep) Or I Am Fish (you play as a fish idk)
neutral · AI labelView post →Novel concept, fun mechanics, lovely sense of humor, and some very satisfying challenges. Except for Flying Fish 3. I need whoever was responsible for that level to be sat down before my cold, empty, bloodshot eyes, and I need them to explain themselves. The rest of it's great though!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't even wanna talk about it...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got the platinum for I Am Fish in around 14 hours, and the experience was a constant balance between frustration and satisfaction. The physics-based movement can be incredibly chaotic at times, leading to plenty of failed attempts that feel more awkward than difficult, but finally overcoming those sections always felt rewarding. That contrast ended up becoming a big part of the game’s identity for me. What kept the experience enjoyable was the variety between levels and mechanics. Each…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →only get on sale (discount) cause im pretty sure the game is short and i also recommend playing the game on a controller i really enjoyed playing it i wanted to play this in the past too, i didnt know you can play as other fishes that is so cool
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you play this game, I recommend using a controller and DO NOT USE Bossa Style controls. I played my run with Bossa Style because I wanted to play the game in a way that's unique to it. I did beat the game with it, but after looking at someone else's playthrough and then briefly trying the standard controls, I realized a lot of my major frustrations with this game were because of the Bossa Style controls. Now I'll talk about the Bossa Style controls. It's sort of like tank controls in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We should have the option to execute one of the fishes at the end. (The goldfish mainly)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cute! Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute. It's a bit buggy but it's okay (some textures keep you from moving and you respawn when stuck for example). It feels like playing a cute movie and reminds me of these marble balancing games I used to play as a child. I like it :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bought it cuz it was on sale.....and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game is assssssss....refund requested....didnt even last 30 min....the "puzzles" could be completed by a 4 year old....but the controls and the "physics" must have also been designed by the same 4 year old....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Appleseed's Indie Game Of The Day! Day 169) I Am Fish by Bossa Studios A fun and frustrating game where you play as four different types of fish manuevering your way around. There's a lot of fun puzzle elements to trying to physics your way around.
neutral · AI labelView post →Interesting ideas, but poor execution (controls, physics).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't understand why the reviews are so mixed for a game that looks so fun and charming. That's until I played it. The movement mechanics aren't hard, they're just frustrating. It's really disappointing since everything else is great but this is an integral part of gameplay that messes up the whole game. I usually don't flag my reviews as negative for games since most of the things I dislike can be somewhat ignored but this is a big one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could be so good, good idea, great looking, but gosh, it is so frustrating. The level design just get's bad later on. The nightclub level!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →♥♥♥♥ YOUUU FLYING FISH
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sometimes cute, but a lot of bugs and boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i bought this game for my little one, and predictably they ended up asking me to take over most of the levels when it ended up being too hard for them to complete. i paid 6 dollars for this game and I think that's about what it's worth. i would not feel comfortable paying more than ten dollars for it. while there's a lot of questionable plot points (like freshwater fish wanting to live in a saltwater ocean?) the main problem with the game is that it's a physics game with inconsistent physics.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really want to love this game, and I’ve completed every level, but I have to be honest: the movement and controls are shockingly bad. The level design suffers from the same issues, with a lot of unpolished sections throughout. On top of that, the number of bugs I encountered was absurd. This just doesn’t feel like a finished game, which is a real shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Am Fish is a cute adventure game that’s both hilarious and frustrating at the same time. Rolling around town in fish bowls and random containers creates plenty of funny moments, and each fish has unique abilities that help keep the gameplay fresh, though much of the game becomes repetitive fairly quickly. The controls can feel slow and clumsy, which leads to some frustrating moments. It’s still a fun experience overall, but personally I can’t recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably one of the most frustrating, nay, infuriating games I've played in a long time. Physics are jank, controls are absolutely broken. Not a huge fan of games that are disguised to be relaxing and fun but are just rage inducing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →doesnt work at all
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my two year old loves this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game cured my depression andd made me stop beating my wife. Pufferfish is cute
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just not really my cup of tea, cool concept though. Almost feels like you escaped the dentist office in Finding Neemo and want to go sight seeing before going home. You'll either love it or you wont in the first hour.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a w game and people need to play it. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSsssssssssssssssssss
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I guess you either love or hate this game. I am squarely in the latter group.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Apparently i've been doing a bad job of keeping the ads coming through here, but we finished I Am Fish today. Always satisfying when just finishing the game is one of the rarer achievements lol
positive · AI labelView post →2) I Am Fish This is a cute game I’ve meant to start up like three or four times now but then get distracted by other games.
positive · AI labelView post →this game sucks ass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i got murderous intent playing this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love platformers and this game looks cute and all, but I just cannot play it. The controls and level design overly annoy me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game controls like ass
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buy it when it's on sale if you want to support the developers. I've finished the game, and honestly, I loved it. The graphics are cute, the world is beautiful, and the story is funny and enjoyable. Greg is just an unlucky guy 😭 Maybe in the next game we'll finally get Greg's revenge for all those fish. Every level design feels unique and creative, especially with the different fish abilities. But you know what sucks? The controls. Seriously, the controls are terrible sometimes, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →doesn't know when to fun or when it wants you to just punch through your computer because of the seagulls or the difficult physics.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →in this game, you are a fish
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute waste of time. This game is pure garbage. I’m never touching this again. Honestly, I’d rather watch '2001: A Space Odyssey' on repeat than spend one more second on this. Save your money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is not fun
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is so aura farm tung
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game and nice artstyle but whoever made flying fish level 2, its creative but DAWG THE BOX JUMPS WHERE UNECESAIRY SPENT A HOUR ON THEM!!! 32 respawns later i did it but everything aside just an hour over and already want a sequel
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish whoever designed the levels with the jar a Merry Christma. The game would be great without them.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THIS GAME IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOOL. i love this game because you can roll around as a pufferfish and there is scary bit where you hide from birds.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finished it but probably at the cost of ~10 years of my life. Performance is quite bad considering how the game looks, and the levels feel very samey. I would say each character has 1 good level (out of 3) where it teaches you their unique abilities, but the other 2 levels suck. For a game that expects you to speedrun it (go fast and not die for 5*), it could use some better directions. I spent most my time just working out where to go next because there's no waypoint/arrow etc. Also would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not what I expected at all, fish bowl is so hard to roll and not fun. I also kinda feel bad leaving a negative review, graphically game looks amazing, like an interactive cartoons, but personally I couldn't play because of the reason that I just mentioned.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is very fun and challenging. puzzles galore
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I tried to like it but after the flying fish and the suitcase level I'm over it. That is a literal rng lvl. I can deal with hard but, when I miss 30+ perfectly aimed jumps because the controls that make me want to toss my controller off pride rock, It really starts to feel like rng. Not to mention the jar sections. Those sections can ♥♥♥♥ off right now. Especially when takes you 2 presidential elections to line it up but only 3 seconds for a pelican to knock you off corse. Oh, btw the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are LIVE with more I Am Fish! Fin-ishing off the game today! youtube.com/live/uIHhOs1... www.twitch.tv/ardissvt
neutral · AI labelView post →Some charming visuals with the main fish but everything else is quite dull. Animations, water effects and physics in-game are generally kind of scuffed. Humans have bizarre hitboxes and it's weird they will mindlessly kick large obstacles out of their way. 90% of the world is not able to be interacted with (pushing into random litter on the ground is the same as a brick in your path and won't be moved at all). Controls are floaty (far more than you'd expect even) and movement is unresponsive…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →got so boring so fast
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I might need to treat Greg to something nice after I messed up his stomach :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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