Tide Terminal
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About the game
In 2030, the Red Tide virus turned every robot rogue overnight. You found the Tide Terminal — a device that commands them. Build your base, awaken 18 machines with stories of their own, and take back the world, one city at a time. An idle strategy sim with branching stories and 12 endings.
Original Steam description
The Red Tide has risen. Terminal online.
2030, Hongchao City. The Red Tide virus turned every service robot rogue in a single night — a logging mech still guards the ginkgo tree it never finished pruning; a welder bot chases a work order that no longer exists; a street sweeper starts its route at 4 AM sharp.
And you just found the Tide Terminal, a device that commands them all.
BUILD · From repair shack to war fortress
Five interlocking resource lines — scrap, energy, alloy, biomaterial, data. 20+ facilities to mix and match. Production continues while you're away; come back to full stockpiles.
AWAKEN · Every machine has a story
18 Awakened units based on real-world trades: the logging bull "Senwei", the welder scorpion "Hanhun", the security lion "Jinshi", the sonar whale "Mingyuan"... They're not stat cards — they're old partners still holding onto their obsessions.
CONQUER · Squads out, districts back
Command four squads to scout, hunt rogue units, and reclaim the city. The Red Tide's intensity rises and falls in real time — build up on calm days, face the boss "Qiming PROTO-00" on rampant nights.
REPEAT · 12 endings, New Game+
Identity choices, key decisions, branching endings. Every run becomes a legend, and Tide Memory carries your bonuses into the next cycle.
No IAP · No ads · Fully offline
The complete game, all at once. Steam Cloud saves supported.
Signal connecting — welcome back, Commander.
Demo and release information
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