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About Tidal Nexus Online
Tidal Nexus Online is a multiplayer underwater sci-fi RPG set in a large, persistent ocean world. You command and customize a deep-sea vessel, explore sunken ruins and hostile biomes, take on PvP and PvE encounters, trade, and join factions. The world’s events respond to player activity and faction progress, so its dangers and opportunities change over time.
Explore the ocean
Explore volcanic trenches and the remnants of a long-lost civilization. You encounter rogue AI factions, wildlife and biomechanical sea monsters, as well as mini-bosses that roam nearly every part of the map, guarding rare resources or blocking important routes. Each zone brings its own unpredictable threats and challenges.
Faction conflicts
Clans can formally declare war on rival factions, starting ten-day conflicts across strategic underwater zones. Use narrow trenches for ambushes, fire torpedoes through dense kelp forests and rely on sonar to gain an advantage. Victory depends on teamwork, timing and tactical precision, and can bring rare rewards, territory control and prestige.
Optional PvP flagging lets you enter open combat with higher risks and rewards. Factions also compete in Battlezone Beacons, a large-scale event where three factions fight to control four underwater beacons. The faction that holds the most zones over time wins.
World events
Events rotate and change in response to player behavior and the state of the world, making sessions play out differently. They include:
- Kraken Boss Invasion: factions unite in a multi-phase raid against a massive creature. Its arrival sounds alarms and shifts power balances across the map.
- Battlezone Beacons: three factions battle to control four underwater beacons, with victory going to the faction that holds the most zones over time.
- Mystery Artifact Hunts: alien artifacts appear in random map locations in dynamic PvPvE events. Each activates on a timer and varies in tier and rarity; the number and value of artifacts scale with global player activity.
- Tidal Royale: players start in basic level-1 submarines and fight to be the last vessel standing. Hunt hostile fauna and rival captains to level up your submarine during the match as the play area closes in.
Customize your submarine
Your submarine serves as your identity as well as your means of travel and combat. Dock at stations to repair, trade and tune your vessel. Unlock skins and swap modules to adapt its performance for speed, stealth, firepower or support.
Missions and progression
The mission system includes main quests, daily tasks, and randomized PvE, PvP and trade objectives. You can also take part in dynamic PvE events and explore the ocean while advancing your faction’s progress.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Tidal Nexus Online is free to play on Steam, so there is nothing to buy to start playing.
The minimum requirements for Tidal Nexus Online are: Windows 10, 3.9 GB RAM, 3.9 GB storage. It also runs on macOS. The recommended specs are in the System requirements section.
Yes. Tidal Nexus Online is multiplayer only. It supports online PvP.
Mostly, yes. Valve rates Tidal Nexus Online as Playable on the Steam Deck: it runs, but may need some manual setup.
Yes. Tidal Nexus Online is the full base game. You need nothing else to play it.











