Tidepool Keeper
A quiet idle game that keeps the tide’s time.
You've inherited a tidepool called The Sundry, and the notebook of the keeper before you. The tide comes and goes on its own clock, four windows a day that drift later every day. Come back when it does, collect what washed in, build gear that makes each window worth more, and fill the notebook a page at a time.
On Android, your phone asks to allow installs from your browser the first time: the game comes from here, not the Play Store.
Features
A Tide That Drifts
Low and high tides by day and in the dark, each arriving about 50 minutes later than the day before, so the rhythm keeps moving.
Wave-Washed Finds
Press Collect and a wave washes in what the tide left: twelve kinds of finds, three for each kind of window. Tap each one to keep it.
A Pool With Moods
The Sundry remarks on the tide, the hour, the moon and the season, and visitors drop by: a gull, a crab, a small fish, a moth.
Gear for Each Window
Drying Racks, Tide Traps and Catch Jars, each pointed at one window, plus a Tide Almanac to read the forecast further ahead.
The Keeper's Notebook
Every find has a page with a note from the keeper before you. Write your own beneath it and stamp it to keep it.
No Rush
Finds wait up to 7 days, nothing is ever lost, and it all works offline with nothing sent anywhere.
How to Play
- Check the pool: the card shows the tide and when the next one comes.
- When windows have passed, press Collect and tap each find into your Satchel.
- Spend finds at the Workbench on gear that makes a window worth more.
- Write in the Notebook, then come back after the next tide.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard & Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Collect and pick up finds | Click | Tap |
| Ripple the water, greet a visitor | Click the pool | Tap the pool |
| Satchel, Clipboard, Workbench, Notebook | Click along the bottom | Tap along the bottom |
| Write a note | Type, then press the stamp | Type, then tap the stamp |
Made For
Anyone who likes a calm game to check in on now and then: no timers to beat, nothing to lose, and a small surprise each visit.
Built With
Version History
Version 0.2.3, updated Oct 4, 2026. See every release.