Sereniton

A quiet game

Sereniton is a game about putting small worlds right. Its scenes have lost their color, from a garden at noon to a koi pond under raked gravel, from a dusk shrine kept by two stone foxes to a cove where an old and entirely gentle kraken lies dozing. You restore each one with slow, single drags: you align a halo, connect a blossom vine, ease kelp off a sleeping arm, and breathe along with a selkie until her ribs settle.

Each scene returns in twelve gentle variations, so there are hundreds of puzzles to settle into, and new worlds join them over time. Seasonal scenes keep their own calendar through the year besides.

Nothing is timed and nothing can be failed. There is no score, no streak to protect, and nothing that minds if you put the phone down in the middle.

Grey worlds, slowly given back their color.

From the game itself

Some of the scenes

A restored garden in Sereniton: blossom tree, pond with lily pads, sun with a settled halo — The garden, restored

A koi pond seen from above, ringed by raked gravel, with a stone lantern and a maple branch — Stillness settles the koi pond

A night valley with a lit cottage, a lake reflecting the moon, and a settled halo around the moon — The night winds down the day

A hillside shrine at dusk with a red torii gate, votive candles, and two stone foxes — The shrine and its two foxes

A seal resting on a rock in a moonlit cove, with filled tide pools below — Breathing with the selkie

A hollow hill at night with an open stone doorway, standing stones, a harp and a white hind — The hill keeps its door open

Slow, single drags

How it plays

Fifteen gentle mechanics. There are rings to align, vines to connect, mist to brush away, bells to ring in their own order, and breathing to settle into. Each mechanic is taught by showing you, once, the first time you meet it.
Return, and it has quietly changed. Go back to a scene you love and the petals have drifted, the rings sit at a new tilt, the wisps wait in different hollows. It is always the same place, never quite the same evening, and never unfair.
Seasons keep their own calendar. Some scenes appear on their own dates and quietly leave again, among them a winter hearth, a lantern-lit new year, and an orchard at Easter.

Tuned for calm

The sound

Every scene has its own score, generated for this game rather than licensed. The music is tuned to A = 432 Hz in just intonation, paced at 60 beats per minute, with soft bell accents and a bed of pink noise. Underneath sits a quiet layer of binaural tones, and each scene opens with a slow descent that eases the pace down as you settle in.

It is designed to help induce calm.

Twenty-six seconds of the garden's own score.

No tricks in it

What it costs

Free. Short ads appear between scenes, and never during play.

An optional subscription will remove the ads. Auto-renewal is prompted 10, 5, and 1 day before renewal when the app is opened. Cancelling it is as simple as one tap in the menu.