Ebbtide FAQ

A real-time zombie survival strategy game. You command TF-1 "Ark", humanity's last carrier task force, starting in Los Angeles. Steam tags it as real-time tactics, RTS, base building and vehicular combat, in top-down 3D pixel art. Official

ProjectAlive is listed as developer and publisher. The developer describes Ebbtide as "a game I have been making on my own" and a "sandbox zombie survival RTS I'm developing solo". DevDev

Unity 6, programmed in C#. Dev

Several official video descriptions call it "a zombie survival RTS with survivor and commander modes", but neither mode has been explained yet. A world-map sandbox is also in development. DevDev

Yes. You can pause the operations map to plan orders, or run it at up to 4x speed. OfficialDev

The developer's content notice lists frequent combat violence, blood, burning characters and corpses in 3D pixel art; soldiers and civilians can be killed or infected, and during quarantine screening the player can order suspected infected civilians to be executed. Steam shows a USK 16 rating for Germany and 14 for Brazil (ClassInd). Official

No release date is set. The developer said on October 23, 2026 that the date and price have not been decided. Dev

Not yet. A Steam Playtest is being prepared and will come first; a public demo follows. Dates will be posted on Steam and Discord. Dev

Not decided yet. Dev

Over 100,000 within three days of the Steam page going live, according to the developer's October 23, 2026 announcement (15,000 had been reported on October 21). DevDev

Steam on Windows and macOS (Apple Silicon). Steam Deck support is being considered. Consoles: "For now, I am focused on PC development for Steam." DevOfficial

Steam lists partial controller support, and the developer is working on gamepad support. OfficialDev

English and Korean are the base languages. The developer plans the other 17 languages on the store page with help from community translations: French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Czech, Indonesian, Polish, Romanian, Thai and Turkish. DevOfficial

No, it is single-player. Co-op is being considered for a post-launch update, but the developer cannot promise it yet. Dev

Yes, that is the plan: "I plan to support mods and Steam Workshop." Scope and approach will be shared later. Dev

The tutorial and Chapter 1 cover the wider Los Angeles metro area on one continuous operations map, split into 15 districts; the developer drew the boundary short of Anaheim. After that, a world-map sandbox is planned to take the game to other cities. OfficialDevDevPlayers

Planned. The developer: "The tutorial and Chapter 1 take place in Los Angeles. After that, I plan to expand to other cities around the world through a world-map sandbox." Dev

Yes, in current development footage: modular weapon attachments, soldier gear that adds weight, and a paint editor for uniforms, gear, vehicles and aircraft with up to three camouflage pattern layers. Dev

For some assets (soundtrack, some voices, sound effects, event illustrations, some 3D models, translation help), not during gameplay. See the AI disclosure page for details. OfficialDev

The developer asks for feedback on the official Discord, where contributors can also offer voice recordings and translations. Dev