Currents & Critters

Ocean Card Game

🐟 About the Game

A Two-Brother Passion Project

Currents & Critters started the way most great ideas do - at a kitchen table with too many snacks and not enough good card games. We're two brothers who grew up obsessed with the ocean: fishing trips, nature documentaries, and way too many hours watching coral reef footage.

We wanted a game that felt like the ocean - complex ecosystems, surprising synergies, and the satisfaction of watching something you built come together. So we made one. What started as a hand-drawn prototype on index cards became a commercial tabletop game.

Every card in the deck is a real species. Every mechanic ties back to how marine ecosystems actually work - predators, baitfish, coral foundations, and the birds that hunt from above. We care about getting the details right.

Our Ocean Mission

A portion of every game sold goes toward ocean conservation. We believe the best way to protect something is to make people fall in love with it first. Currents & Critters is our way of doing that - one card game at a time.

🌊 The Ecosystem

Every creature in the Current - scroll to explore

251 Cards  ·  9 Species  ·  8 Oceans  ·  Endless Ways to Play
Bird Emperor Penguin Horned Puffin California Seagull Peruvian Pelican Great Albatross Osprey Magnificent Frigatebird Razorbill Auk
Invertebrate Sea Sponge Sea Urchin Sea Star Sea Cucumber Sea Anemone
Coral Staghorn Coral Deep Sea Coral Red Tree Coral Elk Horn Coral
Bait Fish Mullet Bunker Sardine Flying Fish Bonito
Mammal Spinner Dolphin Bottlenose Dolphin Narwhal
Game Fish Sailfish Goliath Grouper Tarpon Mahi Mahi Marlin Big Eye Tuna Yellowfin Tuna Amberjack King Salmon Whale Shark Barracuda
Crustacean Mantis Shrimp Spiny Lobster Lobster King Crab Hermit Crab
Cephalopod Squid Octopus Cuttlefish Giant Squid
Crosscurrent Cleaner Wrasse Blue Tang Mandarin Goby Loggerhead Sea Turtle Ocellaris Clownfish Reef Trigger Fish Manta Ray Great White Shark
Ocean Coral Reef Deep Ocean Mangroves Artificial Reef Pier Arctic Ocean Kelp Forest Tide Pool

Dive In

Ready to cast your line? Jump into the digital simulation or check the rules.