Fish Simulator: Aquarium Manager

The Good: The game has a variety of fish types and some mechanics that require you to manage them. If you like grindy games and micromanaging, you might like this one. Completionist type players like myself will be addicted to unlocking the skill grid and there's at least some variety in there as some nodes are particularly valuable. The game is mostly bug free, with a couple of notable exceptions at the bottom of my review. The Bad: The game feels like its ambitions were much higher but then it was abandoned. It's been almost a full year since the last update, so at the moment I assume DuoBonza is done adding content. However, the tank decorations are very minimal (only 4) and only one of those has a functional purpose to my knowledge. There are sections of the skill grid that look like they were intended to unlock more fish but they are not accessible. I think they just jumped ship before it reached their vision. Maybe the sales were subpar, I don't know. Finally, the game will not keep you occupied more than a few days of hard grind. You can complete all unlocks with two or three days of dedication. The Steam achievements help, but you'll unlock all of those in a few more days. The Ugly: The game hijacks your monitor and will remain on top of other windows. If you alt+tab to another application, the game stays on top of it anyway. You have to close the game to use anything else on that monitor. There were also some other small bugs, mostly cosmetic. For example, opening the skill tree when a sold fish popup is on the screen permanently freezes the sold fish popup there until you close and relaunch the client. The tank info window doesn't update when things change, you have to manually close and re-open it. All in all, I cannot strongly recommend this game, nor can I say it's not worth your money. If three to six days of grindy gameplay to earn achievements and much sounds worth the price tag, go for it. I'd have a much more positive review of the game if it was still being developed, even as paid DLC.