The three-year anniversary party continues, looking back at our hugely successful Orcatober 2025, a thrilling horror event featuring game sales from Humble and Eneba and a host of creators facing their fears to help end captivity of whales and dolphins. 🌊 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tjOeVUzRrNo

🎉 We’re celebrating the third anniversary of Games For Waves, WDC’s gaming and streaming initiative. So let's look back at what our community has achieved in the past 12 months, starting with World Ocean Day Festival 2025. 🎮🌊 Discord Link in bio 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LmcCyyj-GhI

What's that? A release date to start the week? THAT'S RIGHT! 🥳 Swimpossible officially releases on the 18th February! 🎉 🐟 🎮 Mark your calendars, tell your grandma and let your boss know you're taking the day off to rage in Swimpossible! #releasedateannouncement #swimpossible #indiegame #ragegame

Games For Waves turns 3 this February. 🎮🌊 We’re looking back at our top 2025 moments—from #WorldOceanDay to Orcatober—celebrating what our community of developers, creators & gamers made happen. #charity

We're celebrating today another amazing update on our ongoing partnership with cozy ocean cleanup game Spilled! from developer Lente! ⛵ Since release almost a year ago, Spilled! has raised over €11,000 for @whalesorg.bsky.social with $0.10 from every copy sold donated to WDC. 🐋

Today we’re sharing an update on our efforts to remove ghost gear from the Ocean. Ghost gear is any fishing equipment that has been abandoned, lost or discarded at sea. These on-going efforts were funded by our 2025 World Ocean Day Fest! 🌊 📷 @ghostfishinguk.bsky.social #WODFest is back this June.

We are starting the year with a BANG 🧨 💥 ✨ Swimpossible Reveal Trailer is OUT NOW! 🎉 🥳 What new area of the game are you most excited for? 👀 #swimpossible #berlingame #indiegame #revealtrailer

Happy holidays to our fin-tastic community, we hope you're having the most amazing festive season and are ready to rest, eat, and be merry with your family and friends! May all your favourite games be waiting under the tree 🎄

Our final thank you post goes to the lovely Weyrdworks! They're making a splash for IRL whales and dolphins with sales from their whale-themed DLC for idle desktop game Weyrdlets. Thank you! 💙

Today we are saying a big thank you to Curve Games. Since 2021 curve have supported the protection of whales and dolphins, raising an incredible £47k so far! Thank you so much! 🌊

A heartfelt thank you to NOT Management for their support during Orcatober. Your involvement helped lift the campaign and support our conservation work for whales and dolphins. THANK YOU! 🐳

Orcatober 2025 was something special. 25+ streamers, game partners and the community raised a huge £194,000 for WDC - funding our End Captivity work for the year ahead. Thank you for facing your fears for the cause! 💙

Have you kept up to date with Kpop Demon Hunters? Do you know your Pokémon trivia? Can you explain QUANTUM PHYSICS?! Tune in now to the annual SpecialEffect Christmas Quiz livestream, Jeopardy style, live with Safe In Our World and Whale and Dolphin Conservation! www.twitch.tv/specialeffec...

Today's we'd like to thank WDC Ambassador and world-renowned Drift King, RTGame 👑. RT's and his passionate community has raised an incredible £325k since 2021. Thank you, RT! 🐳

Thank you Lente! Your awesome game Spilled! has so far raised over £8k for the protection of whales and dolphins 🥰

Today we're celebrating an amazing two years partnering with @foreverskies.bsky.social - an INCREDIBLE $50,000 raised through the WDC Artifact DLC! Thank you so much Far From Home for your support! 🐋 Hear more from our teams in our video 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBvL...

Can I play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 if I haven't played the first 32 games?

Thank you to all who took part in our World Ocean Day Festival 2025. Through our Steam sale and streaming event, gamers, devs, streamers and the community helped raise £150k, funding 10 dive missions and supporting our safe seas work.

We're super grateful for our industry ambassadors: James Gourlay, James Schall, John Clark and Rufus Kubica. Without your onging support, passion and advice, we wouldn't be who we are today. Thank you!

Today we're thanking our WDC Ambassador, Maya Higa. Maya has been a huge support for us at WDC, helping raise funds, education and awareness for whales and dolphins. Thank you Maya. 💙

Today's thank you is for 11 bit studios | THE ALTERS OUT NOW who have been awesome partners of ours for over 6 years. We're truly grateful for all the vital funds and advocacy for whales and dolphins in that time ❤️

Today we’re sending a huge thank you to 🌵Disobey Your creator outreach support has been central to our digital fundraising campaigns and has helped grow awareness and impact for our work at WDC. 💙

Sending a massive thank you to our brilliant Pod Creators. Your creativity, consistency and fundraising support for WDC bring so much strength to our mission. We’re deeply grateful for everything you share and inspire. 🌊

Happy #WildlifeConservationDay! A huge thank you to Odd Dreams Digital for adopting Charlie and best of luck with Everything is Crab, we've had a blast in playtest 2! 🦀

Today’s thank you goes to Marmalade Game Studio Since partnering in 2025, they’ve raised £16k through Monopoly, WOD and Humble collaborations, helping us reach more people with our work for whales, dolphins and the ocean.

Today we're thanking our newest WDC Ambassador, MCroft07 - Xtreme Makeup Athlete. Mel has already played a big role in our Games For Waves campaigns like Orcatober and World Ocean Day, helping raise funds, education and awareness for ocean protection. Thank you Mel. 💙

Come and get a *pincer* the action with Everything is Crab's Public Playtest 2! 🦀 With over 90 evolutions, eight difficulty levels, and a handful of new challenge runs to tackle, PP2's a great chance to try the game ahead of its 2026 release and it's LIVE NOW! store.steampowered.com/app/3...

Today’s thank-you goes to Secret Mode | NUTMEG! + A Storied Life, coming '26. Since 2023, their partnership on Loddlenaut, their adoption of Holly the orca, and an over £12k raised have helped fuel our work at WDC. Truly grateful for their continued support and advocacy.

🐬The Forever Skies - Help The Planet Bundle is now 3️⃣0️⃣% off on PS5 + get an additional 5% off if you have PS Plus! 🐳The bundle includes the game AND the Whale & Dolphin Conservation Artifact DLC as part of our partnership with WDC (@gamesforwaves.bsky.social) 🔗 store.playstation.com/concept/1000...

Starting our December thank-yous with appreciation for the team at We Are Reach. Their design work has supported Games For Waves for 2 years and helped shape our events and community spaces. 💙

#ForeverSkies 1.1 is live now, adding part one of the new Echoes update! Join Matt and learn more about these new features and additions in our video, AND pick up the game on Steam for 45% off until December 1st! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v5j...

📢 Apply now! Are you a streamer or content creator? Sign up below to join the Games For Waves Pod Creator team and earn exclusive rewards like merchandise, game keys and our digital magazine while making content for great causes! 👇 https://games.whales.org/pod-creators/

In October our awesome streamers, together with Eneba and Humble, raised a massive £175k, playing horror games and more! 🎥 This huge amount will fund Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International) End Captivity work this year, to help make this the last generation of captive whales and dolphins! 🐬

Love #StillWakestheDeep? Play Oil Strike '75, offering 3 optional prices to support Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International) 🐬 Thanks to Secret Mode | NUTMEG! + A Storied Life, coming '26 you can donate to WDC when you play Oil Strike '75! More info in video 👉 https://youtu.be/vRrOQD-nkew#StillWakestheDeep?

We're joining forces with Secret Mode | NUTMEG! + A Storied Life, coming '26 as part of our #QuietSeasPlease campaign. Through Oil Strike 75, 95% of all charity donation bundle sales go to Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International)#QuietSeasPleasewhile exploring the threats of offshore oil drilling in-game.

officially ending my #orcatober 2025 campaign! thank you all again so so much for all the donations + support during the fundraising! 🐳 big thanks to @gamesforwaves.bsky.social for organising + @tiltify.com for providing the platform!

Today our End Captivity Campaign Coordinator Rob is joining Perrikaryal's stream to answer questions and talk about the work Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International) do to make this generation of captive whales and dolphins the last 🐋 Join in and learn more! 👉 https://twitch.tv/perrikaryal

Heyo peeps as the month of October ends so will Orcatober! Friendly Reminder All Donators will be getting Games soon for there donations as an incentive. We are very close to our goal so lets shoot for the stars and get closer to it! @gamesforwaves.bsky.social tiltify.com/@rj-thelonel...

yes it's another charity promo post !! but we're so so close to hitting £250 and it would be amazing to hit it for @whalesorg.bsky.social !! 🐳 donation link: tilt.fyi/Dqsf1GeNHh pls ♡ + ⟳ @gamesforwaves.bsky.social @tiltify.com

Got Halloween sorted? 🎃 Dive into The Dark Pictures Anthology and Little Nightmares in the Humble Bandai Namco pack! 💀 The Dark Pictures Anthology ☔ Little Nightmares 1 and 2, including Secrets of the Maw! 👉 https://www.humblebundle.com/games/bandai-namco-dark-pictures-little-nightmares-bundle

Hosting or joining a #Halloween party night this week? Throw some horror-themed party games in the mix with Jackbox Games#Halloween Monster Seeking Monster: Date your (scary) friends 💘 Trivia Murder Party: Answer correctly and escape ⁉️ The Devil and the Details: Control your demon family 🏠

Thanks to Matt from WDC for his persistence in swimming upstream as Craig!🐟✨ We’re donating $0.10 to WDC for each copy of our game sold, as part of @gamesforwaves.bsky.social. Wishlist and play when it comes out to contribute to vital ocean conservation efforts!🐋 #indiegame #steam #gamesforwaves

It’s “Orcatober,” time to make waves for dolphins and whales! This month, 5% of all Humble Choice purchases will support Whale and Dolphin Conservation's (WDC) mission to end the horrors of whale and dolphin captivity. https://bit.ly/46Zugmg

Today, on the last stream of my fundraiser, I managed to hit my goal of £175,- This month everyone has blown me away with all the support for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation! 💙🐬🐳 Thank you everyone so much! This has been such an amazing experience! 🤩 #Orcatober @gamesforwaves.bsky.social

📢 30% off the Forever Skies Help The Planet bundle from October 24-27 🐬 A portion of the proceeds from this bundle will be donated to Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International) during the sale, thanks to Far From Home 💙 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1641960/Forever_Skies/

Streaming Resident Evil Village, Raising funds for #orcatober @whalesorg.bsky.social @gamesforwaves.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/scouter715

Thanks to our INCREDIBLE community, in the first half of #Orcatober, we reached our goal of £5,000! There's still plenty of time to support Whale and Dolphin Conservation (International) and help end the cruelty of captivity 🐋 Sign up to stream or donate 👉 https://tiltify.com/wdc/orcatober#Orcatober

We’re happy to announce that we’ll be donating $0.10 for each copy sold of Swimpossible to WDC as part of their @gamesforwaves.bsky.social initiative!🐋🫧We’re glad we get to contribute to this cause and help protect Craig’s friends from the real world.🐬✨ #gamesforwaves #wdc #wishlist #demo #indiegame

“Orcatober" brings thrilling scares and vital impact! Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) protects these majestic creatures from threats like captivity. 5% of all Humble Choice purchases in Orcatober support WDC's mission. Gear up for scares that make a splash! https://bit.ly/46Zugmg

Yesterday I surpassed the £100,- mark in my fundraiser goal for #Orcatober 🥳🎉 Thank you to my amazing community for the support!💙 One of the donation milestones is me doing a make-up look using nothing but glitter ✨️ which I'll do live on stream today!🤩 @gamesforwaves.bsky.social