Life Below is out on PC via Steam with Japanese support, published by Kasedo Games and developed by Megapop, and was shown as a playable demo at the Norwegian Games booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026 following its May 26, 2026 launch.
Life Below is an ocean city-building sim from the Oslo studio Megapop, published by Kasedo Games. It launched on PC via Steam on May 26, 2026, with Japanese support, and ships with more than 40 marine species. A DLC called WDC Supporter Pack adds three dolphin species, with all net revenue going to the UK marine conservation organization Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
Coverage then followed the game from release to the show floor. Life Below was confirmed for a playable exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, with three demo stations at the Norwegian Games booth, 08-C14, in Hall 8. Sessions run roughly 15 to 20 minutes, and a lottery for players who try the game offers a hardcover art book. At the booth, Megapop described how the design departs from the genre's usual loop.
Players act as Thalassa, a novice guardian in the form of a sea angel, who directs water fairies to build coral on rocky terrain and expand an ecosystem. Construction runs on coral matter and pearls, and power comes from moon coral that must sit within reach of other moon coral. Biodiversity gathered from resident marine life unlocks research and access to new zones, including fjords and submarine volcanoes, each with its own water temperature and pH level. Heat waves and acidification stress coral, answered with heat coral, cool coral, and alkali coral. Director and project manager Lise Hagen Lie said the team consulted marine biologists while keeping the genre's core loops intact, and that humans appear nowhere in the game at all.
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Oct 8
Megapop, the Oslo studio behind the coral reef management game Life Below, showed the title at Tokyo Game Show 2026 and gave a booth interview about its design. The game launched on PC via Steam on May 26, 2026, with Kasedo Games as publisher. Players act as Thalassa, a novice guardian in the form of a sea angel, who directs water fairies to build coral on rocky terrain and expand an ecosystem. Construction runs on two resources, coral matter and pearls, and power comes from moon coral that must sit within reach of other moon coral. Biodiversity gathered from resident marine life unlocks research and access to new zones, including fjords and submarine volcanoes, each with its own water temperature and pH level. Story events include heat waves and acidification that stress coral, answered with heat coral, cool coral, and alkali coral. Director and project manager Lise Hagen Lie said the team consulted marine biologists while keeping the genre's core loops intact.
Oct 5
Megapop and Kasedo Games showed Life Below, an ocean ecosystem city-building simulation, at the Norwegian Games booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held from September 17 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. Players use a central Reef Heart to place corals and shellfish, attract more than 40 marine species, and restore a dying sea. The PC Steam release arrived on May 26, 2026, with Japanese support.
Sep 15
Life Below, the underwater city builder from developer Megapop and publisher Kasedo Games, will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17 to 21. Three demo stations will be set up at the Norwegian Games booth, 08-C14, in Hall 8. Sessions run roughly 15 to 20 minutes, and a lottery for players who try the game offers a hardcover art book.
May 27
Megapop and Kasedo Games released the ocean city-building sim 'Life Below' on Steam. Players build an underwater city, revive coral reefs, and manage over 40 marine species. A DLC called 'WDC Supporter Pack' adds three dolphin species, with all net revenue going to the UK marine conservation organization Whale and Dolphin Conservation.