Sandpiper - Cozy Beach Arcade

Read the tide, dash for the shell, race the wave back. A hand-painted beach arcade. No ads, no subscription, works offline. Pay once, keep every tide.

The wave slides back. You run out onto the wet sand, snatch a shell, and pull back a breath before the water rushes in. Wait too long and the sea takes you.

That is the whole game. One thumb, one beach, the kind of easy you lose an afternoon to.

Sandpiper is a hand-painted beach arcade about timing and nerve. The waves are not random. The same beach plays the same way every time, so when the water catches you it was your call, never bad luck. That one honest rule is what makes "one more run" so hard to walk away from.

How it feels You are a small bird on a wide beach. Read the tide. Pick your moment. Dash for the shell glinting on the wet sand and get back before the foam closes over the spot you stood. Bank the easy ones and live, or hold your nerve for the far shell and feel your pulse climb.

And you are not alone out there. A rival sandpiper wants your shells. Gulls dive. An octopus inks the shallows. Crabs, jellies, a turtle, and a pelican all share your strip of sand.

Free, and it stays free

• Classic mode. No timer, no ads, no catch.
• The Daily Tide. One beach the whole world plays that day, worked out from the date on your phone. No account, no internet. Play it on a plane.
• A Wonder Tide to just wander.

One unlock, yours for good Sandpiper Forever is the only thing to buy. No subscription. No coins. No second ask, ever. It opens up:

• Storm Tides, bigger swells where every shell counts double.
• Night Tide, the beach after dark where only the treasures catch the light.
• Zen, a soft beach with no way to lose.
• Five hand-painted plumages to wear: Sanderling, Plover, Oystercatcher, Dunlin, and Ghost Crab.
• The Tide-Log, a warm heatmap of every place the sea has caught you.

Pay once. Keep it forever.

Made to feel good in the hand One thumb, held in portrait, right for a bus seat or a slow queue. Every bird, wave, and grain of sand is painted by hand. Quiet enough to wind down with, tense enough to lean into.

Yours and no one else's The game runs fully offline. It reaches the internet once, to handle your purchase, and never again. No account. No sign-up. No email. No ads. No tracking. Nothing about you is sold. Your runs stay on your phone.

Still wondering Is it really free? Yes. Classic, the Daily Tide, and the Wonder Tide cost nothing and never show an ad. What does the unlock open? Storm Tides, Night Tide, Zen, five plumages, and the Tide-Log. One payment, kept for good. Is there a subscription? No. You buy it once and never again. No currency to top up either. Does it need the internet? No. The whole game runs offline. The internet is touched once, for the purchase.

So go on. The wave is out. Grab the shell. Just beat the water back.