Swim or Sink

Meet your new swimming partner and climb six Pearl Leagues. Swipe to choose your character, invite friends and make every League run count.

Tap to swim through the reef, dodge sharks, jellyfish and pufferfish, and collect pearls as you chase your next high score.

Choose your swimmer Swipe the character left or right on the main menu to choose the mermaid or merman. Both are the same size and play exactly the same way.

Play at your own pace Choose Easy, Medium or Hard in regular play. Each difficulty has its own high-score leaderboard.

Climb the Pearl Leagues Compete each week in White, Silver, Gold, Pink, Diamond and Black Leagues. Each colour brings a harder challenge. Points from every completed League game count towards your weekly total, so keep playing to climb the standings.

Each group has 50 places. The top 10 move up, places 11 to 40 stay, and the bottom 10 move down. You cannot drop below White or move above Black. Computer-controlled swimmers fill empty places and are replaced as players join. A new week starts at midnight at the end of Sunday, Sydney time.

Invite your friends Send friends an invitation link so they can join you in Leagues. They can start playing straight away. We will try to place you together when you are in the same Pearl League and there is room.

Get straight into the game No email, password or sign-up is needed. Keep your assigned player name or choose your own.

Swim or Sink is free to play with ads. A one-time purchase removes banner and interstitial ads. You can still choose to watch a rewarded ad to continue a run.