$4.66 (−15%)Sort Them Fish A fish for every tank
Pick up thousands of fish from the floor and sort them back where they belong, at your own pace.
Is Sort Them Fish worth it?
Sort Them Fish is worth it if…
- you like tidy-up loops that stay calm from the first minute
- you enjoy creature collecting without any combat or pressure
- you want a first-person job you can do while your brain idles
- you find an empty floor and a full shelf deeply satisfying
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Nothing here is in a hurry
There are no timers, no penalties and no way to fail. The fish are not in danger either, so nothing is pressing except the pleasant itch of a job half done. You pick a fish up, find its tank, place it, and repeat as long as it stays enjoyable. You can stop mid-aisle, watch a clownfish swim a lap in its clean tank, and pick the work back up when you feel like it. It is a game built for zoning out, the kind where the loop is simple but the feeling of a room slowly coming together keeps you going.
Run the store, one tank at a time
The whole aquatics shop is yours to put right. Fish are sorted across more than 12 store sections, split between freshwater and saltwater, so part of the job is knowing which side of the store a lake fish calls home. You work hands-on, first-person, carrying each fish to its aquarium yourself, and as you keep sorting you unlock abilities that change how the work feels: carry more fish at once, run faster, and get matching fish to flop straight into your arms. The store starts as chaos and ends as a collection you built shelf by shelf.
A very large cast of fish
The count is exact: 2,538 fish to sort, and they are not 2,538 copies of the same trout. There are hundreds of species, from tiny clownfish to the giant goliath grouper, drawn from reef, ocean and lake. Each one needs to go to a tank that fits its size and category, so the sorting has real decisions in it rather than being pure shuffling. Completing every category is there for the collectors, and the store gives you plenty of ground to cover while you hunt down the last stragglers.
The joy of a system that clicks
Sorting games live or die on their categories, and this one leans into the fun ones. Fish are grouped into collections like puffers, reef fish and ocean predators, so you learn the store's logic as you go: round and spiky goes here, sleek and toothy goes there. Watching a tank fill up with the right kind of fish is its own small reward, and the fish swim around in their aquariums while you work, so every finished section turns from a floor full of flailing into a quiet, living display. The realistic 3D look keeps the whole thing grounded and oddly satisfying.
Quick answers?
Are the fish ever at risk if you take your time?
No. The game is explicit about it: the fish are not in danger, and there are no time limits or penalties. You can wander, pause mid-sort or spend ten minutes admiring a completed tank before touching the next fish. The only pressure is self-imposed, and the game never adds more.
Do the fish all need to go back before you can stop playing?
Nothing forces you to. You can sort one section and call it a session, then come back to the rest whenever you like.
Was any of this made with AI?
No. It is one of the key features the game lists, right next to the fish count.
Will you run out of new fish to sort?
Not quickly. There are 2,538 fish across hundreds of species and more than 12 store sections, and you unlock abilities along the way that speed up carrying, running and fish discovery. The full collection, every category complete, is a long project, and one that a sorting fan can sink plenty of hours into.
