Flow – Cooperative Board Game

About this product

Four animals in danger. One boat to reach. Can you work together before the waves wash everything away?

Inspired by the award-winning animated film Flow, this fast-paced cooperative board game challenges players to guide a group of unlikely animal companions to safety.

Build safe water paths, make quick decisions and outsmart giant waves in an exciting race against time.

Product Description

Flow – Cooperative Board Game invites you into a beautifully illustrated world where rising waters threaten a group of animals searching for safety.

Inspired by the animated film Flow, this real-time cooperative adventure brings players together to help a cat and its unlikely companions find their way back to a boat. With water everywhere and time running out, every decision could bring the animals closer to safety or leave them stranded.

Rather than competing against one another, players must work as a team, placing water-path tiles, sharing ideas and responding quickly as giant waves threaten to destroy their progress.

Build a Safe Path to the Boat

At the centre of the game board sits a boat waiting for the animals. Your team's mission is to connect all four animal spaces to the boat using a continuous network of water paths.

On your turn, choose between drawing a Map tile or playing an Action card. Position tiles carefully to extend swimming routes across the board, ensuring that connecting paths line up correctly.

Discuss your options, identify promising routes and help one another make the most of every opportunity. But be careful: a path that looks safe now might disappear when the next wave arrives.

Race Against the Giant Waves

Every round is played against a one-minute timer. When time runs out, the game pauses and the Giant Wave dice determine which rows of the board are struck by powerful waves.

Tiles in the affected rows are washed away, potentially destroying carefully planned routes and forcing your team to rethink its strategy.

You'll need to balance quick decisions with careful tile placement, rebuilding lost connections while making the most of the remaining tiles.

Use Action Cards to Help Your Team

Action cards introduce useful abilities that can help you overcome difficult situations. Protect important tiles with Bird tokens, move tiles into better positions, reveal upcoming tiles or reduce the impact of a Giant Wave.

With different abilities available, knowing when to play an Action card can be just as important as finding the right path across the board.

Discover New Challenges with Scenario Cards

Once you've mastered the standard game, introduce optional Scenario cards to create new challenges.

Some scenarios add obstacles to the board, while others restrict communication, limit certain actions or change the boat's available paths. Choose from six difficulty levels, ranging from Very Easy to Inconceivable, to adjust the challenge for your group.

With changing tile arrangements, unpredictable waves and additional scenarios, every rescue attempt presents fresh opportunities for teamwork and creative problem-solving.

An Adventure to Share

Whether you're playing solo, enjoying a family game night or working with friends, Flow creates memorable moments through cooperation, quick thinking and the shared excitement of trying to save every animal.

Can your team connect the final path to the boat before the waves take everything away?

View the Flow Board Game Rulebook (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Heartwarming Animal Rescue Adventure: Work together to guide the animals to safety in a game inspired by the animated film Flow.
• Cooperative Gameplay: Share ideas, make decisions together and win or lose as a team.
• Exciting Real-Time Challenge: Race against a one-minute timer as each round brings the possibility of another Giant Wave.
• Clever Water-Path Building: Connect matching tiles to create safe swimming routes from the animal spaces to the boat.
• Unpredictable Giant Waves: Roll two dice to determine which rows lose tiles, changing the board and forcing players to adapt.
• Helpful Action Cards: Protect tiles, reposition paths and discover different ways to support your team's rescue efforts.
• Adjustable Difficulty: Introduce 11 Scenario cards with additional obstacles and restrictions across six difficulty levels.
• Solo or Group Play: Enjoy the adventure on your own or with up to six players.
• Beautiful Film-Inspired Artwork: Explore a colourful aquatic world featuring familiar animals and landscapes from Flow.
• Quick and Replayable: Approximately 15-minute sessions make it easy to enjoy another rescue attempt.

Quick Details

• Publisher: Brain Games
• Product Type: Cooperative board game
• Players: 1–6
• Recommended Age: 8+ years
• Playing Time: Approximately 15 minutes
• Gameplay: Cooperative strategy, real-time play, tile placement and teamwork
• Theme: Animal rescue, adventure and survival
• Inspired By: Flow animated film
• Game Format: Standalone board game

What's Included

• 1 Game Board
• 2 Giant Wave Dice – 1 Black and 1 White
• 3 Bird Tokens
• 42 Map Tiles
• 1 Double-Sided Boat Tile
• 8 Scenario Tiles with Obstacles
• 15 Action Cards
• 11 Scenario Cards
• 1 English Rulebook

Good to Know

• Standalone Game: Everything needed for the board game is included, except for a timer. No expansion is required.
• Timer Required: Players must provide a one-minute timer. A phone timer or the QR code provided in the rulebook can be used.
• Team Victory: Players win when all four animal spaces are connected to the central boat through uninterrupted water paths by the end of a player's turn.
• Team Defeat: The team loses if no tiles remain to draw and no Action cards can be played at the beginning of a player's turn.
• Giant Waves: At the end of each timed round, the Giant Wave dice determine which board rows are affected.
• Bird Tokens: These can help protect important tiles from a wave, subject to the rules.
• Optional Scenarios: The rulebook recommends introducing Scenario cards after your first playthrough.
• Solo Play: A dedicated one-player setup is included in the rules.