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How Fish Is Made

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

What works

  • Unique and thought-provoking narrative
  • Strong atmospheric audio-visual design
  • Short and accessible experience
  • Free to play
  • Multiple endings encouraging replay

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal gameplay mechanics
  • Some players find visuals unsettling
  • Lack of player progression or customization
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Technical issues reported by some users

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Paratopic

  • Isolomus

  • Mitoza

  • Accounting+

  • Ego In A Coma (自我、状態、昏睡。)

  • This Strange Realm Of Mine

More progression-driven

Games that feels like How Fish Is Made but with more progression and upgrades

  • Aquaria

  • Lunacid

  • Psychopomp GOLD

  • The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone

  • Hell Wedding 夜嫁

  • Venge

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How Fish Is Made: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Progression, Strategy.

Last update: 21/08/2026