WILDTIDE

In development · live development build

Build the ship. Brave the sea.

An original multiplayer ocean survival game that runs in your web browser. Craft and fit a vessel part by part, survive the islands, and sail a connected sea with your Crew.

Play Wildtide Features & patch log

Overview

A survival game told by the tide.

You begin with nothing on a Safe Waters starter island. Everything after that — tools, clothes, a camp, a boat — you make yourself.

Wildtide is built for shared, persistent play. Its official PvE and PvP worlds each span four connected ocean regions with eleven islands between them. Survivors, buildings, ships, storage and island claims are saved by the server and carry on through restarts, region crossings and time away.

It is a game in active development. New systems arrive in frequent public releases, and the official roadmap separates what is available today from what is planned.

Genre: Multiplayer ocean survival · sailing · building
Platform: Web browser — no download (real-time 3D)
Worlds: Independent official PvE and PvP worlds, plus hosted islands
Players: 32 configured player slots per official world
The sea: 144 km² per server · four regions · 11 islands
Status: In development · public development build
Developer: KittyDevil Studio

Gallery

Straight from the game.

Every image here is an unretouched in-game capture from the current public build, Wildtide v0.59.26.15. Select one to view it larger.

The Modular Schooner under sail, seen from the water

The Schooner's railed deck opening and companion stairs

01 — Sailing & shipbuilding

Every plank fitted by hand.

Craft a frame, lay it in suitable water and fit each crafted part at the hull. Steer a Skiff with its oar, or sail a Sloop or Schooner by wheel, sails and wind — and keep her afloat, because damage lets the sea in.

Three vessels: Skiff (5 parts), Sloop (17) and the 19-metre, two-masted Modular Schooner (26)
Walkable decks, ladders, sail-hold and an adjustable sailing camera
Leaks, flooding, bailing, permanent sinking and salvageable wrecks
Shipboard building on the Schooner: walls, doors, railings and stairs

A survivor in woven and hide clothing drawing a wooden bow above the bay

A deer in a pine meadow on Blackpine Isle

02 — Survival & wildlife

Fed, watered, and wary.

Health, hunger, thirst and stamina all matter. Drink at springs and rivers, cook meat and fish over a fire, dry provisions for long voyages — and watch the treeline.

Deer that graze, notice you and bolt; wolves that hunt in packs
Lit campfires deter pursuing wolves
Shore fishing, cooking, drying racks and waterskins
Bow, spear and hatchet combat with server-decided hits

03 — Island exploration

Eleven islands, each its own place.

Tropical beaches, palms and forests, rocky coastlines, rivers and mountains. Two protected starter islands — The First Shore and Sandhaven — open onto nine more waiting to be explored and claimed.

Dynamic weather from calm to storm, and a day shared by everyone online
Landmarks such as the Old Landing jetty, the Beacon Cairn and Sandhaven Harbour
An interactive world map with island locations and ship markers

A two-storey timber base with shuttered windows, a railed roof terrace and a palisade yard

Looking out through the open shutters of the upper storey

04 — Building & crafting

From a fire pit to a fortified base.

Gather wood, stone, sticks and fibre, then craft tools, clothing and armour. Raise modular timber buildings with floors, walls, doors, roofs and stairs, and lock them to the people you choose.

Crafting for buildings, ships, tools and weapons, clothing and survival
Woven and hide clothing, slat armour and a hide backpack
Lockable doors, storage boxes, drying racks and personal beds
Palisades and double gates outside the Safe Waters

A palisaded base with its gate shut, on a claimable island in the evening light

05 — Crews, PvP & island conquest

Plant a flag. Hold the island.

Form a Crew with an Owner, custom ranks and alliances. Outside the protected starter waters, craft a claim flag, capture an island over time and defend it — or contest a rival's.

Nine claimable islands beyond the Safe Waters
Timed capture with defenders who can reverse it
Raiding only during scheduled vulnerability windows
Global, Crew and alliance chat

The Schooner leaving a wake across open water

06 — Connected ocean & multiplayer

One sea, seamlessly sailed.

Each official world is four connected ocean regions run by authoritative servers. Sail seamlessly from one to the next; your ship's parts and condition, and your passengers' inventories, cross with you.

Independent PvE and PvP worlds with shared sign-in accounts
Persistent saves for survivors, buildings, ships, storage and claims
Sleepers stay in the world when you log out

Development status

Honest about where we are.

Wildtide is in active development. Everything on this page is in the current public build; the list on the right is planned and has no release date.

Available now

Browser play, no download
Official PvE and PvP worlds
144 km² connected sea, 11 islands
Survivor creator
Hunger, thirst and stamina
Deer, wolves, hunting and fishing
Crafting, clothing and armour
Timber building and storage
Skiff, Sloop and Modular Schooner
Flooding, sinking and wrecks
Crews, ranks and alliances
Island claims, raids and conquest
Weather and shared day/night
Persistent server saves

See every feature and the full patch log on the official Wildtide roadmap.

Planned

Snow and ice islands
Desert and arid islands
A larger connected sea for longer voyages
Further, larger ship classes
A fuller naval system
Deeper survival, equipment and crafting progression
Regional trade and a player economy

Planned work is subject to change and has no promised date.

WILDTIDE

Your island is waiting.

Wildtide runs on its own site with its own accounts, separate from KittyDevil accounts.

Play at playwildtide.com Development journal