Rank 01Games like Among Ripples
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- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Among Ripples: Viridi, PolyPine, Twinkleby, Equilinox, and Ecosystem. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Eat Create Sleep
- Price: Free to play
- 67% of 959 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation, Free To Play, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Free and no microtransactions
- Meditative gameplay loop
- Observe emergent ecosystem balance
- Chill
- Contemplative
- Peaceful
About Among Ripples
The closest matches to Among Ripples: Viridi, PolyPine, Twinkleby, Equilinox, and Ecosystem. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Among Ripples is your kind of game, the closest matches are Viridi, PolyPine and Twinkleby — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as chill, contemplative and peaceful, and single out its creature injection and ecosystem simulation. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Among Ripples: Control a pond's ecosystem; experiment with what you can do and see what happens. Among Ripples is a meditative ecosystem management simulator; you add different creatures to the pond and see how they interact.
Is Among Ripples worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 67% of 959 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Free to play.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.4 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Free and no microtransactions
- Meditative gameplay loop
- Observe emergent ecosystem balance
- Soothing ambient soundtrack
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“While this game does have nice graphics and music, it does a poor job of simulating an ecosystem. If one is looking to create a vibrant lake full of fish, then one will have to continually exert control by spawning new members of a species…”
“I half expected to be gently reminded about "Savage Pond", a fine game I enjoyed greatly on my Acorn Electron. Instead of this, what this version of "Among Ripples" was seemed like a coursework assignment for a computer programming course…”
Frequently asked about Among Ripples
Can I run it?
Is Among Ripples free to play?
Yes — Among Ripples is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
What games are most similar to Among Ripples?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Among Ripples are Viridi, PolyPine, Twinkleby.
Who developed Among Ripples?
Among Ripples was developed by Eat Create Sleep.