Tides of Tomorrow is now available to play – the release trailer showcases the plasticpunk world of Elynd

In Tides of Tomorrow, you can dive right in and start rummaging through plastic waste. This narrative adventure from the creators of Road 96 combines a single-player story with asynchronous multiplayer.

Tides of Tomorrow is here, and it introduces a concept that hasn’t been seen before. The Paris-based studio DigixArt, known for the acclaimed Road 96, sends you on a first-person narrative adventure with an unusual multiplayer component: You play alone, but never really just for yourself.

The game transports you to the world of Elynd, a flooded planet where the last humans survive on floating platforms and half-submerged cities. You take on the role of a so-called Tidewalker, who suffers from Plastemia, a disease that slowly transforms living beings into plastic. Your mission: to save the world, destroy it, or something in between. Moral gray areas included.

The Online Story-Link System Makes All the Difference

What sets Tides of Tomorrow apart from other narrative games is the Story-Link feature. Before each mission, you choose another player as your “Seed”—whether a friend, a streamer, or a random acquaintance from the internet. Their previous decisions have already changed the world: NPCs react differently, resources are gone or available, paths are open or blocked. You see “echoes” of past Tidewalkers and can follow in their footsteps—or go your own way and influence the next person.