Drawquarium has a release date, the aquarium where your drawings come to life
Drawquarium, the game where you look after an aquarium full of fish you draw yourself, comes out on Steam on 13 November.
If you’ve ever filled the margins of a notebook with fish, like me, this game is going to make you smile. Drawquarium comes out on Steam on 13 November. Its creator announced it yesterday on X with a new trailer. It’s the first game Kaleb has ever made, after a year and a half of work. It’s a relaxing aquarium where you draw your own fish and watch them swim, eat and go about their day. You can even keep it as an animated wallpaper.
- Title: Drawquarium
- Developer: byKaleb
- Publisher: rokaplay
- Genre: Relaxing sandbox sim
- Platforms: PC
- Release date: 13 November 2026
- Demo: Available on Steam
- Languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Simplified Chinese
Draw your fish and watch them come to life
It’s very easy to understand. You draw a fish, a plant or whatever you like, drop it into the tank and it starts moving. If drawing isn’t your thing (it isn’t mine), you can use templates or pick from ready-made fish. You feed them, look after them and collect golden scales to unlock new decorations and tools. With those you can change the sand and the lighting or place rocks and driftwood until the aquarium looks just the way you want.
I love that the fish interact with each other. They can become friends, end up hating each other or fall in love and have babies. You draw the plants too. According to its Steam page, nobody’s stopping you from drawing sea mines or skyscrapers instead of seaweed. You can also upload any PNG image to put it in the tank, like your kid’s latest drawing. This is going to give every player’s creativity plenty to play with.
An aquarium on your desktop
My favourite part is the wallpaper mode. When you close the game, the aquarium stays on your desktop as an animated background, so you can keep feeding your fish while you work or browse the internet. It comes with a journal, a to-do list, a focus timer and a clock you can customise. It feels like one of those calm little corners to keep open while you do other things.
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Who’s behind Drawquarium
It was made by Kaleb, a 3D artist who works in the film industry. Kaleb started Drawquarium wanting to bring the drawings of their own kids to life, which gives the story a really sweet touch. It took a year and a half to make and it’s Kaleb’s first game, with help from the publisher rokaplay. The announcement on X has already passed 200,000 views and plenty of posts during development went viral, so I’m clearly not the only one who can’t wait to play it. I bet the community that has grown around the game is dying to share their creations.
Release date, demo and languages
Drawquarium arrives on Steam on 13 November, only on PC since it’s a desktop game. There’s no price yet, but if you don’t want to wait, the demo has been available since April. It’s in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Simplified Chinese.
If you like the look of it, you can add it to your wishlist on Steam.
