Games · A game by CUBE4ARTS
Minimal Water
Direct the water. Supply a city. Three regions on real terrain – free in your browser.
- Free
- No installation
- No sign-up
- Desktop · Touch
Minimal Water
Waterworks, pumps, service reservoirs, a water tower, valves and districts: you pick a facility, read its state, turn a control and watch the effect. Height is pressure – a district must lie below the water level that supplies it. In the Network view the city opens up and the pipes lie bare; Analysis shows flow, pressure and storage.
Terrain and buildings come from OpenStreetMap and an elevation model; pipe network, sizes and demand are invented: a simplified educational model, not a real control system and not a planning tool. Minimal Water is a playable preview for museums, waterworks and municipal utilities. The game itself is in German and English and runs right in your browser: no download, no app, no sign-up.
Plays everywhere
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Desktop
Click a facility, drag a control or turn it with the wheel. Drag moves the map, the right mouse button rotates, the wheel zooms. Keys: WASD pan, Q/E rotate, Space pauses, 1–4 pick the control station, Tab the next facility, ←/→ set the control.
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Touch
Tap a facility, turn a control. One finger moves the map, two fingers rotate, pinch zooms. On a phone the task sits at the top and the facilities at the bottom to swipe – in your phone’s or tablet’s browser, no app.
3 regions
Witten: set up the supply (“Commissioning”) and isolate a damaged main (“Repair”). Haltern: keep the town supplied while the main pump is down (“Maintenance”). Wuppertal: water from above, enough pressure but not too much (“Pressure zones”). Free exploring too.
- 01
Witten · Ruhr valley
- 02
Haltern am See
- 03
Wuppertal
How to play
- Pick a facility, read its state, turn a control – and watch the effect.
- Height is pressure: water only flows downhill, higher areas need a booster.
- A pump creates no water – it only delivers what reaches the clear-water tank.
- Storage balances: the reservoir fills in quiet hours and helps out at the peak.
- Fast forward runs the day faster; some steps stop the clock until you act.
- Stuck? “What to do?” helps in stages: What’s wrong? Why? What to do?
- At the end of a mission supply, reserve and operation count – up to three stars.
Minimal Water
Direct the water. Supply a city. Three regions on real terrain – free in your browser.
cube4tec.de/spiele/minimal-water/