Aquarium Games Online: Fish Tank Care and Fish Puzzles
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Aquarium games online are mostly care games: you look after pet fish, feed them, keep the tank clean and decorate it. A few turn the tank into an idle clicker and others use fish and sea creatures for puzzles, and most play with the mouse. Below are the main kinds, from tank care to match-3 puzzles.
Types of aquarium games
| Type | What you do | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Fish tank care | Feed pet fish, clean and decorate the tank | Fish Aquarium Game |
| Idle aquarium | Click fish, buy upgrades, find new species | Fisquarium |
| Fish puzzles | Match, sort or arrange fish and sea creatures | Jewel Aquarium |
| Aquarium arcade | Jump a fish from one tank to the next | Golden Fish |
Fish tank care
These are the slower games: you own a tank and look after it.
- Fish Aquarium Game lets you create and manage your own aquarium. Collect colorful fish, decorate your tank and enjoy a relaxing experience. Every button is clicked with the mouse.
- Fish Tank Aquarium Game is about taking care of your own pet fish and building an aquarium for them. You can even act as a fish doctor. The description lists freshwater and saltwater fish, including seahorses, whales, dolphins, sharks, starfish, jellyfish, rays and turtles, and the instructions say to tap the food container to drop fish food.
- Aquarium Game asks you to take care of pet fish, build an aquarium for the little water creatures and clean it. It plays with the mouse only.
- Aquarium Magique is set in a mini sea. Its description, which is in French, mentions goldfish, tropical fish, sharks and whales living together, a treasure to find and a submarine for exploring the deep sea. You play by clicking with the mouse.
Other games about keeping and managing things are in simulator games online, and tanks with other animals are in zoo games online.
Idle and arcade aquariums
- Fisquarium is an idle clicker with the calm of an aquarium. Click the fish with the left mouse button to start fish production, scroll the mouse wheel to select an upgrade, and use upgrades to raise production. You also discover new fish types and collect trophies.
- Golden Fish is about jumping from one aquarium to the next. Hold the left mouse button to charge your jump and release to jump, or touch and hold the screen on a phone. Jump too far and you miss, jump too short and you do not make it.
How upgrades pay off is explained in idle and clicker games.
Fish and sea creature puzzles
Not every fish game has a tank to look after. These use fish as the puzzle pieces.
- Jewel Aquarium is a classic turn-based match-3 with rare fish and other sea creatures. Swap the fish to form a chain of 3 or more of the same color, and a match of 4 or more rewards you with explosive power-ups.
- Fish Match Deluxe is another match-3, with 36 levels. Swap blocks to make a group of 3 or more identical fish, side by side horizontally or vertically.
- Rescue the Fish is a pin puzzle: pull the pins to guide your fish to safety, away from lava, while water flows into the fish tank. Its description starts with decorating your aquariums.
- Hidden Aquatic has you arrange sea creatures in their correct positions. Drag and drop to complete the layout, and every level adds more fish and unique ocean creatures.
- Sea Life Mahjong is a classic mahjong with sea creatures: remove identical tiles in pairs to collect them all. It works with a mouse or a touch screen.
How match-3 games work is covered in match-3 tips, mahjong rules are in how to play mahjong solitaire, and more puzzles are in the puzzle games category.
Tips for aquarium games
- In Fish Tank Aquarium Game, tap the food container to drop fish food.
- In Fisquarium, keep buying upgrades. They raise fish production, and the mouse wheel selects them.
- In Golden Fish, choose the right power before you release: too much overshoots the next tank and too little falls short.
- In Jewel Aquarium, aim for matches of 4 or more fish, because they reward you with explosive power-ups.
- In Rescue the Fish, pull the pins so that the water reaches the tank and the lava stays away from the fish.
Aquarium games FAQ
Are there free aquarium games online?
Yes. They play free in the browser, with no install and no registration, on a phone, a tablet or a computer.
Which aquarium games work on a phone?
Golden Fish lists touch controls: touch and hold the screen to charge a jump, then release. Sea Life Mahjong says it plays with a mouse or a touch screen. Fisquarium and Aquarium Game list mouse controls, so try them on your device.
Can I breed fish in an aquarium game?
None of the games above says it has breeding. Fish Aquarium Game lets you collect fish and decorate the tank, and Fisquarium has you discover new fish types.
Which aquarium games have sea animals besides fish?
The description of Fish Tank Aquarium Game lists seahorses, whales, dolphins, sharks, starfish, jellyfish, rays and turtles. Aquarium Magique mentions sharks and whales, and Hidden Aquatic and Sea Life Mahjong are built around sea creatures.
Fish you catch rather than keep are in fishing games online.
