Tiny Aquarium is a cozy idle fish-breeding sim where your tank generates revenue and grows offline. You hatch and sell fish, decorate your tank, and participate in a social economy by visiting friends' aquariums and completing daily tasks. The game's relaxing progression loop and charming visuals appeal to casual players, though its social quest requirements and resource limits may frustrate those seeking pure solo idle gameplay.
About this game
A happy aquarium that lives at the bottom of your screen! Tiny Aquarium is a social idle simulator that keeps growing, even when offline. Hatch, sell fish, decorate, go fishin’, and visit your friends’ aquariums with bite-sized daily sessions.
Players, last 76 days
Peak 293 · Low 99
Daily peak concurrent players, sampled once a night from Steam.
What players are saying
▲ Recommended8 hrs
8 hours in as of right now, and I gotta say i'm hooked, This game reminds me of a game I used to play on my grandmas facebook account (RIP) in like 2010 or so called Happy Aquarium, brings back good memories of being a small child with unrestricted access to the internet, 10 out of 10 game
I did not expect the live service style elements. I do not want to be begging other players to like my aquarium in order to complete multiple quests. I don't want to be limited to 5 likes for other players per day, so that I am begging for likes while not being able to return the favor. I don't want to have limits on how much bait I can buy from the store, I felt this limited my ability to progress at my own pace. I don't want limited time offers that create a "fear of missing out".
Agree with this review 100% so I copied it. Disappointing.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: Adorable game, very stimulating and pretty, I love my fishies! buuut, while I do recommend it... I'm not sure I'm a fan of the online implementation.
Buying from and selling to players and hanging out in lobbies is fun, yes, but having to beg for engagement on a discord server so I can complete quests is not something I'm a fan of. I've already sent feedback to the developers asking for these mechanics to be changed, and I hope you guys do too, if this is something that you don't like to see in videogames.
Overall still awesome, I love my fishies.
UPDATE: It has since been just over a week after I posted my review of this game and I have enjoyed it for another 10 hours.
The devs have made a few tweaks over a couple of patches, and I must say, most of my gripes with the game's social system have been corrected. For starters, I haven't gotten a single quest to receive reactions from other players for a few days. I assume they've been removed entirely, because I did dozens of quests and not one involved that. You still get quests that prompt you to visit and react to other players' aquariums, but those are obviously not the severe pain that is actively begging for reactions for yours, not to mention, they added an unlimited reaction type so that you're never limited to how many aquariums you can react to (let it be known the previous limited reaction types still exist and they're, to my knowledge, the only way to obtain the online currency you use to buy other player's fish)
Sooooo, yeah, pretty happy about that! Seems like they listen to feedback and take it quite well. My opinion still stands, awesome game.
New • A 12th tank, from level 60 Changes • A Leave Reaction button when visiting a tank, like on mobile • UI improvements to competitions • Lobby chat only shows the best catches: Unique, perfect genetics, Albino and Melanism • Foggy backgrounds like Creepy keep their fog even with No fog on Fixes • Fish of the Week is the same for every player again • Tank previews are no longer duplicated after fishing • Going fishing straight from a visit no longer leaves the visit buttons on screen • Text no longer disappears after a long time in a lobby • Joining a lobby always shows the host's map • Joining a busy lobby no longer freezes • Leaving or joining a lobby while the host changes works smoothly • The shop gives your coins back when your bag is full • Visit Random no longer overlaps the Timed Event button • Buying a DLC from the Add-ons panel opens its Steam page • The Jazz shrimp's hat, octopus swimming and Halloween unique icons look right • Many smaller fixes
Hey fish gang,We have a big creepy update just in time for Halloween!What’s in the Creepy Waters Update: (Full Patch Notes Below)🐙 New creatures: Ghost Shark, Vampire Squid, Coffin Fish, Dwarf Octopus, Common Octopus, Cownose Ray and Sea Sheep.🎃 Halloween Event: Brand new limited time decorations, a background, and a new soil type. The rewards of the old Halloween event have been moved to the daily shop rotation.🩵 Spectral fish badge: a fishing exclusive badge that makes fish translucent and glowing eerie blue. (more likely to be caught when fishing at night!)🥇 Aquarium competitions: enter your tank, vote for others and win rewards. The first competition is themed around Halloween, and will reward shells depending on your ranking.📛 New Badge Remover Item: can be used to remove a badge from a fish🪙 DLC shop: unlocked DLC decorations can now be bought any amount of times from the DLC shop using in-game currency.3️⃣ New Soil and Background Options: customise your aquarium with 3 new soils and 3 new backgrounds⛵ A New Boat SkinWe’ve also launched a supporter’s pack DLC alongside!This pack includes the following decorations:Eldritch Portal (With custom VFX!)Cursed ObeliskCorrupted Coral ACorrupted Coral BCorrupted Coral CBest fishes and we hope you enjoy!- Can & Egon from the Lunheim Team 🐙🎃 Creepy Waters: Halloween Update 👻 Halloween Event 20266 event quests instead of 3, plus a reward shop full of spooky decorations: Eye-In-A-Jar, Pumpkin Plant, Halloween Candies, Danger Sign, Scarecrow and moreNew fish: Ghost Shark, Vampire Squid, Coffin Fish, Common Octopus, Dwarf Octopus, Cownose Ray and Sea SheepNew badge: Spectral, a see-through ghostly effect that glows eerie green and blueNew item: Badge Remover, which removes a badge of your choice from a fishBlue Ghost Sloop, a spectral boat skin with an eerie blue glowCreepy background and soil (exclusive to the Halloween event)Creepy Waters Supporter Pack (DLC), with Corrupted Coral, Cursed Obelisk and more🏆 CompetitionsWeek...
Quality of LifeFog looks like it did before 1.19.43 (still optional in Settings)Crabs roam the whole tank again and climb decorations when the floor is fullInbox rewards now fly to your coins, shells, toolbelt or decorationsThe daily reward popup opens once per dayThe fish list fits nine fish again and long names stay readableMutator stats only show on the fish you aim at and follow Interface SizeThe fish panel stays open after breeding BalancingFast and slow metabolism now change how quickly a fish gets hungry, not its coin capacity Fixes & PerformanceSteam achievements not unlockingInstaClean leaving algae behindClaiming market sales freezing the gameLag when switching between storage and tank fishCrabs not reaching food, and fish that stopped eating after switching tanksBoats charging Shells twice or blocking casts in busy lobbiesClicking fish and bubbles while holding the sponge, food, a potion or a mutatorHealth potions staying blocked after switching tanksDecorations stuck in the air or with off-screen menusDragging items between inventory pages, drag shadows and storage drag-scrollingMissing clover buff icon, sale fish names and badges on your own fishReaction wheel opening over the ocean after a visitSocial button only clickable at the topFish clipping into the ground and black patches on the sunken shipOnline features staying offline after reconnectingVarious UI fixes Known IssuesFish list and storage scroll back to the top when reopenedTall Seaweed can only be picked up by its baseToggling fog doesn't update other tanks' previews until restartFishDex sits off-centre at 130% Interface SizeMint, Coral and Golden soil can show a dark patchBoats don't get a hover outline
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