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Free Water Sound Effects
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Water splits into two jobs that need different files. Continuous water, a stream or rain or waves, wants a long seamless loop played quietly forever. Event water, a splash or a footstep in a puddle, wants a short clip with several variations. Files recorded for one job rarely work for the other, so search for the loop and the splash separately.
Everything here is free to download from the source site. These results come from Freesound, OpenGameArt. Licences vary by file and are shown on each card. Nothing is hosted by us, and every link goes to the original page so you get the current version and the real licence terms.
Toilet Water Tank Cover.wavCC (see page)
water hit 95 by CVLTIV8R.wavCC (see page)
water2.wavCC (see page)
WaterVariations-022.wavCC (see page)
08 HAND STUCK IN A GLASS OF WATER TRYING TO GET IT OUTCC (see page)
Water Dripping - KV.mp3CC (see page)
Spillway waterCC (see page)
LAYERS 005 - Heavy Water Space Ambience - D#2.flacCC (see page)
mab-water-pzm-sass.wavCC (see page)
Rocks into water at Spfd Lake.wavCC (see page)
water_drip-echo2.wavCC (see page)
Water Arches #1.oggCC (see page)
Waboba Moon Ball Water Splash 7CC (see page)
Water Splatter 3CC (see page)
Foot walking step sounds on stone, water, snow, wood and dirtVarious CC
Dripping water loopVarious CC
Water splashesVarious CC
Water WavesVarious CC
Dripping WaterVarious CC
Water Splash (Yo Frankie!)Various CC
40 CC0 water / splash / slime SFXVarious CC
Ambient Water DripsVarious CC
boiling water loopsVarious CC
Water, WaterVarious CC
Water harpVarious CC
Skippy Fish Water Sound CollectionVarious CC
Running waterVarious CC
Water flowing soundVarious CCSearch all sound effects in the live asset library →
Using these sounds in a game
Download the highest quality version available, then convert for delivery rather than shipping the original. For the web, OGG Vorbis or compressed MP4 audio at a modest bitrate is fine for effects, and the difference is inaudible under gameplay.
Two habits cover most of the quality gap between hobby and professional audio: keep several variations of any sound that repeats, and randomise pitch slightly on playback. If you can't find the exact sound you need, the sound effect generator makes one from a text description, and the music generator handles the soundtrack.
Check the licence on each file. Freesound and OpenGameArt both host a mix of CC0, attribution, and share-alike work, and the requirements are per-file, not per-site.
Licences, briefly
CC0 means public domain: use it commercially, modify it, ship it, no credit required. That covers everything from Kenney, Quaternius, KayKit, Poly Haven, and AmbientCG.
Freesound and OpenGameArt host a mix. Some files are CC0, others are CC-BY (credit required) or CC-BY-SA (credit required and derivatives must carry the same licence, which is a real constraint on a commercial game). The licence is set per file by whoever uploaded it, so check the source page before you ship.
The complete guide to game asset licences covers what each one actually requires and where teams usually get it wrong.
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