# The Waters Above: Prelude

Summer DB entity ID: cfdf34b4\-ad48\-4304\-ad3e\-788f0dc39de8

Steam App ID: 885650

A giant dome called the Vault of Heaven covers the earth, separating it from the vast ocean of the heavens\. In this world, sea nymphs care for the stars in the sky, dedicating their lives to it\. However, magic is fading, the stars are dying, and no one knows why\. No one even speaks of it, carrying on like they have for tens of thousands of years, as if nothing has changed\. In these circumstances, three sea nymphs and the living embodiment of a star struggle to find meaning in their lives and their fading world\.   The Waters Above: Prelude  is a free prequel to the upcoming kinetic yuri novel,  The Waters Above  presenting four short episodes each starring a main character from the game\. Maera: A young and well\-respected starkeeper\. Clio: Maera's girlfriend and the head of maintenance for the Celestial authority\. Iris: The assistant archivist and researcher trying desperately to save the stars\. Apple: The star in Maera's care, and the first in ten thousand years to have a human form\.  Features \-Stunning character art from Namie and beautiful backgrounds from Loika \-Original soundtrack by Kris "Astartus" Flacke \-Accessibility options \-Extra features including a music room, CG viewer, and guest art gallery  Not included is a handkerchief for your tears\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Studio Élan

- Publisher: Sekai Project

- Release date: Jun 27, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/885650/ss\_b307620643a849f14b68542f5c4293f9f67b9943\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1785371080, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/885650/ss\_01f9745a252270528fc4acccfda372bb1a1e4cdc\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1785371080, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/885650/ss\_74a907d9cc07d86b86ad1c38db708964dec695fa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1785371080, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/885650/ss\_df3b0a307fe372991f1286e843cae1bf39d6ac56\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1785371080, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/885650/ss\_bc02e0027cb627d358df622e3c4b189578e06c67\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1785371080

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 142

- Steam positive reviews: 129

- Steam negative reviews: 13

- Steam positive percentage: 90.84507042253522%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/cfdf34b4-ad48-4304-ad3e-788f0dc39de8/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/cfdf34b4-ad48-4304-ad3e-788f0dc39de8/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:33:22\.076508\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:33:23\.444055\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:33:23\.108024\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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