Coral Gardens
A coral reef restoration game
$0.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Glide above the ocean floor as a scuba diver. Collect coral polyps and plant them across the reef grid, then watch your garden bloom into a living reef!
Coral Gardens is a meditative underwater game about hope, patience, and the slow miracle of reef restoration. You play as a scuba diver drifting above the seafloor, gathering tiny coral polyps and planting them across a nursery wire grid. Step back and watch your coral garden grow into a vibrant living cathedral over the next hundred years.
The game is inspired by real marine conservation efforts around the world. Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, yet they shelter a quarter of all marine species. Warming seas, pollution, and overfishing have put these fragile ecosystems in danger. Coral Gardens turns that quiet urgency into a soothing, hands-on act of healing. Every polyp you plant is a small promise that the ocean can recover, one tiny creature at a time.
No enemies to fight. No ads, no accounts, no pressure. Just you, the hush of the water, and the slow rhythm of restoration.
Features
Fifty hand-tuned reef levels that grow larger and richer as you dive deeper
A realistic scuba diver you guide with a single finger or the keyboard
Living coral that grows, branches, and colors itself across a real reef grid
A hundred year future vision that shows your reef fully bloomed at the end of every dive
Gentle, evolving ambient music synthesized live from twenty original oceanic tracks
Schools of fish, drifting jellies, and visiting sea turtles that glide through your garden
A personal gallery that saves a snapshot of every reef you restore
A relaxed dive mode with unlimited air for pure, pressure-free exploration
A challenge mode for seasoned divers who want a tighter breath and a faster pace
No accounts. No sign-ups. No data leaves your device
How to play
Touch anywhere and drag to swim your diver across the reef. Collect glowing coral polyps from the seafloor and carry them to empty reef sites. Plant each one, fill the grid, and finish the dive to unlock a century of growth. In Challenge mode, collect as many polyps as you can before your tank runs out of air. In Relaxed mode, just take your time and enjoy the process. The reef you build stays with you as a snapshot in your gallery.
Why we made it
We made Coral Gardens after reading about coral nursery projects and restoration divers who spend their days replanting broken coral onto dying reefs. We wanted to capture that feeling of patient, hopeful work, the kind where progress is measured in years and generations, not points and stars. The game is our love letter to the ocean and to everyone working quietly to keep it alive.
Ratings & Reviews
The developer, Joseph Seif, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Joseph Seif
- Size
- 195.7 MB
- Category
- Puzzle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 26 more
- English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Joseph Seif Visuals LLC
