Drag across the water to make waves and push the floating litter. Select a tower to send a wave. On touch screens, swipe sideways to stir, or vertically to scroll. With the ocean focused, use arrow keys and Enter. This is an interactive illustration of the game.

Drag the water. Tap a tower to send a wave.

A strategy game about ocean protection.

Ocean
Defenders.

A living ocean.
A defense worth building.

Drag the water. Tap a tower to send a wave.

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The game

Every wave
needs a defense.

Place your facilities along the route.
Stop pollution before it reaches the ecosystem.

Build

Place cleanup facilities
along the route.

Intercept

Respond to incoming
pollution.

Protect

Defend coral reefs, mangroves
and seabird habitats.

Ecology

Mangroves

Discover their connection to coastal ecosystems.

Place a mangrove barrier as part of your coastal defense.

Click the water to make a wave. Drag across it to set the waves in motion and push floating litter. On touch screens, swipe sideways through the water; swipe vertically to scroll the page. With the ocean focused, use arrow keys to move through the water and Enter to make a wave.

Ocean Defenders

Download.

Take the game with you.

Desktop downloads are not available yet.
Windows and macOS installers will be linked here.

Drag the water. Set the waves in motion.

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