rokaplay says Drawquarium demo copied into Google Play app

rokaplay announced on its official X account on November 4 that a demo of Drawquarium was used without permission and published as an Android app on Google Play. According to gamebusiness.jp, the unauthorized app reportedly copied the work's name and screenshots, with a mouse cursor visible in the images.

In the post, rokaplay questioned Google Play and Google accounts whether apps are actually reviewed. The Google Play business Community replied on November 5 that it is currently investigating the matter. The relevant Google Play page could not be viewed at the time of writing.

The official X account said the people who published the app appear to be based in Pakistan. Drawquarium is a title from developer Kaleb, who is based in Berlin, Germany.

Steam release set for November 14

Drawquarium is scheduled for release on Steam on November 14 and supports Japanese. A free demo of the game is currently available.

As of October 26, the game's Steam wishlist count surpassed 75,000, and the release-date announcement trailer published the same day had recorded 6.64 million views by the time of writing. On November 3, a Steam news post revealed 65,000 wishlist additions in one week. On October 20, the developer of the PC (Steam) restaurant management sim Spookitchen stopped releasing its demo after being told an AI had copied the work entirely.