{"id":31621,"date":"2024-05-29T19:10:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=31621"},"modified":"2024-05-29T19:27:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:27:57","slug":"raise-aquatic-macho-dudes-in-this-cozy-aquarium-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/indie-games\/raise-aquatic-macho-dudes-in-this-cozy-aquarium-sim\/","title":{"rendered":"Raise aquatic macho dudes in this cozy aquarium sim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imagine owning your own aquarium without all the hassle of cleaning up fish poop and maintaining expensive filters and heating systems. <strong>Machorium \u2013 Muscle Aquarium Simulator <\/strong>lets you create a beautiful virtual underwater diorama with a twist- you look after tiny, swimming\u00a0fit dudes instead of fish. Made by Japanese indie dev NEOLAVI and published by indiegamesjapan, Machorium was released on Steam today and is available in 12 languages including English.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com\/steam\/apps\/257024633\/movie480_vp9.webm?t=1716259353\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this relaxing sandbox game, you start off with an empty tank. Customize it by adding colored sand, rocks, aquatic plants, scenery and various other decorations. Once you are happy with your initial set up, try adding some swimming trunk-clad muscle men to the tank. The Action-man like gym bros will swim happily so\u00a0long as you feed them protein so they can keep their muscles big and strong. As they swim, your pet macho guys will earn \u201cmacho\u201d points- these can be used to unlock\u00a0new decor items for your aquarium, so you can keep your mini men in a comfortable and stylish tank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-001.jpg\" alt=\"Machorium Muscle Aquarium Simulator\" class=\"wp-image-31628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-001-600x337.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Machorium is an idle game so you can use the game\u2019s picture-in-picture feature\u00a0to window your game. This lets you keep an eye on your\u00a0muscle men in the corner of your screen while you work or even read other articles on Automaton West. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-002.jpg 900w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/20240529-31621-002-600x337.jpg 600w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Developer <a href=\"https:\/\/neolavi.wixsite.com\/neolavi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NEOLAVI<\/a> has made a number of other eccentric games featuring macho men including <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2617350\/MACHO_SPINNER\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macho Spinner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/agecheck\/app\/2793350\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macho Scooping<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Machorium &#8211; Muscle Aquarium Simulator is&nbsp;out now on PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2903660\/Machorium_Muscle_Aquarium_Simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). 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