{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1ccc560532875b2ecd0dff4b","clusterId":"c_0727fe511f6da7a550d4e68a","slug":"ebbtide-leads-this-week-s-indie-picks-with-100-000-wishlists","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Ebbtide Leads This Week's Indie Picks With 100,000 Wishlists","summary":"Game Spark's fourth-week October indie picks feature three PC titles. Ebbtide is a real-time strategy game where the player commands TF-1 Ark, humanity's last carrier strike group, against 1 million infected in Los Angeles, and wishlist registrations reached 100,000 within three days of the store page going live. Tin Coffins is a mech roguelite shooter with four-player online co-op, due December 2026, and Spy Maid Boy is a romance simulation game.","whyItMatters":"Ebbtide's 100,000 wishlists in three days gives the zombie RTS a visible audience before any playtest is announced, and Game Spark frames the tactical map and zoomable battlefield as the feature that separates it from the rest of the week's picks.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eGame Spark\u0026#39;s indie picks column for the fourth week of October lists three PC titles, split between a large-scale strategy game, a co-op shooter, and a romance simulation game. The strategy entry, Ebbtide, is set in a Los Angeles filled with 1 million infected and asks the player to run humanity\u0026#39;s last carrier strike group, with the tactical map and the real-time battlefield tied together by a zoom function. Wishlist registrations reached 100,000 within three days of the store page going live, and playtests will be announced once preparations are ready.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEbbtide\u003c/strong\u003e: Zombie survival RTS on PC via Steam, release date and price TBA; 100,000 wishlists in three days\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTin Coffins\u003c/strong\u003e: Mech roguelite third-person shooter with up to 4-player online co-op, PC via Steam, December 2026\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpy Maid Boy\u003c/strong\u003e: Pretty-girl simulation game about living among women 180cm or taller\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ebbtide's 100,000 wishlists in three days puts it ahead of roundup co-picks Tin Coffins and Spy Maid Boy in audience pull. Roundups let the breakout carry two quieter titles, and only Ebbtide has a number.","twitterPost":"Ebbtide drew 100,000 wishlists in three days. Tin Coffins and Spy Maid Boy share the roundup but not the pull.","threadsPost":"Ebbtide reached 100,000 wishlists within three days of its store page going live, while Tin Coffins and Spy Maid Boy share the roundup without a number of their own. The RTS about TF-1 Ark and a million infected now carries this week's indie picks on its back.","newsletterBlurb":"Game Spark's fourth-week October indie column names Ebbtide, Tin Coffins and Spy Maid Boy as its picks. Ebbtide is a real-time strategy game set in a Los Angeles overrun by 1 million infected, and its Steam wishlist registrations reached 100,000 within three days of the store page going live. Tin Coffins arrives in December 2026 as a four-player co-op mech roguelite.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/11/01/174353.html\",\"title\":\"Zombie survival RTS 'Ebbtide,' in which you rescue survivors from a city overrun by 1 million zombies, draws attention. 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