The Game Census
Chillquarium cover art

Chillquarium

Ben Reber · 2023-09-06

Steam

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Chillquarium is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy fish and raise them in real time, then sell them to turn a profit! Customize your aquarium as you progress from a simple starter tank to your dream setup by filling your collection with rare exotic fish and ultra-rare color variants!

274
playing now
92%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

274 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 274 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 565 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~71/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 167k–375k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,329 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-01) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20232026Week of 2023-09-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,067 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2821622026-08-07 00:00 — 231 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 201 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 223 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 225 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 194 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 240 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 214 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 209 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 237 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 210 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 181 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 247 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 209 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 189 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 249 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 219 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 188 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 190 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 206 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 193 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 178 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 192 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 192 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 205 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 247 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 235 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 255 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 282 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 274 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.992023-09-062026-07-242023-09-06 — best price $4.792023-11-21 — best price $4.792023-12-21 — best price $4.792024-01-08 — best price $4.792024-03-06 — best price $4.792024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-04-22 — best price $4.792024-06-02 — best price $3.952024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-07-22 — best price $4.792024-11-11 — best price $4.492024-11-27 — best price $4.192024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-02-03 — best price $3.592025-03-13 — best price $4.192025-04-01 — best price $3.592025-06-01 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $3.952025-08-11 — best price $4.492025-09-29 — best price $3.592025-11-10 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $3.592026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-05-24 — best price $2.992026-06-07 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-07-16 — best price $5.992026-07-24 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1122026-08-26 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
64.8%
earned "Freshwater Friends Enjoyer"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,14812%21

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CozyCuteIdlerCasualNatureClickerEconomyFishingColorfulRelaxing

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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