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Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

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Quick resume

Welcome to Fish to Dish: Idle Sushi! This is a relaxing and enjoyable idle fishing game that can sit at the bottom or any corner of your screen, allowing you to enjoy a leisurely sea fishing time in your busy life.

Global score

97/100

Genres

Casual, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Relaxing and cozy gameplay
    • Good balance of active and idle mechanics
    • Extensive progression and upgrades
    • Cute pixel art and animations
    • Runs well in background and registers input to speed progress

    Cons

    • Some grindy late-game achievements
    • Limited late-game content and spending options
    • No multiplayer or social features
    • Lack of narrative or story
    • Minor bugs and ui scaling issues

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have control over multiple systems (audio lure, vent sealing, camera monitoring, system reboots) and must make strategic decisions to survive."

      Capsule for Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Five Nights at Freddy's 3

      "Players can manage multiple systems (fishing, sushi bar, hatchery, aquarium) with some active choices but also benefit from passive progression and background input."

    • Competence

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      2

      "Progression involves upgrading gear, unlocking new areas, and completing achievements, providing some skill and strategy but largely predictable incremental growth."

      Capsule for Idle Fishing Idle Fishing

      "Progression involves upgrading equipment and optimizing sushi recipes, providing a moderate sense of skill and accomplishment without high difficulty."

    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many reviews mention long play sessions and habitual engagement with the game."

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    • Cooperation

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      "No multiplayer or cooperative gameplay; all activities are single-player and independent."

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    • Creativity

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      2

      "Players can customize ship components and upgrade systems; some cosmetic customization; limited map and mission variety currently."

      Capsule for Jump Space Jump Space

      "Players can customize boat, sushi shop, aquarium, and characters, though mostly within predefined options."

    • Domination

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      "No indication of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are equal and respectful."

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      "No indication of exerting control or superiority over others; interactions are solo and respectful."

    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a relaxing distraction and background companion while doing other tasks."

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      "Players use the game as a relaxing background companion to escape or unwind while working or studying."

    • Expectation

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      "Engagement is voluntary and driven by intrinsic interest and enjoyment rather than obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players experiment with different skill tree upgrades and strategies to optimize progression, though within a known idle game framework."

      Capsule for Idle Slayer Idle Slayer

      "Players explore different upgrades, recipes, and management strategies, though within a structured idle framework."

    • Exploration

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      "Unlocking new fishing locations and discovering new fish types provides a sense of exploration."

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    • Expression

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      "Customization of characters and boat allows for some self-expression."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Game features cartoonish characters and humorous scenarios but is grounded in a stylized realistic pizza shop setting."

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      "While the setting is stylized and cute, the game simulates plausible fishing and restaurant management activities."

    • Fellowship

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      "No social or community features; play is solitary."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn game mechanics, optimize upgrades, and develop strategies over time."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with long idle sessions; no physical activity involved."

      Capsule for Dragon Cliff Dragon Cliff

      "Idle gameplay with long sedentary sessions; no physical activity involved."

    • Idle

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      "Designed as an idle game with long passive progression and background play."

      Capsule for Chonkers Chonkers

      "Designed as an idle game with passive progression and background play as core features."

    • Intimacy

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      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; solo play only."

      Capsule for Soulstone Survivors Soulstone Survivors

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    • Progression

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      5

      "Strong emphasis on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new areas, and collecting fish."

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      "Strong focus on accumulating upgrades, unlocking new fish, recipes, and decorations."

    • Relaxation

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      "Game is praised for its cozy, low-stress, and relaxing gameplay experience."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable pixel art, cute animations, and sound design provide moderate sensory stimulation."

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    • Status

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      "No social recognition or ranking systems; achievements are personal milestones."

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    • Story

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      "No narrative or plot; gameplay is context-free incremental progression."

      Capsule for Idle Colony Idle Colony

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    • Strategy

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      2

      "Some strategic decision-making in resource allocation and upgrade timing, though overall mechanics are simple."

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    • Thrill

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      "Gameplay is calm and predictable without suspense or risk elements."

      Capsule for Ostriv Ostriv

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    • Value

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      "Players report good value for money with extensive content and long playtime."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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      "No threats or failure conditions; stable and low-risk environment."

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Violence, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Survival, Violence.

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    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
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    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

    Last update: 30/04/2026