{"rewrite":{"id":"r_487336aa0f414ff95b6a14bb","clusterId":"c_7407d4af38ca5f459b59bec3","slug":"ebbtide-reaches-100-000-steam-wishlists-three-days-after-store-page-goes-live","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Ebbtide Reaches 100,000 Steam Wishlists Three Days After Store Page Goes Live","summary":"ProjectAlive's zombie survival RTS Ebbtide passed 100,000 Steam wishlist registrations three days after its store page opened, up from 15,000 on day one. The game puts players in command of a carrier strike group in a zombie-overrun Los Angeles, rescuing survivors who then become starting forces for a world campaign. The October 21 trailer has over 1.18 million YouTube views. The developer also disclosed its use of AI in asset production, voice, sound, and translation.","whyItMatters":"A small developer that leaned on AI for assets it could not produce alone converted a single trailer into 100,000 wishlists in three days, and the disclosure did not slow the run.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe wishlist count climbed from 15,000 on October 21, the day the store page was published, to 100,000 by October 23. The game asks players to hold a Los Angeles overrun by zombies with tanks, attack helicopters, naval gunfire, and airstrikes, while zombies stack on each other to scale walls and cling to low-hovering helicopters. Rescued survivors become the opening force for a world campaign, and Chapter 1 covers Los Angeles ahead of a planned world-map sandbox.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a Steam news post, the developer said AI was used for the soundtrack, some recorded voice lines, sound effects and ambient sounds, event illustrations, some 3D models, and in-game text translation, with all generated content reviewed and edited before inclusion. Collaborators who offered help on Discord will first review voice recording and localization together with the developer.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ebbtide drew 100,000 Steam wishlists in three days while ProjectAlive disclosed AI use in assets, voice, sound and translation. Wishlist momentum now arrives before anyone can judge the AI-made parts.","twitterPost":"Ebbtide's wishlist surge came with ProjectAlive disclosing AI use in assets, voice, sound and translation. Wishlists measure interest, not whether players accept that.","threadsPost":"Ebbtide hit 100,000 Steam wishlists three days after its store page opened, and ProjectAlive disclosed AI use across assets, voice, sound and translation in the same stretch. Wishlists are a promise of interest; the game still has to be judged on the AI-made parts players hear and see.","newsletterBlurb":"ProjectAlive's zombie survival RTS Ebbtide passed 100,000 Steam wishlists three days after its store page opened. The developer said the response exceeded expectations. A Steam news post also laid out the scope of AI use in asset production, voice, sound, and translation, with all generated content reviewed before inclusion.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/23/174009.html\",\"title\":\"Intercepting 1 million zombies from land, sea, and air! The zombie vs. humanity survival strategy game \\\"Ebbtide\\\" surpasses 100,000 wishlist registrations in 3 days - developer thanks fans for the unexpected response\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4626,"outputTokens":697,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792756349,"createdAt":"2026-10-23T11:49:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T11:51:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T11:51:12.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7407d4af38ca5f459b59bec3","canonicalTitle":"100万体のゾンビを陸海空から迎撃！ まさにゾンビVS人類のサバイバルストラテジー『Ebbtide』3日でウィッシュリスト登録10万突破―開発者も予想外の反響に感謝","representativeArticleId":"a_6f2812f62914be5d0ecfc570","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ebbtide\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-23T11:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-23T11:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T11:51:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/23/174009.html","title":"100万体のゾンビを陸海空から迎撃！ まさにゾンビVS人類のサバイバルストラテジー『Ebbtide』3日でウィッシュリスト登録10万突破―開発者も予想外の反響に感謝"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ebbtide"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}