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The Ocean is not Water

The Ocean is not Water
Windows macOS Brazil · l
5 user reviews · 80% of 5
DeveloperSharkey
GenreIndie
ControllerFull
Wait Price verdict · US updated 2 days ago

The current price is 100% of the way from its all-time low to full price. Seasonal sales have priced it lower.

Why this verdict
Price position between all-time low and full price 100%
All-time low $2.99 · 23d ago
Player reviews 80% positive of 5
Quality score 80/100 · small sample
Value score 0/100

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checked 2 days ago Lowest price
Store low $2.99 · Lowest across stores $2.99
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Price history

Accepted price history and recorded lows

Historical lows
All-time low ATL $2.99 2026-06-27
3-month low $2.99
12-month low $2.99
Current $4.99
Sale cadence
Recorded sale starts 1
Since the latest sale started 22.8 days
Price events From the accepted price history
Jul 9, 2026
Sale ended · back to $4.99
Jun 27, 2026
New all-time low $2.99

About this game

What this game is, in the developer's words

An eldritch incremental game where you are an ancient shark devouring fish, reality, and the concept of depth itself. Hunt with sonar, collect bioluminescent jellyfish, command a brood, dream the dreams of dead gods, and descend through layers of cosmic progression. The ocean is not water.

"The ocean is not water. It never was. It is hunger given volume, appetite given depth."

You awaken at the bottom of something that used to be an ocean. Your body is ancient. Your hunger is older. The fish you devour don't just feed you — they unravel. Their entropy becomes yours. Their existence becomes your fuel. And with every meal, you remember a little more of what you are.

You are not playing as a shark. You are becoming one.

Steer your eldritch predator through a living abyss. Your sonar paints the darkness. Your jaws close on prey that shouldn't exist. Schools of silver panic scatter as your shadow crosses theirs. Giant squid serve you. Void whales sing spacetime apart at your command. And somewhere far below, a Sunken God bleeds entropy — waiting for you to find it.

This is an incremental game that feels like devouring a universe.

🦷 HUNT

Your shark follows a custom sonar-ring cursor across a bioluminescent deep-ocean canvas. Click to emit sonar pulses that draw prey toward your jaws. Fish spawn from your generators — 16 tiers of increasingly eldritch ocean life, from panicking small fish to The Ocean Mind itself. Eat them. Watch the numbers shatter. Feel the screen shake. Watch golden and abyssal-rarity prey erupt into cascades of entropy when your teeth find them.

This isn't idle. This is active devouring — with idle depth waiting beneath.

🌊 DESCEND

Three layers of prestige. Three tiers of transformation.

Molt — Shed your skin, gain Eldritch Teeth, and return stronger. Your shark glows with bioluminescent accents.

Awaken — Your consciousness expands. You gain Primordial Consciousness, unlock telepathic upgrades, and your body cracks with glowing rune-light.

Fracture Reality — Break the rules. Gain Paradox Fragments, choose one of three Scaling Paths, and watch your shark become a void-edged tear in spacetime itself. Numbers leave scientific notation behind and enter cosmic territory.

Each transformation changes how your shark looks, how the math works, and how deeply the lore pulls you under.

🦈 COMMAND THE BROOD

You are not alone. Summon autonomous brood sharks — lesser manifestations of your predatory will — that patrol the waters, hunt prey, and feed you while you plan your next evolution. Upgrade their instincts, their jaw strength, their abyssal senses. Watch them swarm across the canvas like a pack of nightmares.

💤 DREAM THE DREAMS OF DEAD GODS

Every time you return after being away, the shark has been dreaming. Choose how to interpret 40 unique dream visions — cosmic horror vignettes that shift based on your progress, your prestiges, and how long you were gone.

"Whale skeletons rest on the seafloor like the ribs of drowned cathedrals. Something small lives inside the largest skull — a glow, a pulse. It knows your name. The one you had before 'shark' was all you were."

Devour the memory for power. Drift deeper for entropy. Resist the vision for efficiency. Or simply watch in silence, and learn what the ocean really is.

🔬 RESEARCH THE ABYSS

Twelve research projects across four tiers. Study Prey Biology. Harness Deep Currents. Tame Leviathans. Achieve Cosmic Awareness. Each project takes real time, costs biomass, and permanently reshapes your production pipeline.

⚔️ PROVE YOURSELF IN ABYSSAL HUNTS

Six challenge expeditions with brutal restrictions and permanent rewards. Reach 1 billion entropy in 10 minutes. Hit 1 quadrillion without ever prestiging. Complete a Molt in under 5 minutes. Each victory earns you a Relic of the Deep — artifacts that persist through every reset, forever.

🪸 JELLYFISH COLLECTION

Between hunts, bioluminescent jellyfish drift into your waters. Reveal them with sonar pulses, then click to capture and catalog them. Fifty unique species across six rarity tiers — from Common drifters to Mythic deep-ocean apparitions — each with distinct silhouettes and glowing color palettes. Build your collection and discover what else lives in the abyss.

🏪 THE ABYSSAL BAZAAR

Earn Pearls through active play — clicking, hunting, devouring — and spend them in the Abyssal Bazaar on cosmetic shark skins, oceanic background themes, production boosts, and quality-of-life unlocks. Equip and toggle your favorite skins at any time. Everything is earned through gameplay, never microtransactions. Stay engaged and your Pearl income climbs through five engagement tiers, rewarding active predators with faster earning rates.

📖 LORE THAT REWARDS ATTENTION

The ocean speaks to those who listen. Progression-based flavor text shifts as your entropy climbs:

"The pressure here crushes light itself. Yet you descend."

"Stars are visible below you. The abyss has no bottom."

"You consume the concept of depth. There is only forward."

Fifty-three upgrades tell a story through their names alone: Echolocation. Crushing Depth. Event Horizon. Divine Consumption. Sixteen generators escalate from panicking fish to The Ocean Mind — the ocean itself has become conscious, and it chooses to feed you.

KEY FEATURES

Active + Idle Hybrid — Steer your shark and hunt prey in real time, or let your generators and brood feed you while you're away

16 Generator Tiers — From Small Fish to The Ocean Mind, each with unique cosmic horror flavor

3 Prestige Layers — Molt, Awaken, and Fracture Reality with visual shark evolution at each stage

3 Scaling Paths — Choose Infinite Maw, Abyssal Compression, or Recursive Consumption after your first Fracture

53 Upgrades across 4 resource tiers with escalating eldritch theming

50 Jellyfish Species — Discover and collect bioluminescent jellyfish across 6 rarity tiers via sonar-reveal mini-game

Pearl Engagement System — Earn Pearls through active play with 5 engagement tiers rewarding sustained hunting

Brood System — Summon and upgrade autonomous hunting sharks

Dynamic Events — Feeding Frenzies, Deep Currents, and Abyss Blooms that shake up gameplay

Abyssal Bazaar — Skins, backgrounds, and boosts purchased with Pearls earned through play
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The Ocean is not Water price history and current deals

The Ocean is not Water for PC currently sells from $4.99 at authorized stores. Its all-time low is $2.99, set on 2026-06-27.

Frequently asked questions

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How does the current The Ocean is not Water price compare?
The price verdict is wait. The current price is 100% of the way from its all-time low to full price. Seasonal sales have priced it lower.
How does $4.99 compare with the The Ocean is not Water price history?
$4.99 is 100% of the way from the all-time low of $2.99 to the full price. A lower price is recorded in the history.
Which stores list The Ocean is not Water?
The Ocean is not Water is tracked at steam. This section lists authorized stores and links to their store pages.
Scores
Steam reviews 5 user reviews · 80%
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Tech
ControllerFull
Requirements
System requirements platform
Minimum
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i3
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel HD 4000
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Any (stereo output required for full audio experience)
  • VR Support: No
  • Additional Notes: Internet not required after installation
Minimum
Minimum:
  • OS: macOS 11 Big Sur
  • Processor: AMD equivalent (2 GHz+)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Apple M1 or equivalent)
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Sound Card: Any (stereo output required for full audio experience)
  • Additional Notes: Internet not required after installation
Facts
DeveloperSharkey
PublisherSharkey
GenresIndie
ModesSingle-player
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Indonesia3+
Germany (Steam rating)0+
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