You know how most games make you a superhero? Fishbowl just asks you to survive a Tuesday. You’re 21. You live alone. Your grandma just passed away, and your boss still wants you to finish editing videos.
It’s rough.
Fishbowl is basically about dealing with grief while trying to pay rent. You hang out in your messy apartment and talk to a magical fish you remember from when you were a kid. It hits pretty close to home if you’ve ever felt totally lost in your twenties. Or ever. Loneliness has a universal language.
Trying to get through the week with:
Tile-Matching: Match shapes and colors on a timer to finish your work tasks.
Unpacking: Click on boxes to find items and unlock story cutscenes.
Branching Chats: Pick dialogue options to talk to friends without any fail states.
The Daily Grind
In Fishbowl, you wake up and do your job. Working as a video editor just means playing a tile-matching puzzle. It sounds really basic. Honestly, it is. You match blocks on a timer, and you get paid. It’s not meant to be fun, at least we don’t think so. This part is meant to feel like doing boring, repetitive corporate work.
Aside from that, you’re mostly clicking around your apartment unpacking boxes. Finding certain objects triggers memory cutscenes. You text your friends and talk to your fish. There’s no way to lose. You just pick different chat options and see how things play out based on if you want to be nice or push people away. Really chill, sad music that fits the lonely apartment vibe perfectly.
It’s a slow, but meaningful game. It makes you think and put your real life priorities in order.
The Studio Behind the Screen
Fidhbowl is made by just two people: Rhea Gupte and Prateek Saxena. imissmyfriends.studio is based in Goa, India.
They started making this during the COVID lockdowns and this is their first big commercial release. You can tell they poured their real-life isolation into it. The messy apartment and the awkward texts feel very real because they probably lived it. If not, then it’s a hell of a script.
Mirror Talk
Fishbowl isn’t trying to blow your mind with crazy mechanics. It’s just a quiet game about figuring out your life and feeling a bit less lonely.
Overall Score (8.5/10)
ID Card
- Developer: imissmyfriends.studio
- Publisher: imissmyfriends.studio & Wholesome Games Presents
- Engine: GameMaker
- Platforms: PC, PS5
- Release Date: April 2, 2026
- Genre: Slice-of-Life / Narrative Adventure
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