XGen Studios, a Canadian studio, which also made Motherload. It went up on Newgrounds as “! Fishy !” in 2003.

Can I play Fishy on my phone?

XGen released Fishy for iPhone and iPad in 2018, for $0.99. InkFish plays the same eat-and-grow game in any phone browser, steered with your finger, and is free to start.

Is Fishy the same game as Feeding Frenzy?

No. Both have you eat smaller fish to grow, but Fishy is a free Flash game by XGen Studios from 2003, and Feeding Frenzy is a Sprout Games and PopCap game from 2004, sold for PC and later Xbox.

What games are like Fishy?

InkFish, which you can play free in a browser, plus Agar.io, flOw, Feeding Frenzy and the first stage of Spore.

Is InkFish made by the makers of Fishy?

No. InkFish is our own game, made at 16bit.ink, and it is not made by or connected to the makers of Fishy. We name Fishy only to compare.

Games like Fishy

Games like Fishy you can play today

If you miss Fishy, the old XGen Flash game, try InkFish: you start as the smallest fish, eat anything smaller and grow until you rule the water. It plays free in any browser, phone included, with no ads. You can still play the original on XGen’s site, and Agar.io plays by the same rule.

By Hayk, who makes the games at 16bit.ink · Updated October 27, 2026

1. InkFish

16bit.ink, 2026 · Web browser: computer, phone or tablet · 10 levels free · full game $4.99 one-time

InkFish keeps Fishy’s simple rule: anything smaller is food, anything bigger is trouble. You start as a doodle-sized fry and eat your way up until the fish that hunted you become lunch, steering with the mouse or a finger instead of the arrow keys.

Around that rule it builds levels with their own surprises: chained meals build an Ink Frenzy, fishing hooks and jellyfish drift through, and things sink from above, like a battery that shocks predators. There are a hundred levels across ten zones, playable in any browser, with no ads: the first ten levels are free and the rest is a one-time $4.99.

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More games like Fishy

Agar.io
Matheus Valadares, published by Miniclip, 2015 · Browser, iPhone, Android · Free, with ads and in-app purchases
Fishy’s rule, online with other people: you are a cell among other players’ cells, eating the smaller ones and running from the bigger ones.
flOw
Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark, 2006 · Browser (Flash, so today through Flashpoint or a Flash emulator); later PlayStation · Free
Another free Flash game from the same years: a creature in the deep eats smaller organisms to grow. thatgamecompany later remade it for PlayStation.
Feeding Frenzy
Sprout Games and PopCap, 2004 · Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S · Paid
The bigger, paid cousin from a year later: eat smaller fish and grow over 40 levels, with a frenzy bonus for eating fast.
Spore
Maxis, 2008 · PC · Paid
Its first stage is Fishy in a tide pool: steer a microbe, eat to grow and dodge predators, before your creature evolves onto land.

Fishy vs InkFish

	Fishy	InkFish
Made by	XGen Studios, 2003	16bit.ink, 2026
Controls	Arrow keys	Mouse or finger, plus a dash
Goal	Become the biggest fish in the pond	Grow from fry to the top of the food chain, level after level
Levels	A run of levels, plus Fishy Classic without them	100, across ten zones, with hooks, jellyfish and things sinking from above
Plays on	Computer browsers through a Flash emulator; iPhone and iPad since 2018	Any browser: computer, phone or tablet
Ads	Ad banners around the free browser version	None, ever
Price	Free in a browser; $0.99 on iPhone	First 10 levels free; full game $4.99 one-time

What was Fishy?

Fishy is a free Flash game by XGen Studios, the Canadian studio that later made Motherload, first put up on Newgrounds as “! Fishy !” in February 2003. You steer a small fish with the arrow keys, eat the fish smaller than you, avoid the bigger ones, and grow until you become the biggest fish in the pond.

It takes seconds to learn, and on Newgrounds alone it has passed four million views. Many other games have borrowed its name since, which is why searching for “Fishy” turns up several different fish games.

Can you still play Fishy?

Yes. Adobe retired Flash Player at the end of 2020, but XGen Studios runs the original on its own website through Ruffle, a Flash emulator, next to Fishy Classic, a version without levels. It is also preserved, playable, in the Flashpoint Archive, and XGen sells a phone version on the App Store for $0.99.

Miss other Flash games too? See the Flash games you can still play, and where.

Questions

Who made Fishy?: XGen Studios, a Canadian studio, which also made Motherload. It went up on Newgrounds as “! Fishy !” in 2003.
Can I play Fishy on my phone?: XGen released Fishy for iPhone and iPad in 2018, for $0.99. InkFish plays the same eat-and-grow game in any phone browser, steered with your finger, and is free to start.
Is Fishy the same game as Feeding Frenzy?: No. Both have you eat smaller fish to grow, but Fishy is a free Flash game by XGen Studios from 2003, and Feeding Frenzy is a Sprout Games and PopCap game from 2004, sold for PC and later Xbox.
What games are like Fishy?: InkFish, which you can play free in a browser, plus Agar.io, flOw, Feeding Frenzy and the first stage of Spore.
Is InkFish made by the makers of Fishy?: No. InkFish is our own game, made at 16bit.ink, and it is not made by or connected to the makers of Fishy. We name Fishy only to compare.

Sources

Fishy and the other games named here belong to their makers. InkFish is our own game and is not connected to them.