Frontier Works Inc. has announced that The Aquarium does not dance is now available for pre-order on Nintendo Switch™ and Steam®, with a physical edition for the Nintendo Switch. This is a multilanguage release.
The following press release is text directly from the publisher and has been shared as a sponsored post.
Pre-orders for “The Aquarium does not dance” for Nintendo Switch™ and Steam🄬 open today!
“The Aquarium does not dance” is the hit horror game developed by the horror-hating creator daidai alone over the course of eight years. This new version for Nintendo Switch™ and Steam🄬 features all-new character voices for the five main characters and all-new original content!
We are excited to announce the exclusive bonuses for those who purchase the Nintendo Switch™ physical edition! We’re also releasing an official Frontier Works online shop exclusive version with special deluxe bonuses, including a mini soundtrack CD designed with a CD jacket created from an all-new original illustration by daidai, a toy with original voice recordings by daidai, and more!
The digital edition for Nintendo Switch™ and Steam🄬 is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 1st, 2025. The physical edition for the Nintendo Switch™ is planned for release on Thursday, October 30th, 2025.
Plunge even deeper into the world of “The Aquarium does not dance” with this new special release!
DIGITAL EDITION
Release Date: Friday, August 1st, 2025
Price: $19.99 or 2,200 JPY (including tax)
■ Buy it on Nintendo Switch:
URL https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000098456
■ Buy it on Steam:
URL https://store.steampowered.com/app/3675470/
NINTENDO SWITCH PHYSICAL EDITION
Release Date: Thursday, October 30th, 2025
Price: 4,950 JPY (including tax)
*Available for purchase only in Japan.
■ Limited First-Edition Exclusive Bonus
Bianca Aquarium Annual Pass (one-of-a-kind design)
To celebrate the release of the Nintendo Switch Physical Edition, the horror-hating horror game creator daidai has created this original design for a Bianca Aquarium Annual Pass. It has even been made from the same materials used for real-life aquarium annual passes! You’ll definitely want to take a closer look at both the back and the packaging!
■ Early Bird Exclusive Bonus
Clear bookmark set (four designs total)
A set of four clear bookmarks, each with its own unique design. Get your own general admission and premium tickets to Bianca Aquarium! This set also comes with a group illustration created by daidai and a bookmark that features the characters in the pixel art style of the game.
■ Original Exclusive Bonuses
OFFICIAL ONLINE SHOP EXCLUSIVE
● Frontier Works Official Online Shop Exclusive Version: 15,950 JPY (including tax)
- Piano Arrangement & Mini Soundtrack CD
This mini soundtrack CD contains five tracks from the newly added extra scenario content as well as new piano medley arrangements by Cocoro Mashima. Plus, the CD jacket is a new original illustration by daidai!
Tracklist
- Yadokari wo Otte~ Tansaku Medley Arrangement *New Recording
- Penguin no Juusho / Shinkai Sekai
- Shiranai / Mawari Kasumu Sekai
- Leafy Sea Dragon / Majo no Yakata- to flow
- Ano Hito no Suizokukan
- Kimi to Chiisana Yume wo Mita
- Title Theme Arrangement (Rerecorded from the 2024 vinyl release)
- Eki・Byouin Arrangement (Rerecorded from the 2024 vinyl release)
- Saikai Arrangement (Rerecorded from the 2024 vinyl release)
Music by Cocoro Mashima, Azell
*Note: Not all of the music from the game is available on the CD.
- Bianca Aquarium Locker Key Acrylic Keychain
- Bianca Aquarium Building Map Microfiber Cloth
- Talking Toy (All 10 original voice recordings from creator daidai)
- TANITA FB-741 Pedometer with 3D Sensor with Original Illustration by daidai
(Perfect for counting your steps while you explore a strange and mysterious aquarium!)
Lottery Present Campaign
- Autograph board featuring cast autographs
Anyone who pre-orders or purchases the Frontier Works Official Online Shop Exclusive Version will be automatically entered into a lottery to win a special autograph board with the signatures of the whole voice acting cast!
- Suze: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Retro: Yumiri Hanamori
- Lulu: Satomi Sato
- Kitty: Rie Kugimiya
- Chrissy: Tomoe Tamiyasu
Hermes: daidai
In-Store Bonus Gifts
*We will provide information about in-store bonus gifts separately.
For more information about in-store bonus gifts, please inquire with each respective store.
■ SPECIAL SITE
The Aquarium does not dance for Nintendo Switch™ and Steam🄬 now has its own dedicated website! Find out more about deluxe editions and more on the special site for The Aquarium does not dance.
URL: https://www.fwinc.co.jp/aqua-dance
ABOUT THE GAME
“The Aquarium does not dance” is the hit horror game developed by the one-man, horror-hating creator daidai over the course of eight years. When it was released in February 2024, it reached over 100,000 downloads in just two days! And it didn’t stop there. Thanks to various Let’s Plays and social media word-of-mouth, it hit over 600,000 downloads by June 2025. With more exciting content planned, including a drama CD, comic adaption, merch, and much more, it’s no wonder that fans can’t stop talking about this game!
GAME SYNOPSIS
Having been gifted a premium pass to Bianca Aquarium, Suze and her best friend, Lulu, receive a guided tour of the place led by the aquarium director’s charming wife, Chrissy. However, when Lulu suddenly goes missing, Suze goes looking for her and inexplicably finds herself in a strange and terrifying world that looks nothing like the aquarium she was at just moments ago.
While searching the building, now overrun with gruesome sea creatures, a mysterious armed woman dressed like a soldier appears before her. The woman, who introduces herself as Retro, is also looking for her companion, a girl named Kitty. Can Suze find her best friend and escape from the nightmarish aquarium before it’s too late? Beware, for a traitor lurks in their midst…
ABOUT THE GAME
- Title: The Aquarium does not dance
- Genre: Puzzle adventure horror game
- Platform: Nintendo Switch™ / Steam🄬
- Digital Edition Release Date: Friday, August 1st, 2025
- Nintendo Switch Physical Edition Release Date: Thursday, October 30th, 2025
- Price:
- Digital Edition – $19.99 or 2,200 JPY (including tax)
- Nintendo Switch Physical Edition (available only in Japan) – 4,950 JPY (including tax)
- Purchase Options: Digital Edition, Nintendo Switch Physical Edition
- CERO Rating: C (suitable for ages 15 and above)
- No. of Players: Single-player
- Supported Languages: Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Creator: daidai
- Developer: Gotcha Gotcha Games, Frontier Works Inc.
- Publisher: Frontier Works Inc.
CAST
- Suze: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Retro: Yumiri Hanamori
- Lulu: Satomi Sato
- Kitty: Rie Kugimiya
- Chrissy: Tomoe Tamiyasu
■ Announcement Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjfVvco3yQ
■ Official Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmAY_kdqJQY
■ Special Site: https://www.fwinc.co.jp/aqua-dance
■ Official Site: https://daidai7742.wixsite.com/aqua-dance
■ Official Social Media:
■ Social Media Hashtag: #アクおど
■ Copyright: © 2025 daidaisan, Frontier Works, Gotcha Gotcha Games
*The above information may be subject to change. Thank you for your understanding.
*The company names, product names, and logos listed are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
*Screenshots are from development.
The Nintendo Switch is a registered trademark of Nintendo.
INQUIRIES
Frontier Works Inc., PR department
E-mail：[email protected]
Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Place 4F, 3-22-17 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013
(Responses to inquiries made on weekends or holidays will be issued the following work week.)
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