Originally the work of Future Games of London, the studio was bought by Ubisoft in 2013 in a big-money deal. It’s a sequel to Hungry Shark Evolution, which was in turn a sequel to Hungry Shark: Night. Hungry Shark World was first released in 2015, and has since racked up more than 50 million downloads from players around the world. But beware – some sorts of creature can’t be eaten at all, and they may actually pose a threat to you. At the very top of the tree, of course, is the ferocious prehistoric megalodon. There are more than a dozen sharks to unlock, as well as other fantastic creatures like whales and dinosaurs. In order to eat certain species of underwater creature, you’ll need to have unlocked the appropriate shark. You’ll grow in size until eventually a newer, more powerful shark becomes available. The more the shark eats, the hungrier it gets – and the larger it gets, too! Simply swim around, eating all of the marine life you come across. This is a game which combines arcade-style underwater action with RPG-style progression. Undoubtedly the most popular game of this kind is Hungry Shark. To avoid this unfortunate outcome, the only option is to keep swimming, and keep eating! Sometimes, the hunger itself is what applies the pressure – go too long without food, and your shark will starve to death, and it’ll be game over. Sharks are natural carnivores, so in most of these games you’ll be recovering health by eating the fish around you. As you’re swimming all the time you won’t need to worry about gravity or platforming just point your shark in the appropriate direction and press the button to accelerate. The only difference is that you’re not playing as a helpless dolphin here, but a deadly predator, using the arrow keys or on-screen controls to maneuver your shark through the underwater environment. The vast majority of shark games are side-on adventure games, in the vein of Ecco the Dolphin on the Genesis and Mega Drive. They’re all free and available in HTML5, and thus capable of running on any device with a web browser and an internet connection. 2016’s Hungry Shark World and the upcoming Maneater by Tripwire Entertainment see the player take control of the world’s scariest predator – often with messy results!Here at Gamepix, we provide a range of different games involving sharks. But sharks aren’t always rendered quite so realistically – those who played Banjo Kazooie on the N64 might recall being chased through Treasure Trove Cove by an irate shark named Snacker.Smaller studios have promoted sharks to the starring roles in their games. Only once the tank had been successfully drained could the monster be tracked down and electrocuted.Later games took this as inspiration, including Batman: Arkham City, where Penguin lures Batman into a gigantic area of open water, and forces him to face off with an enormous shark named Tiny. The largest shark, ‘Mother Neptune’, would bash her nose into the side of the tank while the player attempted to complete a puzzle.
Given the setting, it’s no surprise that sharks featured as enemies throughout the game, most notably in the ‘open ocean’ level, where hordes of them swam toward poor Ecco at high speed.The first Resident Evil game famously featured a shark tank, which made for some memorable jump-scares. And much like the film industry, games developers have often brought them in as villains for players to fight against (or flee from).Among the first games to be set predominantly under the water was Ecco the Dolphin for the Sega Genesis. Ancient, powerful, and ugly-looking, they’re the ultimate predator. Ever since Jaws first hit cinema screens in the 1970s, sharks have been a source of terror for most of us.
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