100 hidden Cthulhu fish

I have hated fish and feared the sea and everything connected with it since I was two years old ... but I can not recall what earlier experience gave me such a profound and lasting aversion to the sea and seafood.

There is a reason why there are sea monsters in many Lovecraft novels / short stories. Cthulhu itself has octopus-like features apart from mainly having a human form. This was the inspiration behind creating this HOG. The artwork looks great and each of the 4 levels wants us to find 100 fish. While the game does not have a hint function to assist us, it isn't particularly difficult to find every object.

I love the artwork! A famous Cthulhu sketch drawn by Lovecraft in the '30s can be found just above the TV if you pay attention. Are you not that familiar with H.P. Lovecraft? That's alright! This is still a decent HOG that is easy to complete and perfect for wasting a good 20-30 minutes.

100 hidden Cthulhu Fish by Developer FM Simple Games Studio, Sons of Welder

Hand-drawn humorous graphics that is loosely inspired by an H. P. Lovecraft theme. There are four maps with 100 fish in each, for a total of 400 odd looking fish to find. The music is catchy and delightful, but on a short loop. The scenes are done in black and white sketches. The fish turn a light green color when you find them, adding a nice color addition. Lots of interesting sound effects each time you select a strange looking fish. The people on here are very ghastly looking indeed. More like horrifying! But the fish look and sound comical as they make splish, splash, squishy sounds. All in all I found this one funny, in a morbid kind of way.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3303264069

Pros:
* 400 Fish
* Zippy Music
* Family Sharing
* 100 Achievements
* No Issues using Windows 11

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3303264100

Cons:
* No Trading Cards
* Profile Features Limited

Rating: 9/10

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3303264145

Final Thoughts:
Fun and relaxing game of finding strange looking Cthulhu fish. It's a quick and easy game that can be completed in 10-20 minutes with 100 achievements for your time and efforts. Price is inexpensive and has nice sound effects. Great little time waster and perfect for all ages!

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Note: An awesome friend gifted me a copy of this game. ^^

Searching for Cthulhu fish. XD

Introduction

100 hidden Cthulhu fish is a hidden object game developed and published by FM Simple Games Studio and Sons of Welder. Even though I played the more recent second game in the series (please check out my review of it here), I didn't have a chance to play this one, so feeling in the mood to play a short game, I decided to give this one a try. As there isn't much of a story here, I'll just dive into the gameplay.

There are a total of 4 scenes although only one is available initially while the other three are locked. Each scene has a total of 100 Cthulhu fish, with approximately 25 fish tied to Steam achievements. Once you find all 100 fish in a scene, the next scene will be unlocked and so forth. When you find a fish, you click on it with your left mouse button and zoom in and out of the scene with the mouse wheel. Right clicking the mouse button and dragging the mouse allows you to move the scene and explore more of it. The game only has full screen mode, but it does have Steam achievements, which are easily obtainable. However, they won't count towards a user's global total until the game is out of "profile features limited".

Review

As I mentioned earlier, I was in the mood to play a short game, and so far, I've enjoyed all of the games by the developer that I've gotten around to playing, so I wanted to check out this game. Thanks to a friend for gifting me a digital copy, I got a chance to try it out. Having enjoyed the second game, I had a pretty good guess that this game might be pretty much the same. Although that is true, there are actually more scenes in this game than in the second, so it took me longer to find all of the fish and obtain all of the achievements. This is definitely geared more towards those who want a slight challenge when it comes to finding all of the items. For those who take their time to look for all of the items, this is on the longer side. Anyway, I had no trouble finding all of the items (despite that there's no hint function) and getting the achievements, but there is a useful guide if finding the last few items proves to be elusive.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3271930145

Regarding the art, it has this wonderful hand-drawn style that gives off a Lovecraftian vibe. The fish definitely aren't pretty, but I suppose that's the point. lol I do like that they're colored in green when you find them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3382400871

With the music, there's only one track present, but it has a very soothing, relaxing beat, which is perfect as you're looking for all those fish. I wish that there were more tracks, but for the price, I think that having just one track is fine.

Conclusion

Overall, would I recommend 100 hidden Cthulhu fish? If you're looking for a relatively short hidden object game, you want to play one that isn't cat-themed (although I do adore them a lot XD), and/or you're aiming to get Steam achievements, then this is worth checking out. For the asking price, it is relatively cheap, but you can wait for a sale, and it's in a few Steam bundles. ^^

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