Protect the Sandcastle

Dig, build and hold back the tide! Real water finds every gap in your walls. How many days can your castle last?

DIG. BUILD. HOLD BACK THE TIDE. You're a kid on the beach with a shovel, a bucket and one job: keep your sandcastle standing when the sea comes in.

THE WHOLE BEACH IS YOURS Dig anywhere and the sand really goes into your bucket. Pile it back up wherever you like: walls, dams, mounds and ramps. Mine rocks for stone blocks, chop palms for wooden crates and stack them like building bricks.

REAL WATER, REAL STRATEGY When the daylight runs out, the waves roll up the beach as real simulated water. It flows wherever the sand is low, pours into your moats, piles up against your walls, finds every gap and washes weak sand away. Dig a channel to lead it off, pack your walls hard, add a stone breakwater. Every beach plays out differently.

RAISE YOUR CASTLE Grow your castle through 15 levels, from a humble Sand Heap to the Sand Kingdom with its golden spires. Every level is stronger and earns more coins.

SURVIVE DAY AFTER DAY The waves get bigger every day. Your moats and walls stay on the beach overnight, so your defences grow with you. Perfect waves earn stars and coins. If the castle falls, it's game over: how many days can you last?

TREASURE, CRABS AND A WORLD RANKING Something new is buried in the sand every day: dig where it twinkles and complete your collection of 17 treasures. Pick up starfish, make friends with the crabs, claim your daily gift and decorate your beach. Then see how your best run ranks against players all over the world.

UPGRADE YOUR GEAR Bigger shovels and buckets, a pickaxe, an axe, a wheelbarrow, pumps up to the Mega Pump, breakwaters up to the Sea Wall, a Mini Digger, Castle Armor and more.

CALM, CREATIVE, SATISFYING Relaxing ukulele beach music, the sound of the waves and the pure joy of watching your moat catch a wave that would have flattened your castle. Simple touch controls, played at your own pace.

ADS ONLY WHEN YOU WANT Watch a short video for a bonus like the Super Shovel or a Castle Shield, if you like. The game never shows an ad on its own.

Available in 10 languages.