Find the Whales

Find the Whales

Thought Generation Society · January 12, 2023 · Education, 2D, Adventure, Exploration, Singleplayer

Find the Whales is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About Find the Whales

Find the Whales is a free-to-play educational game for all ages about ocean conservation.

Players travel to simulated places on the globe to find whales, fish, and other marine animals. They also do simulated conservation quests to help the animals.

The locations featured are Hawaii and the Mesoamerican Reef. In this 2D side-scroller, players walk, snorkel, and SCUBA dive to find crabs, whales, fish, dolphins and other animals.

Quests include planting mangrove seedlings, stopping illegal fishing, slowing down speeding boats, cleaning polluted water, farming seaweed and listening for whales with a hydrophone.

Players collect points for finding species. They can also take photos to store in the simulated photo album. Points are used to purchase quest-related tools in the simulated stores at each location.

Players also collect information cards. The more times they find the same species, the more information is added to these cards - text, photos and videos about these species.

Find the Whales — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Mar 27, 2024
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10 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 30, 2026
Find the Whales is a highly charming, cozy, and lighthearted free-to-play 2D side-scrolling educational adventure built entirely around ocean conservation and marine ecology. Spending exactly 30 minutes inside the game is the perfect amount of time to dive into its simulated biomes, test out your basic exploratory tracking gear, and gather your first set of scientific information cards before the repetitive structure sets in.The core gameplay loop focuses heavily on exploration and environmental cleanup across realistic coastal regions like Hawaii. Walking along the shore, snorkeling, or diving deep into coral reefs allows you to capture wildlife photographs for a personal photo album, gather data on vulnerable species, and complete eco-focused quests like planting mangrove seedlings, farming seaweed, and deploying hydrophones to track whale songs. The presentation is undeniably wholesome, delivering a relaxing experience backed by accurate real-world wildlife information. Naturally, the game has clear indie constraints—most notably a total absence of an in-game quest log or conversation history tracker, which can make ongoing missions slightly confusing to manage if you stop playi…
2 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 12, 2025
Beautiful dolphin and can run on my old computer.
Recommended Jul 5, 2024
check out this game! It's free and super fun for anyone who wants to learn about ocean conservation. You search for sea creatures and complete missions to protect them and save their habitats. Super educational and engaging! You get different missions and can take pictures of the animals to add to your collection. I love this game, I highly recommend it‍
Recommended Jun 23, 2024
I like this game a lot. I found these by accident but I have searched for wildlife sanctuary-type games before by the Audubon Society and others. These games are simplistic, but if you forget the instructions given by a wildlife person, it can be a bit tricky. I wish there were game achievements. It is very educational and any child age 4+ can play. I'm an adult, and enjoyed the simplicity and nature aspect. You are given tasks and can take photos to add to your collection.
Recommended Apr 23, 2024
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