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Sharks and Minnows
Find supplies to maintain your stamina. Complete ten laps. Escape.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-18.
“I love this game. I think it is very well done the extra content makes for a longer, better experience and adds more challenge (my spelling sucks). Want to thank the dev or devs for this creation it's something different and refreshing. The only gripe I have is a silly one but I…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“highly recommend it especially the new Halloween update it's creepy but magical at the same time idk how to explain it,it reminded me of the dress to impress 2024 Halloween quest,I'll definitely make an artwork for the game soon”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played“Wow guys, I knew horror games were supposed to be scary- but Sharks and Minnows unlocks my fears in a way that just hits different. When I saw the YouTuber CoryxKenshin play this game, I was like- "It can't be THAT bad" until I had realized they updated the game to be twice as…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
RAVE Hotfix
Fixed bug related to RAVE. If players loaded a save with sticks already in the pool, those sticks were not counted. This was already accounted for in the past but became broken in one of the recent up
First Major Update
FIRST MAJOR UPDATE RELEASED Several new areas and achievements have been added to the game, nearly doubling its length. Many of these new areas are secret, so be sure to check parts of the map that we
Added Re-Mappable Keys and Full Controller Support
While the game has been completable with a controller since launch, the menus have not been navigable with them. As of the most recent update, they are now. This should hopefully fix the infuriating i
Major Performance Optimization 1
This is the first and likely largest performance optimization update. CPU usage should be significantly reduced, and RAM on my low-end test device had dropped from 1200MB down to just under 1000MB. Th
Minor area rework and performance changes
One area of the game was very inconsistent. Players would either get stuck in a loop for several minutes or find the exit so quickly that they hardly experienced anything. The major loop has been remo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Exploration · Horror · Underwater (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Graphics: 1050TI M Storage: 8 GB available space