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Steam app 1854430 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 23:30 UTC

How Fish Is Made

Are sardines trustworthy? Are you? Do you want to be? How Fish is Made is a janky little jaunt through the world of surrealist storytelling. Now featuring a Katamari-like DLC!

How Fish Is Made Steam header artwork
Wrong Organ, Johanna Kasurinen, Jeffrey Tomec, Martin HalldinWrong Organ, CRITICAL REFLEX
5playing now
724-hour peak
78all-time peak
3average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+0.1Gain+4.08%% gain9Peak

217 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

02571013 Aug19 Aug23 Aug27 Aug31 Aug04 Sep08 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 20263 peakFriday 14 August 20264 peakSaturday 15 August 20263 peakMonday 17 August 20264 peakWednesday 19 August 20267 peakThursday 20 August 20266 peakFriday 21 August 20267 peakSaturday 22 August 20267 peakSunday 23 August 20267 peakMonday 24 August 20266 peakTuesday 25 August 20264 peakWednesday 26 August 20266 peakThursday 27 August 20265 peakFriday 28 August 20267 peakSaturday 29 August 20268 peakSunday 30 August 20266 peakMonday 31 August 20268 peakTuesday 01 September 20266 peakWednesday 02 September 20265 peakThursday 03 September 20265 peakFriday 04 September 20262 peakSaturday 05 September 20267 peakSunday 06 September 20269 peakMonday 07 September 20266 peakTuesday 08 September 20265 peakWednesday 09 September 20265 peakThursday 10 September 20263 peakFriday 11 September 20267 peakSaturday 12 September 20265 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

57 months, January 2022 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

021426384Jan 2022Oct 2022Jul 2023Apr 2024Jan 2025Oct 2025Jul 2026January 202218 monthly peakFebruary 202224 monthly peakMarch 20226 monthly peakApril 20224 monthly peakMay 20223 monthly peakJune 20224 monthly peakJuly 20225 monthly peakAugust 202278 monthly peakSeptember 202212 monthly peakOctober 202211 monthly peakNovember 20229 monthly peakDecember 202213 monthly peakJanuary 202315 monthly peakFebruary 20239 monthly peakMarch 20237 monthly peakApril 20236 monthly peakMay 20239 monthly peakJune 202310 monthly peakJuly 20237 monthly peakAugust 20236 monthly peakSeptember 20238 monthly peakOctober 202321 monthly peakNovember 20237 monthly peakDecember 20237 monthly peakJanuary 20246 monthly peakFebruary 20247 monthly peakMarch 20246 monthly peakApril 20248 monthly peakMay 20245 monthly peakJune 20247 monthly peakJuly 20246 monthly peakAugust 20246 monthly peakSeptember 202426 monthly peakOctober 202422 monthly peakNovember 202437 monthly peakDecember 202431 monthly peakJanuary 202531 monthly peakFebruary 202521 monthly peakMarch 202515 monthly peakApril 202512 monthly peakMay 202512 monthly peakJune 202510 monthly peakJuly 202512 monthly peakAugust 20259 monthly peakSeptember 20259 monthly peakOctober 20258 monthly peakNovember 202513 monthly peakDecember 20259 monthly peakJanuary 202611 monthly peakFebruary 20269 monthly peakMarch 202611 monthly peakApril 20267 monthly peakMay 20269 monthly peakJune 202610 monthly peakJuly 20268 monthly peakAugust 20268 monthly peakSeptember 20269 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

025710July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 20268 peak — daily detail belowAugust 20268 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 20269 peak — daily detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

22 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

0246901 Jul04 Jul09 Jul12 Jul18 Jul21 Jul28 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 20263 peakThursday 02 July 20268 peakFriday 03 July 20266 peakSaturday 04 July 20265 peakTuesday 07 July 20263 peakWednesday 08 July 20267 peakThursday 09 July 20263 peakFriday 10 July 20262 peakSaturday 11 July 20264 peakSunday 12 July 20268 peakMonday 13 July 20263 peakFriday 17 July 20266 peakSaturday 18 July 20264 peakSunday 19 July 20265 peakMonday 20 July 20265 peakTuesday 21 July 20266 peakSunday 26 July 20268 peakMonday 27 July 20263 peakTuesday 28 July 20263 peakWednesday 29 July 20263 peakThursday 30 July 20261 peakFriday 31 July 20265 peak

August 2026

26 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 122 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

0246901 Aug05 Aug09 Aug17 Aug22 Aug26 Aug30 AugSaturday 01 August 20265 peakSunday 02 August 20268 peakMonday 03 August 20264 peakTuesday 04 August 20264 peakWednesday 05 August 20264 peakThursday 06 August 20264 peakFriday 07 August 20262 peakSaturday 08 August 20264 peakSunday 09 August 20264 peakThursday 13 August 20264 peakFriday 14 August 20264 peakSaturday 15 August 20263 peakMonday 17 August 20264 peakWednesday 19 August 20267 peakThursday 20 August 20266 peakFriday 21 August 20267 peakSaturday 22 August 20267 peakSunday 23 August 20267 peakMonday 24 August 20266 peakTuesday 25 August 20264 peakWednesday 26 August 20266 peakThursday 27 August 20265 peakFriday 28 August 20267 peakSaturday 29 August 20268 peakSunday 30 August 20266 peakMonday 31 August 20268 peak

September 2026

12 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

02571001 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 20266 peakWednesday 02 September 20265 peakThursday 03 September 20265 peakFriday 04 September 20262 peakSaturday 05 September 20267 peakSunday 06 September 20269 peakMonday 07 September 20266 peakTuesday 08 September 20265 peakWednesday 09 September 20265 peakThursday 10 September 20263 peakFriday 11 September 20267 peakSaturday 12 September 20265 peak

October 2026

How Fish Is Made was released on 14 Jan, 2022.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 12 Sep 2026, 23:30 UTC
App ID
1854430
Last updated
28 Dec 2024 build 16866077
Developer
Wrong Organ, Johanna Kasurinen, Jeffrey Tomec, Martin Halldin
Publisher
Wrong Organ, CRITICAL REFLEX
Release date
14 Jan, 2022
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Full

Features & support

Steam features

Family Sharing

Controllers & input

Full controller support

Accessibility

Popular tags

SurrealShortHorrorAtmosphericNarrativePsychologicalPsychological HorrorIndieWalking SimulatorDark ComedyFunnyMultiple EndingsSingleplayerCasualDarkAdventureSexual ContentGore3DFishing
About this gameFull description from Steam
You are a sardine in a machine, but is life that simple? This place imposes on you and your fellow fish a prophetic choice. Will you help them, or lead them astray? Will they do the same to you? Do Fish Feel Pain? HOW FISH IS MADE is a short narrative-driven experience about talking to fish and making choices. Live the ultimate power fantasy of being a sardine. Seek guidance from your fellow flounders. Ponder the vast sea of fishly existence. Flop around. Destiny is in the fold of your fin. Salmon All Your Courage Explore a wet and squalid world of sin and sardines. A place of fragrant mystery, the inhabitants of this place seek solace in the whirs, bops, and gentle slaps that echo through the halls. Though few can face the terrible choice all fish must make: UP or DOWN? But you’re no coward, are you? A Musical Epic Everyone needs a reprieve from the horrors of existence. Features the original song "Little Lily Swing" by Tri-Tachyon Tired of Flopping? Try Rolling! Featuring the fantastic free katamari-like DLC, The Last One and Then Another. Absorb fleshy bits and your fellow fish in the noble quest to BECOME MASSIVE. Featuring a very special appearance from MOUTHWASHING’s very own Captain Curly! Feel Stuff! The sardines look just like the real thing, so you can really believe they have emotions. Guaranteed! WARNING! The game contains: - TRYPOPHOBIA inducing imagery. - Potentially disturbing subject matters. - Just a pinch of cum
Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 2 regional ratings

Content notice

There is some graphic fish violence, trypophobia inducing imagery, and just a pinch of cum.

Regional ratings

DEJUS14Violência
IGRS18Kekerasan · Horor
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series card DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 750 MB available space

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum: Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages15 languages
LanguageFull audio
English●
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Portuguese - Portugal
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish - Latin America
Traditional Chinese
Ukrainian

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers
How Fish Is Made screenshot 1How Fish Is Made screenshot 2How Fish Is Made screenshot 3How Fish Is Made screenshot 4How Fish Is Made screenshot 5How Fish Is Made screenshot 6How Fish Is Made screenshot 7How Fish Is Made screenshot 8How Fish Is Made screenshot 9

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

6 developer announcements, Nov 2022 to Dec 2024 · times in UTC

December

  1. Hotfix 12/28/2024

    Fixed sound issue

    Patch notes
  2. NEW LANGUAGES – FROM 1 TO SWEET 16

    Ahoy, fellow sardines! We have some thrilling news from the depths of the fish machine. How Fish Is Made is now out to swimming in new linguistic waters. Whether you’re navigating the eerie corridors of the factory or facing existential…

    wrongorgan

February

  1. Mouthwashing Demo Out Now!

    Mouthwashing is our newest title we've been cooking up for a while now. It's a narrative driven first-person horror game following a dying spaceship crew, as they deal with addiction, desperation, and survival in a hapless situation. We're…

    wrongorgan

September

  1. Small Patch

    Fixed volume issues. Added a "Reset position" button in the pause menu. Fixed multiple spots where the player could get stuck. Improved camera behaviour when talking to NPC's. Player can no longer reach the Mouthwash room before having…

    Patch notes
  2. NEW Chapter - "The Last One and Then Another"

    Play an all-new free game experience to How Fish is Made - available now! This update adds an expansion which is accessible on the main menu screen. Also please wishlist our next upcoming title Mouthwashing…

    byKASURAGA

November

  1. Thank You for 85,000 Sales!

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41718902/e2038bf572cdb12adb292f873d3809ca6e6674c8.png Hello Friend-Os! We wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude about how many people have tried and enjoyed this silly little sardine game. We've seen YouTube…

    byKASURAGA

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