Oct 28, 2026
- Video Air Support: Gunships, Missiles & Mass Bombing
Roles of the F-35B, F-15E, F/A-18F, A-10, AC-130J and MQ-9; carrier loadouts incl. Mk 77 fire bombs; pause and 4x speed.
Oct 25, 2026
- Video Weapons, Gear & Custom Camouflage
Modular weapon attachments, soldier gear and carry weight, the paint editor, ghillie suits.
Oct 23, 2026
- Steam post 100,000 wishlists in 3 days! Thank you + FAQ Dev
Milestone thanks and the official FAQ: playtest being prepared, then a public demo; release date and price undecided; Windows and macOS, Steam Deck considered; co-op considered post-launch; mods and Workshop planned; Unity 6; Early Access undecided; English and Korean base languages; gamepad support in work; PC focus.
- Video 100,000 Steam Wishlists in 3 Days! Thank You!
Thank-you clip for the wishlist milestone.
Oct 21, 2026
- Steam post 15,000 wishlists. Thank you! Dev
First developer post. Explains where generative AI was used, plans to rework voices and localization with community contributors, and promises playtest news on Steam first.
Oct 20, 2026
- Video Official Steam Trailer | Zombie Survival RTS
The store-page trailer: operations map, battlefield zoom, helicopters, FOBs, air and naval support.
Oct 19, 2026
- Store Steam store page goes live Official
Store page for app 4915700 opens for wishlists (announced in the Oct 19 video descriptions), with 11 screenshots, the gameplay trailer, placeholder system requirements and the AI disclosure.
- Video Scaling Up Helicopter Operations
A large transport formation crossing LA before inserting squads.
Oct 16, 2026
- Video From the LA Operations Map to the Battlefield
First look at the operations map: naval commands, fighter support, Apache orders, ground ops, ammo resupply.
- Video Fighters Launch, Strike the Horde, and Return
Pilot boarding, catapult launch, missile, bomb and gun runs, landing and parking.
Oct 15, 2026
- Video AH-6M Little Bird & Flight Deck Takeoffs
Longer cut: helicopters leaving a flight deck and flying to shore.
Oct 14, 2026
- Video Helicopter Update: Rotor Wash, Troop Transport & Rappelling
Boarding and disembark animations, transport and rappelling.
Before Oct 14, 2026
Earlier uploads on the developer's channel, before the Steam page existed. Exact dates are not in the public feed. Dev
- Fighter Strikes, Building Destruction & Carrier Operations · Fire support
- The Navy Joins the Fight · Fire support
- The Chinook Can Carry Your Squads and Humvees · Units
- Updated Pixel Rendering · Visuals
- Call in the Viper. Keep the Pressure On. · Units
- Need More Firepower? Send the Apache. · Units
- The FOB is built. Now it needs supplies. · Base building
- Your FOB won’t resupply itself. · Base building
- Build a FOB. Then Hold the Line. · Base building
- Bradleys vs the Horde · Units
- The Horde Brought Numbers. I Brought Artillery. · Fire support
- A Zombie RTS Where Rooftops Aren’t Safe · Zombies
- The Rooftops Aren’t Safe in This Zombie RTS · Zombies
Press coverage
- iXBT.games: Ebbtide received 75,000 Steam wishlists in two days (Oct 25, 2026). Press
- Shazoo (Russian): trailer coverage (Oct 21, 2026). Press
FAQ
Where does Ebbtide post updates?
Steam announcements on the store page, the official Discord, the developer's X account @ProjectAliveDev and the YouTube channel @EbbtideGame. The developer says playtest news will appear on Steam and Discord first.
Are there Ebbtide patch notes?
Not yet. There is no public build, so there are no patches. Development changes are shown in the developer's videos and posts.
Sources
Labels: Official Steam store page · Dev developer announcement, post or video · Players community discussion, not confirmed by the developer · Press media coverage.
- Dev Steam announcement: "100,000 wishlists in 3 days! Thank you + FAQ" — 2026-10-23
- Dev Steam announcement: "15,000 wishlists. Thank you!" (incl. "AI use and the work ahead") — 2026-10-21
- Official Ebbtide — Steam store page (app 4915700): description, tags, languages, system requirements — 2026-10-29
- Dev Ebbtide — official YouTube channel (@EbbtideGame) — 2026-10-29
- Press iXBT.games — "Ebbtide, a zombie survival strategy game, received 75,000 Steam wishlists in two days" — 2026-10-25
- Press Shazoo — Ebbtide trailer coverage (Russian) — 2026-10-21
Ebbtide is in development and has no public build yet. Everything above describes announced or shown features, which can change before release. See how we source.