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The Aquarium does not dance

橙々 · Gotcha Gotcha Games · 2024-02-14

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AdventureRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 01, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a horror adventure game where a girl, devoted to her best friend, searches for her companion in an aquarium that has transformed into a world of horror. While evading the deformed entities known as "Creepies," the player must unravel the mysteries concealed within the aquarium.

97%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)
The Aquarium Does Not Dance is a 2024 adventure horror game by Daidai. The game was solely developed by its developer over eight years. The first part of the game was released in 2019, with the complete version released on 15 February 2024 via various storefronts. An expanded version of the game, with voice acting and extra scenarios, was released on Windows and Nintendo Switch by Gotcha Gotcha Games and Frontier Works in 2025.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 148 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,933 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-08-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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