# Saikei: A Zen Water Garden — press kit

Saikei is said SIGH-kay.

**A tiny voxel world in a glass jar that lives on your desktop.**

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5470040/Saikei_A_Zen_Water_Garden/?utm_source=presskit&utm_campaign=kit

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| Developer / publisher | MicroVoxel                                                                                                        |
| Release               | Planned for 2027                                                                                                  |
| Platform              | Windows (Steam)                                                                                                   |
| Languages             | 10: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Price                 | To be announced                                                                                                   |
| Demo                  | Free demo coming to Steam in November 2026                                                                        |
| Contact               | info@updates.saikeigame.com                                                                                       |
| Social                | YouTube @SaikeiTinyWorld · TikTok @saikei_zen_garden · Instagram @saikeizengarden                                 |

## What it is

A miniature landscape in a glass jar that sits in the corner of your screen while you work.
Dig a trench and the lake rushes in. Pour sand into dunes, then pour water over them and watch
it carve its own river. Balance stones until they topple. Build houses, pagodas and lanterns.
Koi, crabs, frogs, lizards and birds live their own little lives in the jar. It follows your real clock,
so night falls when it does outside, and the real date, so it snows in winter.

No goals, no score, no way to fail. It saves on its own.

## Things to show

- **Real water you dig into.** The water is a simulation, not an animation: it rushes into
  trenches, fills ponds, and picks up sand as it runs downhill.
- **Balancing stones.** Stack them one at a time; off centre, the top one slips.
- **A clay stop-motion look.** Everything moves at 24 steps a second, like claymation.
- **Lives on your desktop.** A small jar over your other windows; clicks outside it go through.
- **Four themes** (Meadow, Volcano, Desert, Snowy) and several jar shapes.

## In this folder

- `clips/`: 11 widescreen (1920x1080) gameplay clips, 10-24 s, no music or text, game sound only.
  All real play. `11_dusk_lights` has the clock sped up.
- `screenshots/`: 12 store screenshots.
- `logo/`: the Saikei wordmark, two versions.
- `trailer/`: the gameplay trailer.

Clips and screenshots are free to use in videos and articles about Saikei. No keys yet;
the free demo comes to Steam in November 2026.
