Drawquarium: Release Date, Price, Gameplay and PC Requirements

Drawquarium is a small, personal game that grew a large audience before release. You draw fish by hand, they start swimming, and the tank slowly fills with creatures that look like they came out of a sketchbook. It launches on 13 November 2026; the price is still under wraps.

Release date

Drawquarium launches on 13 November 2026 on Steam for Windows PC. It comes from Berlin-based solo developer Kaleb Lechowski (byKaleb), published by rokaplay. A free demo is already available on the store page.

Price

The price has not been announced. As of 10 November 2026 the Steam page does not list one. Press coverage has not reported a figure either. Expect a small indie price point, but that is a guess, not a fact.

How the drawing loop works

The loop is unusual because your input is the art itself.

1. Draw. Sketch a fish, plant, rock, castle or submarine with a mouse or a drawing tablet. The store also supports PNG import and templates.
2. Watch it animate. Whatever you drew becomes a living thing in the tank, with the hand-drawn look preserved.
3. Feed and raise. Care for the fish, and the store says they form friendships, rivalries and relationships, and can have babies.
4. Collect golden scales. Feeding and raising fish earns golden scales, which unlock decorations such as sand colours, lighting, driftwood and rocks.

The store description states the core features directly: drawn creatures come alive, fish form friendships and relationships and can breed, golden scales unlock decorations, and an animated wallpaper mode is included.Official

Beyond the tank, Drawquarium doubles as a desk tool. It ships with a Pomodoro timer, a diary, a task list, a stopwatch and a clock, and the tank can run as an animated desktop wallpaper while you work. You can also visit other players' aquariums.

The demo matters here: this is a game whose appeal is easier to feel than to describe, and the free build lets you test the drawing before you buy.

Wishlists and interest

Press coverage puts the game above 75,000 Steam wishlists before launch, with a trailer that drew hundreds of thousands of views and social posts with tens of thousands of likes. Those are press-reported figures, not a studio announcement.

The game is also pitched as a counterpoint to AI-generated art, since every fish starts as a human drawing. Whether that framing holds up is a matter of taste, but it explains a lot of the pre-launch attention.

Languages and PC requirements

The interface and subtitles support English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Russian. There is no Traditional Chinese interface listed.

The minimum and recommended specs are the same, so the target is a modest modern PC rather than anything high-end.

What is still unconfirmed

• The price.
• Whether a Traditional Chinese interface is planned.
• How many fish and decoration types ship at launch.
• Whether the demo saves carry into the full game.

Read next

• Drawquarium hub: release facts, screenshots and the current guide list.