Ebbforge: build factories and survive on a tidal planet

Grassy hills below steep striped mountains on the Ebbforge planet

Build factories and survive on a tidal planet. First person, alone or with up to three friends. When the water drops you gather, and when it rises, everything you built gets tested.

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Windows · In development · By Nexon Solutions

122buildings and machines

147recipes

139items

4 × 4 kmof land, forest and desert

1 to 4players in one world

The tide sets the pace

The water does not wait for you

Every half hour the sea comes in and goes out again. Sun and tide run on the same clock, so you learn to plan your day around them.

Low tide

The shore runs dry. Dig clay at the waterline and pick up what the sea left behind.

Rising tide

Tide turbines spin up. Time to get back and check what stands too low.

High tide

Anything that isn't sealed gets damaged under water. Dikes and sluices keep it out, up to their top.

Falling tide

The turbines run again, and fresh wash-up lies along the tideline.

Spring tideEvery few cycles the water climbs far higher than usual. The game warns you ahead of time. What you do with that warning is up to you.

What you do

From a stone axe to a power grid

A conveyor belt line with machines, pipes and power poles in a green field

A factory you lay out yourself

Start with what you can carry. End with ore going in on one side and gears coming out on the other.

Belts, sorters, splitters and mine carts
Water and oil pipes with valves and tanks
A menu for every machine that tells you why it stopped

Overview of a base with a water tank, machines and a power line

Power that can fail

Tide, wind, sun and diesel, over cables you pull yourself. Ask too much of a line and it trips, or burns out.

Low, medium and high voltage, each with its own limits
Fuses, batteries, transformers and transfer switches
Too little supply takes the whole grid down

Layered red and orange desert rock under grey mountains

Dig wherever you want

The ground is yours to open up, and it pushes back. Wide tunnels cave in, deep pits fill with groundwater, and coal seams can hold gas.

Supports, ladders, lifts and pumps
Methane that explodes on contact with fire
Smoke turns into deadly CO2 if it has no way out

A burning campfire in a ring of stones at night, next to a wooden bed

Stay alive while it runs

Thirst, hunger, cold and bad air are always there. Cook on the fire, grow your food through the seasons, and build a bed before night falls.

Sleep and the night passes, while your factory keeps working
Die and you wake up beside your bed
Houses you build part by part: wood burns, wind pulls, water rises

Screenshots

Straight from the game

No renders and no paintovers: these are taken in the engine.

Getting the game

Access is by approval

Ebbforge is in development, so every download is approved by hand. Create an account and confirm your email. Once you are approved, you can download the game for Windows from your account.

After that, the game keeps itself up to date from the main menu
Your worlds stay on your own PC
Host a world, or join a friend's

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Windows 64-bitWindows 10 version 1803 or newer

Dedicated graphics cardThe game is built for one; an exact minimum is still being measured

About 3 GB of disk spaceMore during an update