Health & safe recovery.

The health bar belongs to your current swimmer, including an individually piloted fish. Zero health fails the encounter. When every companion is bubbled, an eight-second rescue countdown gives you one last chance. Combat injuries create rescue bubbles; hunger collapse uses nursery recovery instead. Neither permanently removes a collected fish. Failed encounters withhold the completion reward; your residents, purchases and banked currencies stay.

Step 1

Glance at health before approaching an intruder.

Step 2

Dash away from danger or rescue a bubbled companion.

Step 3

After a loss, regroup, adjust the school and try again.

Keyboard

Escape pauses

Touch

Tap Pause

Controller

Start pauses