Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Coral Cove launched on April 24, 2023, as a free-to-play casual strategy game developed as a university master's degree project. The release announcement on April 22, 2023 described the game as the culmination of roughly 16 months of development, framing its Steam launch as the end of that journey. Following launch, the developer shipped a series of patches through May 2023: a performance and quality-of-life update on May 14, 2023, and bug fixes on May 21 and May 29, 2023. There have been no developer communications of any kind since May 29, 2023 — over three years ago. No DLC has been announced or listed, no roadmap was published, and no post-launch content beyond bug fixes was ever promised. The game was built by a student team as an academic project; the release announcement explicitly described the launch as the end of that development journey. All indicators point to the game having shipped as a complete product, with the post-launch patches wrapping up shortly after release.
Evidence
Bug fix patch v1.1.5 — the last known developer communication. No updates of any kind have been published since this date.
Release announcement frames the game as a university master's degree project reaching its conclusion, with the April 24, 2023 Steam launch described as 'reaching its destiny' — the end of the development journey.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
MediaCube Games
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Azure waters, vibrant corals and busy flocks of fish are what used to await you a few meters under the water surface. But the damages of pollution have extinguished most of this. With only a few corals left, it is up to you to restore the once beautiful ecosystems in this relaxing match 3-like game. But beware of the dangers lingering underwater and your slowly depleting stock of corals.
You start with nothing but a few tiles to build on and a small hand of coral cards to place. Three corals of the same level merge into a new coral of the next higher level. Through clever planning and strategic placement your corals will soon expand into a large, lively reef.
Explore the seafloor to find new challenges, quests and special structures to help you with your run. Expand your reef to unlock different areas and advance to new places. But watch out for the dangers you and your coral reef will have to face.
Short rounds, numerous hindrances to overcome and always new strategies to build and advance encourage replaying again and again.
The expanses of Coral Cove await you!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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