Tides of Tomorrow 🌊 news & patch notes

Hey Tidewalkers! 🌊

One month after release, we hope you’ve been enjoying the world of Tides of Tomorrow!

After nearly three years of development, it’s time to highlight the work of our artists who helped bring this universe to life.

We already shared a first Art Blast focused on Marketland and few characters during the demo period. This time, we're excited to showcase much more of the game's world, including environments and the full cast of Tides of Tomorrow.

Metal platforms, corals, underwater locations, UI elements, and characters… dive into the incredible work of our amazing art team and discover how they shaped this plasticpunk ocean world!

We hope you enjoyed checking out the environments, characters and all the art during your adventure... and now here!

Concept Art:

Environment & Props Art:

Character Art:

Shoutout to all the artists who participated in this adventure:

Art Direction & Leads

Laureine Sautereau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laureine-sautereau-7b867352/

Elise Ramseier: https://www.artstation.com/eli-se

Ludovic Oddi: https://www.artstation.com/ludovicoddi

Environment Artists

Alex Ryan: https://www.artstation.com/ryan_alex

Chloé Plumey: https://www.artstation.com/chloeplumey

Andréa Penz: https://www.artstation.com/andreap

Character Artists

Clothilde Chopin: https://www.artstation.com/fyoston

Yanis Lhôte: https://www.artstation.com/sinay-eto

Technical Artist

Raphael Garcia: https://raphaelgarcia.dev/project/tides-of-tomorrow/

VFX Artist

Henning Weiß: https://www.artstation.com/heinson

Hey Tidewalkers! 🌊

Thanks again for all the feedback you've been sharing since launch. With 4 patches released in a month, your reports help us identify issues quickly and continue improving the experience across the game.

Today’s patch brings a mix of fixes and improvements, including support for DLSS and FSR, as well as several gameplay, localization and stability fixes.

⚓Gameplay & Progression

• Fixed an issue where the major choice between Obin & Nyx could be triggered multiple times

• Fixed incorrect end-of-level recap when the sample was not given to Eyla

• Added an additional dialogue line to clarify the "stop collecting eggs" choice

• Fixed Divinity issues occurring in the Catacombs after reloading a checkpoint

• Resolved several cases where players could go out of bounds

🏆Achievements

• Fixed an issue preventing the Duck achievement from unlocking correctly

🌍Localization & UI

• Fixed several localization typos

• Fixed an issue where non‑Latin alphabet characters would not display correctly

🎮Performance & Technical

• Added DLSS and FSR support

• Fixed camera shaking that could occur when the framerate was uncapped

May the Tides guide you! 🌊

Build version: 1687-44915

We are excited to be a part of Endix Showcase to show off Tides of Tomorrow in a unique and creative way.

What is Endix Showcase?

Endix is a free virtual/digital event built as a game in Unreal Engine, this allows you to join the Showcase on your own terms.

Visit Endix on Steam to create your own avatar and jump into a digital theme world, showing tons of beloved and new games that might not have been on your radar yet. You can find our booths on the THQ Nordic island. Use the Fast Travel feature to teleport there directly!

What to expect?

Visit our booths to discover unique interactions, watch trailers, get a taste of our games, and play a mini-game to win special prizes.

Join us May 23-24th.

Hey Tidewalkers! Following the recent launch of Tides of Tomorrow, we are celebrating the journey with a brand-new Accolades Trailer, highlighting what critics had to say. Watch the Accolades Trailer here: We are proud of what the team has accomplished with Tides of Tomorrow and grateful for the positive reception the atmospheric narrative adventure has received from critics and players alike. Sounds of Tomorrow To further immerse players in its evocative world, the original soundtrack of Tides of Tomorrow is available on Steam: Links & Info Website: https://tidesoftomorrow.com Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PckWFcTexV Tides of Tomorrow is being developed by DigixArt and published by THQ Nordic. The game is available for PC, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S at an SRP of €29.99 / $29.99.

Hey Tidewalkers! 🌊

Almost a week after the game's release, we wanted to thank you for your feedback.

You are more than 89% of you are enjoying Tides of Tomorrow, so from the entire team: THANK YOU! 🙏

We spent three and half years developing this game and truly pourred our hearts into it!

Because of your feedback, we’re releasing a major patch bringing a large set of fixes and improvements focused on game stability, progression, cinematics, and Steam Deck performance! ✨

⚓Gameplay & Progression

• Fixed multiple progression blockers, including objectives not validating, incorrect objectives displayed after checkpoint reloads, missing follow-up conditions and Delta Shipwreck blocker

• Resolved several cases where players could go out of bounds

• Fixed exploits and inconsistent behaviors related to scrap, Ozen and egg economy

🎧Audio

• Fixed several audio dropouts, stutters, and missing music issues in combat or cinematics.

  We are still actively working on reducing audio stuttering.

🎬Cinematics & Camera

• Fixed numerous camera glitches, animation timing issues and incorrect character orientations.

• Improved transitions during key cinematics

• Resolved looping animations, incorrect character poses or misplaces NPCs

💬Dialogue & Narrative

• Fixed dialogues that did not end proprely

• Fixed dialogues that restarted instead of resuming when re-approchaing an NPC

• Fixed misgendering dialogue lines

• Fixes dialogues triggering from unintended distances

🌍Localization & UI

• Fixed multiple localization issues in all languages

• Improved UI consistency

• Fixed issue on Delta Lab where Russian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese fonts were not displaying correctly.

💾Saves & Stability

• Adding more offline save variations.

• Fixed issues caused by checkpoint reloads leading to inconsistent states or incorrect notifications.

🎨Visuals & Environment

• Fixed various graphical issues (incorrect water rendering, floating objects, missing visual effects)

🎮Steam Deck & Performance

• Adjusted text sizes across menus, objectives and pop-ups for Steam Deck

• Optimized graphic profiles for Steam Deck

• Optimized NPCs and visual elements for Steam Deck

• Overall performance improvements and stutter reduction

Please continue reporting any issues you encounter, it really helps us improve the game and refine your experience.

May the Tides guide you! 🌊

Build version: 1559-44836

Hey Tidewalkers,

Another day, another hotfix!

Some of you encountered a blocking issue at Delta Shipwreck, where another boat was already docked, preventing you from docking your own.

This issue has now been fixed, so you can continue your adventure without interruption!

Regarding the audio stuttering

While the hotfix solved the audio stuttering issue for some players, others are unfortunately still affected.

We’re continuing to investigate to find a stable, long-term fix. In the meantime, we’ve identified a temporary workaround that seems to help on some PCs:

Hey Tidewalkers,

Some of you experienced audio stuttering during your journey through Tides of Tomorrow.

We’ve identified the issue and deployed a fix! An update is now live so you can fully enjoy the game’s soundscape as intended.

We’re currently reviewing all reported issues and actively working on a larger improvement patch coming in the next few days. (spoiler: optimization and major fixes are included)

Stay tuned, and may the Tides guide you! 🌊

Build version: 1493‑44800

Calling all Tidewalkers!

Today, you’ll awaken in a dying world with one crucial task: decide how to save it… or doom it forever.

Survive treacherous waters. Encounter strange communities with radically different worldviews. Bond with unforgettable characters. Make impossible choices. In this world, there’s no “right” or “wrong” – only perspectives, and the consequences that come with them.

You won’t face it alone. Discover echoes of other players and follow in their footsteps, experiencing the world they left behind. It’s up to you to align with their decisions or undo them entirely. Will you collaborate, lend a hand to future players, or leave chaos everywhere you go?

No matter who you choose to follow, we’ve made sure that every path leads to a fun and unique adventure waiting to be discovered.

We’ve poured our hearts and souls into Tides of Tomorrow. This is the world we’re leaving behind for you to explore, enjoy, and redefine.

So, it’s your turn. What will you leave behind?

If you want to support us, tell your friends about the game, tell them to follow you, and leave a review – this means the world to us.

Want more?

The OST is also available now on Steam.

You are a fan of Road 96? Here is the Roads & Boats Bundle

We are still working on optimization regarding the SteamDeck version but we will have an update very soon to improve your experience on that platform!

See you on the Tides!

Tidewalkers!

We’re glad to announce that Tides of Tomorrow will officially launch… tomorrow!

Press, reviewers, and content creators have been playing the game in secret for the past two weeks, so a whole bunch of players’ Story-Links will be available to follow at launch! You’ll also be able to follow pre-made Story-Links from the dev team, even when playing offline.

Starting now, some streamers will be playing the game live, so you’ll be able to follow their Story-Links at launch! Keep an eye out for Tides of Tomorrow livestreams – watch their gameplay to see the choices they’re making. Then, if you use their seed, you’ll be able to walk in their footsteps and experience the world they left behind for you.

Don’t forget: you can also start the game by following one player and then switch to someone else at any time during the adventure! There’s no need for your friends to fully finish the game before you can follow them.

What will past players leave behind for you? And which mark will you leave for future players?

Find out by playing Tides of Tomorrow… tomorrow!

(It’s the only day I’ll ever be able to make this joke, let me enjoy it)

General Questions

Hey Tidewalkers!

We’ve been hard at work to make the game as good as we possibly can!!

The last few months have been all about polishing and debugging – but since we’re crazy people, we also improved the content following feedback from our closed beta.

No enough boat gameplay? You can now be attacked by pirates when you least expect it!

People thought Nahe looked boring? We overhauled her design!

Players were bored during some dialogues? We turned them into cutscenes!

I hope you can see how much care and passion we put into delivering the best experience we can. Making a follow-up to Road 96 with a different IP was super hard challenge for us, especially knowing how much the Steam community loves this game!

So we hope you'll love "ToT" too!

The unique collaborative adventure will let you play in the footsteps of other players. Tell us, do you plan to follow friends, streamers or strangers? Or will you play offline and follow pre-made adventure?

See you on the Tides!

Adrien Poncet, Game Director

Hey Tidewalkers, 

We found a fancy new name for our unique asynchronous multiplayer feature: Online Story-Link! We just released a brand-new trailer that tells you everything you need to know about it.

But that’s not all! We’re also back with a big demo update! 

Over the past three months, we’ve made a lot of improvements to the full game and you will now find many of these updates integrated into the demo version of Marketland!  

During our closed beta, players loved the boat gameplay… so we added boat gameplay in the demo! You can now try it!

And there’s one more surprise waiting for you… At the very end of the demo, you’ll get a first glimpse of Pleasureland, a whole new area that will be fully explorable on April 22.

With the addition of new content, old seeds are unfortunately no longer compatible! But feel free to jump back into the demo and share your new seed with us!

We hope you enjoy the update! Don’t hesitate to share your feedback with us here or on Discord — you’re helping shape the game every step of the way.

Don’t forget to wishlist the game to support us, and may the Tides guide you!

Hey Tidewalkers!

Meet Voot, the prophet of the Mystics and mother to Nahe and Efod. Will you worship her like the Mystics? Or will you unveil the truth behind the their mysteries?

Watch the video to know more about this very mysterious character!

It's only a matter of weeks before you can finally meet her in Tides of Tomorrow!

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo

Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Shifting: Tides of Tomorrow Gets New Release Date in April

After briefly flirting with the idea of renaming the game Tides of the Day After Tomorrow, we have decided to stick with Tides of Tomorrow — and to take a little extra time before launch.

With the closed-beta in December, we have a lot of feedback from you and it would have been a reeeeal shame not to implement them! We are taking extra weeks to bring even more love to the game!

Our narrative-driven adventure will now release on April 22, 2026, on PC, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S.

You can still wishlist the game to support us!

Hope you will enjoy all the love we put in the last months before the release & stay tuned!

Hey Tidwalkers!

Welcome to Pleasureland and meet its owner Nyx, a successful purveyor of fun in Tides of Tomorrow.

She is an important leader within the Marauders and has fought hard for everything she owns...

Discover her eccentric personality in this new video!

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo

Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Hey Tidewalkers,

Take a look at Efod, a scientist who lives in the shadow of his sister Nahe, heiress of the Mystics. He is fascinated by the Tidewalkers and believes they will help him understand the mysteries of Delta technologies.

Will you choose to help.. or confront him?

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo

Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Hey Tidewalkers!

It's Kass time!!

A Marauder by birth, Kass’ entire world changes when she meets Eyla. Confident she can play both sides, Kass betrays Obin in an attempt to save Eyla and the Reclaimers.

Take a look at this video to discover more about that torn Marauder:

You can already meet her in the demo available now on Steam!

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo

Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Hey Tideawalkers!

Let us introduce you Eyla!

She is a spirited Reclaimer determined to live her limited life to the fullest. Fiercely loyal to her people and deeply connected to all sea creatures. We let you discover more about here on that following video:

You can meet Eyla during the demo available now on Steam, do not hesitate to jump on it and give us your feedback!

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo

Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Hey Tidewalkers!

Let's meet Obin, leader of the Marauders in Tides of Tomorrow!

Ruthless and violent, he will test you in his pursuit to control all the ozen.

You can already meet Obin in the demo available on Steam!

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo

Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Hey Tidewalkers! 🌊

We are cooking videos to introduce the characters of Tides of Tomorrow! Let's start with Nahe!

At the very beginning of the game, Nahe will save you and help each player in their journey.. helping each of you to understand who you are and the power you have!

Discover Nahe and a quick explanation of the Story-Link system on that video:

Thanks to the Story-Link system, your story will be shaped by your actions but also other players' choices! Let's jump on the demo available now to discover that!

Play the demo: https://thqn.net/ToTdemo Wishlist on Steam: https://thqn.net/tot-steam

Hey Tidewalkers! 🌊

We recently launched the demo for Tides of Tomorrow, and we hope you’ve been enjoying your first steps into the vibrant world our team has crafted.

At DigixArt, we’re incredibly lucky to work with such a talented art team. Today, we want to take a moment to celebrate their work and share their portfolios with you. This Art Blast is a tribute to the individuals who bring the world of Tides of Tomorrow to life.

The game wouldn’t be the same without their vision, skill, and passion. Take a moment to explore their creations—and let us know which part of the demo’s world stood out to you most!

Level Art & Boat:

Character Art:

You can find more content on their respective Artstation and LinkedIn profiles:

Art Direction & Leads

Laureine Sautereau: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laureine-sautereau-7b867352/

Elise Ramseier: https://www.artstation.com/eli-se

Ludovic Oddi: https://www.artstation.com/ludovicoddi

Level Artists

Alex Ryan: https://www.artstation.com/ryan_alex

Andrea Penz: https://www.artstation.com/andreap

Chloé Plumey: https://www.artstation.com/chloeplumey

Character Artists

Clothilde Chopin: https://www.artstation.com/fyoston

Yanis Lhote: https://www.artstation.com/sinay-eto

Technical Artist

Raphael Garcia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-garciafr/

Hey Tidewalkers! 🌊

As we sail into the final days of NextFest, we’ve made a few last-minute tweaks to make your Tides of Tomorrow demo experience even smoother!

🛠️ Improvements & Fixes

• 🧭 Improved guidance in the market — it’s now easier to find your way and spot key interactions.

• 🏠 New UI element in the hideout — added to help you navigate and understand your objectives more clearly.

• 💬 Dialogue tweaks — we’ve polished a few lines and timing to improve clarity and flow.

If you haven’t tried the demo yet, now’s the perfect time to dive in and explore!

📣 Build version: 5067-37795

We’d love to hear what you think — drop your feedback, screenshots, or questions on our Discord!

Thanks again for all your support — and enjoy the rest of NextFest! 🌊

🌊 Hey Tidewalkers,

Just in time for NextFest, we’ve rolled out a quick but important fix based on your feedback!

🛠️ Bug Fix We’ve resolved the issue where you’d get the message “You are faster than the other player” — now you can follow anyone: featured players, friends, or complete strangers.

We hope this makes exploring the demo even smoother and more fun during the event. Thanks again for all your support — and enjoy your NextFest! 🌊

Build version: 8-37419

📸 Huge thanks to ALEXX on Discord for sharing the screenshot of this patch note!

Drop your screenshots, impressions, or questions on our Discord — we’d love to hear from you!

Hi Tidewalkers,

Thank you again for playing the Tides of Tomorrow demo and for all the amazing feedback you’ve been sending our way!

We’ve been listening closely, and this latest patch brings a fresh round of improvements and fixes based directly on your input.

Here’s what’s new in this version:

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Resolved most issues related to ultra-wide screen support. A few sequences still display in 16:9, but we’re working on full compatibility.

😍 Quality Updates

• Enhanced facial animations for Eyla, Kass, Taj, and guards

• Highlighted the Seed feature more clearly — don’t hesitate to share your seed codes so your friends can follow your unique path through the demo! You can find your seed in the pause menu.

• Improved pacing: we’ve tweaked several dialogues and removed the second stealth sequence involving the lockers to streamline the experience.

• Added more life and ambient activity to the Market area to make it feel more immersive.

We’re continuing to refine the experience and build toward the full game. Your feedback is invaluable, so keep it coming!

Thanks for being part of this journey with us! 🌊

Build version: 2-37343

Hi everyone,

Thank you so much for playing the Tides of Tomorrow demo and for all your feedback, bug reports, and kind messages!

We’ve been carefully reviewing everything you’ve shared, and this new patch brings a round of fixes and improvements based directly on your input.

Here’s what’s been updated in this version:

🔧 Bug Fixes

• Fixed a low reproduction soft lock during the first dialogue with Nahe

• Fixed a bug in the secondary docking sequence

• Improved look-at behavior when characters interact with guards.

• Fixed a eye alignment issue with Eyla

• Corrected the completion percentage, which now properly reaches 100% when all objectives are completed.

🎵 Quality Updates

• Improved the minimum mouse sensitivity bounds and reduced the default sensitivity for smoother control.

• Introduced the Featured Follows system when selecting a followee.

• Added new security-themed music during docking in Marketland.

• Replaced Eyla’s recap image with an updated version.

• The Validate button in the emote wheel is now centered for better accessibility.

We’re continuing to work on the full game and will keep updating the demo based on your feedback. Thanks again for being part of this journey with us!

Build version:4880-36931

THQ Nordic is thrilled to announce its Steam Next Fest line-up, offering players around the world the chance to experience three highly-anticipated titles through exclusive demos. Tides of Tomorrow will be available starting TODAY at 10 am CEST as part of the Steam Next Fest Press Preview. Play the Tides of Tomorrow demo NOW

From the creators of Road 96 comes a completely asynchronous multiplayer adventure! In this 40-minute demo, players step into the role of a Tidewalker and shape the fate of a living, ever-changing world! Explore Marketland, a vibrant yet unstable island whose environment and inhabitants are shaped by the decisions of the player you choose to follow, whether a friend, one of your favorite streamers, or a stranger. Your mission: steal a stock of medicine from Obin, a feared Marauder, while navigating challenges that shift based on prior players’ actions. From stealth and tense dialogue to high-stakes chases and persuasion, every run offers a unique experience. Replay the demo to discover new perspectives and outcomes, or play offline using premade profiles from members of the DigixArt developer team. Don’t miss your chance to play early!

Enjoy & stay tuned!