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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).

10
playing now
83%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1.80★
PlayStation Store rating (276 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 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 7% of 29,352 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99
GOG$15.99

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 88 of 131 observed days · $9.87 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

2622026-09-15 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
577Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 44 · peak 146May 2022 — avg 18 · peak 48Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 39Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 33Mar 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 46Jul 2023 — avg 16 · peak 38Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 338May 2024 — avg 17 · peak 40Jul 2024 — avg 18 · peak 42Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 30Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 52Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 48May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 82Jul 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 59Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 57Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 41Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 52May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 47Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$5.122022-03-082026-10-152022-03-08 — 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 $13.482026-08-31 — best price $6.392026-09-10 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $6.392026-09-30 — best price $6.392026-10-10 — best price $15.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
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 InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support6 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2024-06-19, latest 2026-04-04 (Steam store data)

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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