Whelm

Whelm

Lesser Games · 2025 · Animals, Exploration, Open World, Physics, Cleaning

PC
6 user reviews100% · 6
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About Whelm

*** Read before purchase ***

This is still a very early access game. The game currently has about 20% of the planned content. There are fish to rescue, garbage to tidy and hats to collect. Otherwise the islands are very empty. What you see in the trailer is what you get. But now that the foundation work is done, content will be added more frequently.

The price reflects the current level of quality and gameplay. It will increase gradually as major content updates are released.


About:

Whelm is about a young penguin, washed up on a mysterious island. Once a thriving sanctuary, it has fallen into disrepair. Rescue animals, tidy up the island and repair machines.
No missions or levelling up. This is a game about exploration and experimentation. Go at your own pace. Use the monocular to scan the terrain or just pick a direction and go. Getting there is half the fun. Swim, run, slide, glide or even launch yourself from a cannon. 


Current Features:

Rescue Fish

If you see a fish on land, get the poor thing back to the ocean. Some methods are more efficient, but not so... gentle. It's your choice.

Clean Beaches

Junk can be found scattered around the island. Gather up any garbage you see and carry it to a recycling machine. If you get sick of carrying them one by one there are other ways, but you'll have to figure that out for yourself.

Repair Machines

You'll find useful machines around the island, but they may be broken or out of power. Batteries can be found or bought from vending machines. If a device still doesn't work, try shouting at it.

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Dec 13, 2025
Penguins are cute. That's all you need to know.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 11, 2025
penguins are cute, support this game please
2 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 14, 2026
Lovely game so far. Graphics are beautiful, the movement is really fun, the puzzles are good, and the physics are implemented really well. The penguin is so cute.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 23, 2026
Penguin drift time! I really like the physics based exploration games, and I had fun playing through currently available content (description says it's at about 20% of planned content but maybe the text is outdated and the game is further along). Steam says it's not steam deck compatible but I had no issues playing on Medium Preset. There are multiple mechanics in the game to discover, and some are only subtly guided. Traversal is fun and allows misuse, graphics is cute but the environment lacks details for now. To me it was more than worth it's sale price, looking forward to further updates!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 20, 2026
Great little game, excited to see how it progresses! The penguin is an adorable little dude.

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