Fishbowl
imissmyfriends.studio · 2026 · Emotional, Story Rich, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction, Choices Matter
PC
Very Positive94% · 124
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About Fishbowl
Twenty-one year old Alo gets her first job in a new city and lives by herself while grieving her grandma’s death. The choices she makes over the course of a month will lead to a unique journey of self discovery.
Fishbowl is a visual novel about becoming an adult and seeing your childhood in a new light. Drowning in feelings of grief, isolation, and the responsibilities of adulthood, Alo receives an unlikely lifeline in the form of a magical talking fish from her childhood. With Paplet as her companion, Alo unravels the threads of her past, giving way to a new future.Experience Alo’s daily life where you work from home as a video editor, connect with friends, family, and coworkers, and rediscover memories of Alo's childhood by sorting through her late grandmother’s things. Fishbowl is a warm and cozy story about living in isolation, nurturing friendships and understanding grief.
Fishbowl is a visual novel about becoming an adult and seeing your childhood in a new light. Drowning in feelings of grief, isolation, and the responsibilities of adulthood, Alo receives an unlikely lifeline in the form of a magical talking fish from her childhood. With Paplet as her companion, Alo unravels the threads of her past, giving way to a new future.Experience Alo’s daily life where you work from home as a video editor, connect with friends, family, and coworkers, and rediscover memories of Alo's childhood by sorting through her late grandmother’s things. Fishbowl is a warm and cozy story about living in isolation, nurturing friendships and understanding grief.
- Through daily tasks and activities find ways to create a fulfilling life, even while in isolation.
- With the help of an unlikely companion, re-examine events from your past and piece together the meaning of your dreams.
- As a video editor, edit files with a dynamic matching game, meet your co-workers and support each other in doing the best that you can.
- While in your apartment on your own, a community of diverse characters helps cheer you on and keep your loneliness at bay.
- No bad endings, just different paths. The choices you make will shape the possibilities in Alo’s future.
- Through the emotionally-rich narrative and thoughtful re-examination of your childhood, figure out who you want to be.
What Steam players say
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What a lovely and cutesy game! The story is quite relatable, really like the graphics and mechanics as well, I recommend it to anyone who needs a chill game <3
The last time I cried to a game was almost a decade ago. This game definitely hit my emotions in ways I didn't know ... Definitely taught me to take a step back, breath and learn to find my Pamplet. This game taught me to try and always, "I promise to try" <3
Incredibly emotional and heartfelt. I could relate to the experiences and feelings of the protagonist a lot than I expected too. Grief and isolation are two big themes the game explores, and it does that wonderfully. The characters, art and the whole vibe of the game is so peaceful and heartbreaking at the same time! Must play, specially for Indians :)
A beautifully heartfelt game. The grief at the center of the story is something we're all faced with. This game opened some wounds for me but...gently. I never felt overwhelmed by the emotions it was bringing up. I did cry a few times but overall the vibe is soothing. I've seen some reviews saying they got bored with the gameplay loop. This definitely wasn't an issue for me. It probably helps that I love life sims so doing daily activities in a game is already something I enjoy. But I also love how this drove home that feeling of trying to continue with the little things while being worn down by grief. Just a lovely playthrough. Highly recommend.
A lovely story game about grief, kind people, and running away from yourself. As a poet, I deeply appreciated the poetry aspects of the gameplay and story as well. I always appreciate seeing an accessibility consultant credited, but I do wish that the option to turn off the screen glitching and shaking also turned off the text's occasional glitching and shaking.
Thoughtful and warm. A very moving game.
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