Hey everyone! I’m happy to announce that our new game, Tides of Tomorrow, is coming to PlayStation 5 on February 24, 2026!
At DigixArt, we’re all about finding fresh and fun ways to tell stories through games, experimenting with ideas that are both innovative and meaningful.
Our game, Road 96, was a procedural road trip where you’d go on multiple runs with different characters, one after the other. After it launched, some team members joked, “We should make Road 96 but with boats! Boat 96!”
But then a more serious idea sparked: what if each of those runs in Road 96 were actually played by different people, and their choices impacted each other — and the world?
That’s where the core idea for Tides of Tomorrow came from: what if we used multiplayer elements to shape the narrative itself?
Usually, games with asynchronous multiplayer are focusing on systems and gameplay interactions. We saw an opportunity to go further: to let players truly influence each other’s stories through their decisions.
We’ve also chosen a brand-new setting: a vibrant, post-apocalyptic ocean world. Each of our games tackle a meaningful topic, and we really wanted to say something about the environmental crisis. This theme and the multiplayer mechanics are tightly interwoven… in ways I don’t want to reveal just yet!
So how does it all work?
When starting a game of Tides of Tomorrow, you must select a player to “follow”. This player has played the game before you and can be a total stranger, someone from your friend list, or even a famous streamer.
You begin your journey rescued from deadly waters, with no memory of who you are or how you got there. Somehow, you’ve awakened centuries after a massive flood wiped out most of civilization. Now, scattered communities survive across a harsh ocean world.
You are infected with Plastemia, a disease caused by an ancient poison — microplastic pollution. If you don’t find a cure soon, you’ll slowly turn into plastic.
But you’ll soon discover there are others like you. Always found in the ocean, with no memories of their past. You are all connected. The people of this world call you Tidewalkers.
In Tides of Tomorrow, each player embodies one of these Tidewalkers, a mysterious community of sea nomads. Players will have to question their relationship to each other, challenge their morality and learn more about the bond they all share.
You travel the ocean aboard your trusted boat, visiting location after location — each one previously visited by the player you’re following.
Thanks to our “asynchronous vision” system, you’ll see echoes of this player’s choices and actions, in the form of “ghosts”. These visions help you avoid traps, solve puzzles, investigate what happened before, or simply adapt based on the other player’s actions.
Not only that, but the game’s NPCs will remember what the other player did and they won’t hesitate to talk about it. That other player was not in some kind of parallel universe: their actions on the world are concrete and will have tangible consequences on your experience.
For example: if a player stole something valuable from an important NPC, that character might now hate all Tidewalkers, forcing you to sneak around instead of being welcomed.
Some levels can change drastically depending on what the last player did. Without spoiling our secret recipe, each level blends handcrafted narrative moments with systemic game elements, resulting in a unique experience for every player. That’s a true challenge to build, because we take the previous player’s choices into account, as well as your own choices, to make sure you still feel in control of your adventure.
Each new step of your journey lets you choose where to go next — and who to follow. Will you stick with the same person? Try someone new? Or pick based on your own instincts?
There are lots of reasons to follow one player over another. Maybe you like their playstyle, want to discover their choices, or to benefit from the resources they left behind.
In typical DigixArt fashion, your friends and you will go through a wild mix of situations, encounter memorable characters and surprising gameplay challenges. You’ll have to make tough decisions, while your survival and the future of this world are at stake…
But don’t forget —your actions will also affect the players who choose to follow you.
So… what kind of legacy will you leave behind?
To find out for yourself, wishlist the game today and join us on the high seas in 2026, to be among the first players to leave your mark on the world of Tides of Tomorrow!
