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Water Bears VR

Water Bears VR

Free trapped water bears by rerouting, remixing, and redirecting water flows in a sunny 3D island environment. This charming VR game will have the entire family giggling as they solve puzzles and frolic with these loveable creatures.

Released Jan 27, 2016 Developer Schell Games Platforms Windows VRPuzzleSimulationCasualCute
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

92.9%positive182 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A family friendly room scale puzzle game that I am sorry to see has been delisted. For what its worth , it works well with the Valve Index 7/10 would make cute bears wet again.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-04 via SteamCharts.

111all-time peak
0 1 2 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 2 avg · Jan 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

12achievements
12.8%median completion
7.4%rarest: Unstoppable
55.1% of players 41.5% of players 27.5% of players 18.4% of players 17.1% of players 13.5% of players 12.8% of players 12.7% of players 8.6% of players 7.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.4% of players 55.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.1%There's no place like Home — Your first trip to Home Island
41.5%One small step — You completed Puzzle Pack 1
27.5%Two for the show — You completed Puzzle Pack 2
Rarest badges of honor
7.4%Unstoppable — All Challenge Packs solved
7.4%You complete me — The entire game has been solved!
7.5%Into the sunset — You solved Challenge Pack 4

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 25, 2023
Water Bears VR Is Retiring

To our faithful Water Bears VR fans...the game is retiring on May 8, 2023 , and will no longer be available for purchase. Owners of the game will still have access to it in their libraries. We hope yo

Mar 14, 2017
New Build -- Includes Adjustable Height Feature!

Hello, Long time, no update. We have been working hard on this game, and now have a new build. Many of you have been asking for an adjustable height feature. Well, it's here! You can find the height t

Mar 14, 2017
New Build -- Includes Adjustable Height Feature!

Hello, Long time, no update. We have been working hard on this game, and now have a new build. Many of you have been asking for an adjustable height feature. Well, it's here! You can find the height t

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresCasual, Indie
Player tagsVR · Puzzle · Simulation · Casual · Cute · Family Friendly · Education · Indie · Exploration · Anime · Free to Play · Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · VR Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements12
Official sitehttps://waterbearsgame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or similar Storage: 500 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Room Scale 2.3m by 2m area required Additional Notes: Requires HTC Vive headset and controllers