Coming from the Polish studio Blinkclick Games, Fishkeeper is being billed as “The Sims in an aquarium” and “underwater Tomagachi.” As a big fan of The Sims, the premise has me intrigued.
Essentially, you build an aquarium, decorate it, and fill it with fish, then you must take care of these fish to prevent them from dying. You can breed them and photograph them, and you can even drive a little bathyscaphe around to feel like you’re part of the school yourself.
Essentially, you build an aquarium, decorate it, and fill it with fish, then you must take care of these fish to prevent them from dying. You can breed them and photograph them, and you can even drive a little bathyscaphe around to feel like you’re part of the school yourself.
What’s the gameplay loop like? Well, here’s a description from a recent press release:
By caring for fish and other animals, we will achieve the gradual development of the biosystem — the organisms grow and reproduce, passing the stages of life from egg to fry to a fully developed adult. In time, we will be able to start selling fish to free up space in the aquarium and at the same time raise funds for further development. The rarest and most beautiful specimens can be sold at auction, bringing the biggest earnings.
And here’s a list of features from that same press release:
- Combining an economic strategy with a simulator: meet the needs of fish and observe their lives in real time, while ensuring good breeding results.
- A wide variety of freshwater, marine, coral, shrimp, snails and other aquatic species are available.
- Customize the aquarium equipment, shape, size and appearance of tanks.
- Buy various animal and plant species, sell bred fish in the store and, exceptionally, fine and rare specimens at an auction.
- Watch the views from the bathyscaphe cabin as you control it inside the aquarium; you can also use it to clean the tank from the inside.
- Decorate your aquarium with lots of decorations, corals, posters etc.
Fishkeeper is set to release for PC in the second half of 2021, with hopes to bring the game to consoles later on. You can watch the Fishkeeper reveal trailer below.
