Enter the Ecosystem

Build trophic pyramids from producers to apex predators. Adapt, interact, and thrive across four living worlds.

Most nature games explore one ecosystem. Trophic lets you play across them.

Arctic Ice

Control through persistence

Savanna

Speed and coordination

Amazon

Abundance and complexity

Rockies

Adaptation through balance

Meet the Inhabitants

Every animal in Trophic is hand-illustrated. From humble producers to apex predators, each card has personality.

Maasai Giraffe - Savanna Level 2 card illustration
Maasai Giraffe
Savanna · Level 2
Lion - Savanna Level 4 Apex Predator card illustration
Lion
Savanna · Level 4 Apex

What is Trophic?

Asymmetric Biomes

Each ecosystem operates differently. Arctic controls through storage and disruption. Savanna builds tempo through tuck synergy. Amazon creates explosive abundance. Choose your strategy.

The Cascade

Activate a producer at the base of your pyramid and watch energy cascade upward through your food web. Stack consumers and predators to build chains that fire every turn.

Interaction & Adaptation

Animals migrate between pyramids, stun opponents' cards, steal energy, and disrupt rival food webs. Adapt your hand to gain energy. Build smarter, not just bigger.

Beyond the Biome

Green
Yellow
Blue
White
Orange

Every animal has ecological colors that span biomes. Master the base decks, then build your own 50-card constructed deck from any cards that share your color.

Goldwire Games

We design science-informed board games that make ecosystems playable.

Trophic translates real ecological principles — trophic levels, energy transfer, niche competition — into asymmetric gameplay. Designed by a computational ecologist, every card is researched and every mechanic reflects how ecosystems actually work.