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title: "Ocean Tribes"
subtitle: "A turn-based strategy game about island hopping, tribe crushing and empire expanding."
date: 2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2016/03/ocean-tribes
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Ocean Tribes

*A turn-based strategy game about island hopping, tribe crushing and empire expanding.*

![image](ocean-tribes.png)

This game by watabou was originally released late 2015 as part of the Procedural Generation Jam contest. And we missed it, which is a crime, because it's such  fun.

"This is a simple 4x-ish turn-based strategy game about expanding an island empire of your tribe and crushing enemy tribes.

Build flotillas to colonize uninhabited islands and assault enemies' islands.
Construct buildings to improve your islands and make them stronger. Destroy your enemies and don't let them destroy you."

[Play Game](https://watabou.itch.io/ocean-tribes)

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