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  • Summary: Welcome to Elynd, a world struggling to survive in the wake of the Great Flood. As a deadly plastification threatens to kill all living things, steel yourself to face the numerous challenges posed by this ocean planet.
    As you explore Elynd you’ll encounter a diverse cast of characters.
    Welcome to Elynd, a world struggling to survive in the wake of the Great Flood. As a deadly plastification threatens to kill all living things, steel yourself to face the numerous challenges posed by this ocean planet.
    As you explore Elynd you’ll encounter a diverse cast of characters. Each one has their own moods, motivations and perspectives on the planet’s fortunes. Choose your allies carefully, as every decision has the potential to create new adversaries. Keep one close eye on your friends’ adventures too! Their actions will shape your own story, requiring you to carefully react to an unpredictable world.

    Find a cure, explore floating platforms, or deal with the threats exposed by the community. As you delve deeper into the mysteries of Elynd, you’ll never be alone...
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 23
  2. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. May 19, 2026
    90
    This accomplished adventure leads players through a dying flooded world filled with pastel colors, memorable characters, and meaningful decisions. Its greatest strength, however, lies in its asynchronous multiplayer, where players subtly shape each other’s worlds. Suddenly, the choices no longer affect only lines of code, but real people, while also creating an emotional connection to a complete stranger who may forever remain known only as the hooded Tidewalker.
  2. Apr 21, 2026
    90
    A strong narrative-driven experience that stands out for its meaningful choices and emotional storytelling. Tides of Tomorrow delivers a thoughtful, often impactful journey with clear real-world parallels, making it more ambitious than many similar titles on the market. Despite a few minor flaws, it remains a highly recommended experience for fans of choice-driven adventures.
  3. Apr 22, 2026
    85
    Tides of Tomorrow builds gameplay around a bold new feature, the asynchronous multiplayer, that will affect both your game and the game of the Tidewalkers to follow. Between the choices of your forerunner and your own decisions, no two playthroughs will be alike. And some decisions of your decisions will raise interesting questions from the very beginning of the game: environmental, ethical, moral, sociopolitical, and even existential.
  4. Apr 24, 2026
    76
    Tides of Tomorrow set out to overhaul the choice-based games genre with it's Story-Link feature and, while promising, it is a relatively shallow mechanic. Still, the original wrinkle it adds on top of a solid, albeit flawed single-player choice-based game is a welcome addition to the genre.
  5. May 19, 2026
    70
    In the eco-adventure Tides of Tomorrow, the actions of previous players shape the world you will encounter. Visually, it manages the remarkable feat of conjuring a beautiful seaside world that’s choking beneath plastic refuse.
  6. Apr 21, 2026
    70
    An asynchronous multiplayer experiment with a great atmosphere, but some weaknesses in the core gameplay.
  7. Apr 21, 2026
    60
    Tides of Tomorrow has a strong and original concept that also serves a social purpose. The Story-Link system creates unique moments and gives the sense that you’re part of something bigger, where actions have consequences, even if the impact of your own choices sometimes feels limited and technical flaws and a sparse presentation hold it back from truly excelling. Still, it’s a game that lingers with you, precisely because of the question it leaves behind.

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