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Insaniquarium Deluxe cover art

Insaniquarium Deluxe

PopCap Games, Inc. · 2006-08-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

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.

39
playing now
97%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
$4.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 10:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 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 5% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 273k–546k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,822 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 10 of 19 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

83392026-08-06 22:00 — 61 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 73 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 58 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 75 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 67 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 62 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 68 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 67 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 66 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 52 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 55 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 63 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 51 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 63 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 65 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 61 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

207692026-06-01 — 88 pageviews2026-06-04 — 103 pageviews2026-06-07 — 94 pageviews2026-06-10 — 110 pageviews2026-06-13 — 96 pageviews2026-06-16 — 100 pageviews2026-06-19 — 129 pageviews2026-06-22 — 89 pageviews2026-06-25 — 102 pageviews2026-06-28 — 130 pageviews2026-07-01 — 90 pageviews2026-07-04 — 108 pageviews2026-07-07 — 104 pageviews2026-07-10 — 116 pageviews2026-07-13 — 131 pageviews2026-07-16 — 130 pageviews2026-07-19 — 122 pageviews2026-07-22 — 152 pageviews2026-07-25 — 116 pageviews2026-07-28 — 104 pageviews2026-07-31 — 116 pageviews2026-08-03 — 112 pageviews2026-08-06 — 89 pageviews2026-08-09 — 104 pageviews2026-08-12 — 97 pageviews2026-08-15 — 69 pageviews2026-08-18 — 97 pageviews2026-08-21 — 102 pageviews2026-08-24 — 96 pageviews2026-08-27 — 84 pageviews2026-08-29 — 82 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteFunnyActionAliensCasualClassicClickerColorfulStrategySimulation

Census log

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

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