Desktop Fishes

3.5/10 its ok, almost no content here quit game turns game back on all my fish skills are gone....... checks forums to find lots of other people with exact same problem yup im done

not worth the money. uninstalled after 1 hour.

+ Strong theming * Very slow progression, which could be fine if you're not interested in active play or progression - Stylized themed menus are not obvious/accessible - No guidance, tutorial, or information; it's discoverable through trial, but confusing The 1k hours achievement makes it clear: This product expects you to use it as an interactive background. There's no timely active gameplay or progression. Seaweed grows, but very slowly. The shop has offers, but doesn't swap out automatically, so either you wait longer to unlock items irrelevant to progression and gameplay, or you pay a swap fee.

There is a bug that resets the skill tree and settings. Developer said they were gonna roll out a fix late December but has been MIA. Would not get in its current state.

It's quite dull. Instead of focusing on upgrading what you have, you're forced to purchase cosmetic stuff for your fishes. I mean, you can reroll so that MAYBE you get the option to purchase a new egg but you have to pay to do so and since it's random, you risk losing money in pointless rerolls. Also, the game doesn't explain anything, you have to figure out and, to reinforce my previous complain, if i'm buying a random item, I would like to know if it's a new feature or if it's a cosmetic. Just don't waste your time unless you really want to have a virtual aquarium on your screen.

I got this game in a special sale bundle. I thought it looked cute from a glance. Installed and played over a couple of days. Overall, I enjoyed it for a little bit, but after the 20+ hours of on/off gameplay, it made my laptop start to run warm while having it on. A cute 'background' for visuals, but not something I would be running continuously for the cute aesthetics. Pros: +It is cute. +Multiple colors and designs for fish. +Fun to watch the fish swim on the screen. +Good for passing time. Cons: -No clear explanations or steps shown. You're just left to click around and figure it out on your own. -You quickly lose the ability to view separate fish as they just continue to multiple to get the new species. -The shop sometimes only charges 100 which is what is shown, other times it charges double to refresh the available items. -The shop offers only 3 things even if you don't want to buy poison/love food. -The seaweed is inconsistent on how it grows.

I am a huge fan of idle games but this one just doesn't hit the spot. I was excited for "desktop fishes" because i love fish and thought it would be cute to have them swim over my monitor constantly. the fish are cute, you can hatch them from eggs you buy or breed them. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be any real logic behind breeding, at least i was not able to find one. You very quickly have your whole monitor full of fish and they always clump together on one side for some reason. you can only reduce the number of fish by poisoning and killing them. there is a "fishbowl" but that only makes the fish you put away invisible for some things. there is no way to filter your fish or look at colorcombinations. WWhat annoys me most is that there are achievements for chilling with your fish for 100, 200, 500 and 1000 hours, which is just exessive, especially because the fish don't even react to anything to make them interesting desktop companions. All in all i am really disappointed by this game.

I enjoy the concept but it is not playable for me at this time because of a bug that causes the skill tree and game settings to be reset without getting your skill points back every time you close the game.

[h3] Cute aquarium like game with more bugs than fishes... [/h3] The game does have nice graphics and a cozy atmosphere to it... that only last a little bit. My biggest problem with it: you are required to play [b]1,000 hours[/b], on a game that does not provide nearly enough content for you to waste the time on it for that long. Well, unless you look at is as a live wallpaper application of sorts, then suuuure. Next, you are require to discover 100 fishes, but hey, did ya know? There ain't even a nice way to get ride of them with profit. So, in other words, you have a literal mess of a screen full of dupes and the like that you don't need! BUT HEY! WORRY NOT! Why not just make them invisible! That way they are no longer there! Surely, right???? (jokes aside, when you load the game, you still have to wait for those invisible fishes to load). On the other hand, you can just poison and kill your extra fishes.... like, why ☠️ It's also tedious to make "money", that you need for cosmetics, food and fishes. Far too grinding without a feel of fulfillment. Other than that, it's difficult to manage your fishes since there's no real way to do so. Nothing like a list, inventory or the like. You also need unique fishes if you want to complete the collections so you will overpopulate your screen and then need to hide them one by one by hand. Sure, there are ways to trick the system and trigger all the achievements without wasting time, but that shouldn't be the way to beat a "game". 😔

内容としては非常に面白かった。(セーブデータ一回消すぐらい) アップデートの予告で要約すると、『色々便利機能追加する予定やで』と言っていたが、2026年5月26日まで何も来ていない。これから買おうと思っている方は、アップデートされてからの方がいいかもしれない。 (転生要素も追加されると言っているのでこれからに期待) (あんまりレビュー書かないけど日本語のレビューが少なかったので一応)