Joyquarium
Worth it · Strategy · 2025
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.99.
- Length
- 15h
- Value
- $0.40/hr
- Reviews
- 90% of 615 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 4 of its last 5 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 20 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Joyquarium is a relaxing casual fish-raising game. Buy various cute fry and sell them at a high price after they grow up. With the money you earn, you can purchase aquatic plants, driftwood, scenery stone, etc. to decorate your tank (you can freely adjust the color, size, and position).
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 14 discounts in the 2 years tracked, the median cut is 65 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Chillquarium ($2.69, scores 85) beats it on value, while it beats Bugtopia ($5.99, scores 73).
More about Joyquarium
Of the 342 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2025 to August 2026.
The drop-off
85% start to 13% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 200 when we last checked, on Sep 29, 11:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This is a great alternative to chillquarium and is better in a lot of ways, but I wish I could give a neutral review. The scaping and fish choices are really great and showcase a lot of the aquarium hobby, which is something I felt chillquarium really lacked. However, a lot of the upgrades feel worthless other than food. Expensive filters and lights not providing more than 10 extra space makes them utterly worthless...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Joyquarium scores 78/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3472890/joyquariumReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.