I Am Fish similar games & best alternatives

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I Am Fish

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

I Am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. Swim, fly, roll and chomp your way to the open ocean in a bid for freedom and to re-unite once again.

What works

  • Charming and whimsical art style
  • Unique physics-based challenging gameplay
  • Varied fish abilities and level design
  • Engaging and humorous story
  • Good replayability with collectibles and alternate paths

Things to keep in mind

  • Frustrating controls and physics leading to player irritation
  • Some levels overly difficult or poorly explained
  • Checkpoint system can be punishing
  • Minor bugs and occasional glitches
  • Short overall game length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha

  • 7th Sector

  • Magrunner: Dark Pulse

  • Portal

  • Grunn

  • Penny’s Big Breakaway

More relaxing

Games that feels like I Am Fish but with a more relaxing feel

  • Isle of Ewe

  • Super Kiwi 64

  • Octarina

  • Skin Deep

  • Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 (2003 re-release)

  • Kao the Kangaroo

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like I Am Fish but with less survival pressure

  • Tinykin

  • Suicide Guy

  • The Last Clockwinder

  • Agent A: A puzzle in disguise

  • Big Hops

  • Supraworld

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

I Am Fish: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026