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Insaniquarium Deluxe

PopCap Games, Inc. · 2006-08-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 01, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

Insaniquarium Deluxe is a Casual game released in 2006, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 6843 reviews).

56
playing now
97%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Insaniquarium is a 2001 virtual pets simulator video game, developed by Flying Bear Entertainment and published by PopCap Games and MumboJumbo. Before PopCap Games's involvement, the game was a web-based Java game released in 2001. The game was made downloadable by PopCap Games in 2004 and was ported to mobile devices in 2006 and 2008 by Glu Mobile and Astraware respectively. Insaniquarium has the player maintain a tank full of fish while protecting it from alien attacks.

Trailer

Insaniquarium Deluxe trailer thumbnail

Trailer - Insaniquarium Deluxe

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 56 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 520 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 274k–547k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,843 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

113342026-09-15 12:00 — 45 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 49 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 62 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 67 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 65 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 53 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 60 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 41 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 87 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 86 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 67 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 101 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 64 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 83 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 60 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 55 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 60 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
954Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 17 · peak 37Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 10 · peak 61Aug 2014 — avg 8 · peak 17Jan 2015 — avg 13 · peak 46Jun 2015 — avg 16 · peak 48Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 31Apr 2016 — avg 12 · peak 28Sep 2016 — avg 14 · peak 36Feb 2017 — avg 22 · peak 45Jul 2017 — avg 31 · peak 74Dec 2017 — avg 35 · peak 81May 2018 — avg 31 · peak 58Oct 2018 — avg 30 · peak 63Mar 2019 — avg 30 · peak 57Aug 2019 — avg 26 · peak 46Jan 2020 — avg 33 · peak 60Jun 2020 — avg 66 · peak 111Nov 2020 — avg 41 · peak 89Apr 2021 — avg 45 · peak 72Sep 2021 — avg 49 · peak 80Feb 2022 — avg 65 · peak 112Jul 2022 — avg 60 · peak 106Dec 2022 — avg 65 · peak 124May 2023 — avg 70 · peak 207Oct 2023 — avg 51 · peak 82Mar 2024 — avg 76 · peak 133Aug 2024 — avg 56 · peak 85Jan 2025 — avg 65 · peak 109Jun 2025 — avg 67 · peak 122Nov 2025 — avg 73 · peak 140Apr 2026 — avg 66 · peak 174Aug 2026 — avg 60 · peak 89
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-08-17 — best price $4.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-11-01 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-10 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-03 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-12-02 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $1.242022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-04-29 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-05-15 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-02-10 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-18 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

207702026-06-01 — 88 pageviews2026-06-05 — 114 pageviews2026-06-09 — 115 pageviews2026-06-13 — 96 pageviews2026-06-17 — 75 pageviews2026-06-21 — 117 pageviews2026-06-25 — 102 pageviews2026-06-29 — 117 pageviews2026-07-03 — 108 pageviews2026-07-07 — 104 pageviews2026-07-11 — 207 pageviews2026-07-15 — 113 pageviews2026-07-19 — 122 pageviews2026-07-23 — 130 pageviews2026-07-27 — 118 pageviews2026-07-31 — 116 pageviews2026-08-04 — 88 pageviews2026-08-08 — 81 pageviews2026-08-12 — 97 pageviews2026-08-16 — 99 pageviews2026-08-20 — 88 pageviews2026-08-24 — 96 pageviews2026-08-28 — 105 pageviews2026-09-01 — 115 pageviews2026-09-05 — 97 pageviews2026-09-09 — 106 pageviews2026-09-13 — 107 pageviews2026-09-17 — 111 pageviews2026-09-21 — 97 pageviews2026-09-25 — 70 pageviews2026-09-29 — 96 pageviews2026-10-03 — 108 pageviews2026-10-07 — 120 pageviews2026-10-10 — 88 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyActionAliensCasualClassicClickerColorfulStrategySimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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