Rivet & Rust
Pilot a patched-together bathyscaphe through a sunken industrial trench. Salvage scrap, upgrade your hull one weld at a time, and decide how deep you dare to dive before the pressure gauge starts to sing.
Independent studio · Descending since day one
Small subs.
Small subs.
Deep water.
Tin Whale Games makes slow, curious adventures about the parts of the ocean nobody has mapped yet. Rivets, sonar pings, strange lights in the dark, and the quiet thrill of going one meter deeper.
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// The fleet
Our games
Every game we make starts with the same question: what is down there? Here is what we have surfaced so far.
Lanternfall
A calm, glowing puzzle adventure in the twilight zone. Guide a tiny research drone by the light of bioluminescent creatures, reconnecting an ancient reef's light network one pulse at a time.
The Cartographer's Bell
A narrative survey game. Chart a drowned archipelago from inside a diving bell, piecing together a lost expedition's logbook from wrecks, radio fragments and your own hand-drawn maps.
Deep Signal
Our next dive: a two-player co-op where one person steers and the other reads the sonar. You can only talk in pings. Expect shouting, laughter and at least one very surprised squid.
// Ship's log
About the studio
Tin Whale Games is a small independent team that loves the ocean, old machinery and games that let you take your time. We build worlds that reward curiosity more than reflexes, where the scariest thing is usually the dark and the best reward is a view nobody has seen before.
- Wonder over threatThe deep sea is strange and beautiful. We want you to lean toward the porthole, not away from it.
- Machines with characterEvery sub creaks, leaks and has a personality. Upgrades feel earned and a little bit hand-built.
- Respect your timeNo pushy monetization. Buy the game once, dive as long as you like.
- Sound is half the gamePings, hull groans and whale song are designed as carefully as anything you can see.
// Open channel
Send a signal
Press, partnerships, bug reports or just a photo of your favorite fish. We read every message that reaches the surface.
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