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Among Ripples
Control a pond's ecosystem; experiment with what you can do and see what happens. Among Ripples is a meditative ecosystem management simulator; you add different creatures to the pond and see how they interact.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Not even sure what to say about this, it's barely a game, but it does get a recommend from me as it does function as intended, but don't waste your time, this is a proof of concept. Even in 2015 this would have been mediocre.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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Help Our Sequel on Kickstarter - Last Two Days
Hello everyone! We're on our final two days on the Kickstarter and your support is needed, thank you. :) Pledge on Kickstarter
20 Percent Funded - And Where's the Insects?
Hello! We're already 20% funded and we're responding to some common feedback, read it on Kickstarter! :) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eatcreatesleep/among-ripples-shallow-waters-restore-the-wo
Already 10% Funded With Our Sequel on Kickstarter
Hello everyone, Our Kickstarter campaign for the spiritual sequel live and will be up for a month. It's critical to get some early backers so please help us, even if you can only spare one (1) dollar
Shallow Waters - Kickstarter Online
Hello everyone, Our Kickstarter campaign is now live and will be up for a month. It's critical to get some early backers so please help us, even if you can only spare one (1) dollar that helps us a lo
Spiritual Sequel Online on Kickstarter Tomorrow
Hello everyone! The Kickstarter for our Among Ripples sequel goes online tomorrow, Tuesday, 15:00, UTC+1. You can subscribe to the Kickstarter page if you want to get notified when it goes live. Pleas
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Simulation · Casual · Indie · Relaxing · Singleplayer · Underwater · 2D · Atmospheric · Nature · Sandbox · Experimental (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://eatcreatesleep.net/amongripples |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP1 or newer Processor: 1.6 Ghz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB graphics memory and Shader Model 2.0 compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 250 MB available space