About the Ocean Animals Memory Game
Dive beneath the waves with our ocean memory game. Octopuses, whales, dolphins, crabs and colourful tropical fish make up a beautifully bright deck — and all you need to do is remember where you last saw them.
What's in the Ocean Animals deck
The full deck, so you know exactly what you're up against — 12 cards, 6 pairs: 🐙 Octopus🐠 Fish🐡 Puffer🦀 Crab🦞 Lobster🦐 Shrimp🐳 Whale🐬 Dolphin🦑 Squid🐚 Shell🪸 Coral🐢 Turtle
Study tip: link the first three — octopus, fish and puffer — into one ridiculous mental picture. Absurd images stick; lists don't. Then do the same for the next three, and the board will memorise itself.
How to memorise an animal board
Animal decks reward behaviour-linking. Give each creature a verb — the owl glides, the frog pounces, the crab scuttles sideways — and run the board once as a tiny nature documentary. Actions are far stickier than pictures alone because they recruit the motor memory you use for catching balls and typing passwords.
Group by habitat before you start: sea creatures along one edge, jungle in the middle, farm at the end. When a card hides, you will not remember "somewhere" — you will remember which neighbourhood it lived in, and that narrows twelve choices down to three or four.
Fun Facts About Ocean Animals
- Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
- Dolphins call each other by unique whistled "names".
- More than 80% of the ocean is still unmapped and unexplored.
- Sea turtles can hold their breath for up to seven hours when resting.
How to Play
Tap any card to flip it over, revealing the ocean creature image underneath. Tap a second card — if the two match, they stay face up and you keep going. If not, they flip back after a moment. Your goal is to match every pair in as few moves as possible.
Three difficulty levels are available: easy (6 pairs), medium (8 pairs) and hard (12 pairs). Switch between them any time with the difficulty buttons above the board. Start on easy if you're new, or jump straight to hard for a proper brain workout.
Animal deck questions
Are animal memory games good for young children?
They are the classic first memory game for a reason: the pictures are nameable, the sounds are fun to make, and children meet animals in books long before they can read. Start on the easy board and let the wins do the motivating.
What is the fastest way to learn this deck?
Say each animal's name out loud the first time the board is shown. Naming forces you to process the picture instead of just glancing at it, and the sound of the word gives you a second memory hook.