I Am Fish

I Am Fish asks for patience more than reflexes, because the whole joke is guiding fragile fish through physics-heavy little obstacle courses. By our assessment, the premise is the part that sticks: it is a simple, readable idea, and the movement can feel comic when a jump or a roll goes wrong in some wet, awkward way. The cost is frustration, since controlling a fish in a bowl, a balloon, or a bucket is deliberately fiddly. In practice it is a game of short retries, environmental hazards, and a lot of nudging things into place. It sits nearer to light physics-platformers than to polished action adventures, and that makes it appealing to players who enjoy odd movement systems. I Am Fish does not try to be elegant, and that is exactly why it can be memorable.