{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dfc28a1a77403e61baa46431","clusterId":"c_583d6bf8822a435ce3f05479","slug":"projectalive-opens-steam-page-for-zombie-rts-ebbtide","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"ProjectAlive Opens Steam Page for Zombie RTS Ebbtide","summary":"ProjectAlive has opened the Steam store page and published a new trailer for Ebbtide, a single-player survival strategy game set in a world overrun by the reanimated dead. Players command TF-1 Ark, a mobile task force based on a remaining aircraft carrier, rescue survivors and fight zombies starting in Los Angeles before moving to other regions. The tactical map and the 3D battlefield connect without loading: players read unit placement on a map based on real-world geography and zoom in to switch to the battlefield, which is rendered in 3D pixel art, while combat continues when the view pulls back out. On the battlefield, infantry squads, tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, airstrikes, destroyer naval gunfire and Tomahawk cruise missiles are all usable. Zombies climb walls by using each other's bodies as footholds, and defenses are reinforced with CIWS. Helicopter and truck transport are needed for supply, which means supply routes must also be defended. A release date has not been announced, and Japanese interface and subtitle support is planned.","whyItMatters":"Rescued survivors from Los Angeles become the starting fighting strength for the game's World Campaign, which ties the rescue loop directly to how much force players can field in later regions.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eSteam lists the game for PC, and the 4Gamer.net page header tags a Mac version as well.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe playable human side is broader than a generic squad: Game Spark describes ordering National Guard and LAPD units to hold positions, sending Marines in to charge, and using truck and helicopter transport units to pull survivors out of enemy territory.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombat works in two modes. Players give orders from a bird\u0026#39;s-eye view, but can also take direct control of individual units and join the fight. A frontline base with high walls anchors the defense, and the number of things to track grows as supply lines stretch.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scale claim is Game Spark\u0026#39;s: it frames the premise as humanity\u0026#39;s last aircraft carrier strike group against 1 million zombies, with thousands of detailed pixel-art zombies swarming bases and tanks.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Los Angeles, the mission shifts to sending the carrier to regions that need support and holding new ground to the end. The World Campaign runs on the survivors pulled out of the first city.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ebbtide's no-loading zoom from tactical map to 3D pixel battlefield keeps combat running, so the carrier group's whole defensive line is one continuous front.","twitterPost":"Ebbtide makes combat continue while you zoom from map to battlefield, so you can't pause the war to micromanage one skirmish.","threadsPost":"ProjectAlive's Ebbtide links the tactical map and 3D pixel battlefield without a loading screen, and combat keeps running through the zoom. Players can't step out of the war to fix one fight; the whole carrier group's defense stays live at both scales.","newsletterBlurb":"ProjectAlive has opened the Steam store page for Ebbtide, a zombie survival strategy game where players lead an aircraft carrier task force from Los Angeles outward. The tactical map and 3D battlefield connect without loading, and rescued survivors become the starting force for the World Campaign.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/051/G105183/20261021012/\",\"title\":\"Thousands of zombies swarm in! Survival strategy \\\"Ebbtide,\\\" which seamlessly moves between the tactical map and the battlefield, opens its Steam store page\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/21/173878.html\",\"title\":\"1 million zombies vs. an aircraft carrier strike group! The impact of the RTS 'Ebbtide' is incredible. 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