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Ten Metre Tide

Ten Metre Tide is a kinetic novel presented as two interlocking cycles of vignettes. Features an original story, art, photography, embroidery, collage, and music by kazehai + ppilotco.

12 July 2025

Ten Metre Tide is a visual novel developed by kazehai, released 12 July 2025 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ten Metre Tide is

Ten Metre Tide is a visual novel game developed by kazehai and released in 2025. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on renpy.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The era of border setting between the nation of Camden and its neighboring Maitland is long past. After nearly two centuries, just a single land dispute remains: Fort Colwyn, an insignificant island in the shared Bay of Fundy. So insignificant, in fact, that neither country ever cared to seriously stake its claim. But when a Maitlandish industry titan receives permission to use the island as an off-shore facility, a chain of events is set off which culminates in Fort Colwyn's final year of human settlement. A third-generation Colwynite struggles to envision life outside the only home she’s ever known. The ferryman’s daughter becomes an adult as the world of her childhood falls out of…
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ten Metre Tide launched on 12 July 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

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When did Ten Metre Tide come out?
Ten Metre Tide was released on 12 July 2025 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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