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Aquarist

FreeMind S.A. · PlayWay S.A. · 2024-03-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 25, 2024 (PlayStation 4), May 31, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 10, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Aquarist is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2024, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1142 reviews).

22
playing now
84%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 90 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 9,594 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,142 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.39-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.12 at GameBillet (2025-11-23) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 64 of 96 observed days · $1.27 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420222026Week of 2022-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3942026-08-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 29 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$5.122022-03-082026-08-302022-03-08 — best price $8.992022-10-13 — best price $9.992023-01-20 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-07-25 — best price $9.992023-09-20 — best price $9.992023-12-01 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $5.492024-03-14 — best price $12.792024-05-05 — best price $13.312024-06-04 — best price $13.312024-07-10 — best price $15.992024-08-12 — best price $8.532024-09-09 — best price $8.532024-10-01 — best price $15.992024-10-25 — best price $15.992024-12-02 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $12.142025-02-08 — best price $6.192025-04-08 — best price $15.992025-06-03 — best price $15.992025-08-01 — best price $15.992025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-09-30 — best price $6.792025-10-21 — best price $7.202025-11-18 — best price $15.992025-12-19 — best price $7.192026-02-18 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.222026-04-30 — best price $15.992026-06-24 — best price $6.392026-08-09 — best price $13.482026-08-30 — best price $6.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68.5%
earned "My first gold fish"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing6 DLC

26 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Bulgarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7120%64
Xbox One (Xbox)1919%22
PS4 (PlayStation)353%33
PS4 (PlayStation)190%33
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DIndieCasualSandboxBuildingRelaxingEducationManagementSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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