Shark.io game guide

How a round plays

Poki’s own description puts you in the role of a hungry shark in shallow water. You eat fish and swimmers, avoid anything bigger, and score by surviving the crowd. White objects in the water fill the boost bar. Stars add score. The PEGASUS product page says you can stab other sharks with a sword-like horn, and that you can switch horns, weapons and skins, including forms that are not sharks.

I keep the two descriptions side by side. Poki stresses eating and dodging. PEGASUS stresses the horn. Neither page publishes how many maps, horns or skins exist, so this guide does not invent a number.

Controls the official page lists

On desktop, Poki lists WASD or the arrow keys, or mouse movement, to swim. Space or the left mouse button triggers the dash. The horn hit is the ram you aim at another player. The same page says phones and tablets are supported, but it does not draw a touch layout. Touch gestures are not documented on that source.

Horns, weapons and skins

Poki describes choosing a horn as your weapon and changing the character into other sea creatures. PEGASUS also describes a sword-like tusk used to stab opponents. These descriptions establish customization, but neither source publishes a complete inventory.

What Shark.io is not

shark.io the domain is a parked page, not the game. CrazyGames had no /game/sharkio or /game/shark-io page when I checked on 10 November 2026. Y8’s “Shark io” was added on 24 March 2020 and GameDistribution credits Hihoy, with a Construct 2 build dated 21 February 2020. That is a different game. Cirrial’s incremental Shark Game is also different.

Watch a round

Shark.io gameplay on Poki

FAQ

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