While Grand Theft Auto 6 is poised to be the biggest game of 2026, there’s another open-world game on the horizon, one that’s perfect for fantasy fans. Of Peaks and Tides, a stunning new action RPG with crafting and survival elements, looks like a Studio Ghibli movie brought to life.
Currently, Of Peaks and Tides doesn’t have a release date and is simply listed as “Coming Soon” on Steam, but it’s a title that The Legend of Zelda fans will want to keep an eye on, especially if they love Breath of the Wild. With a breathtakingly beautiful world players can explore alone or with friends, this title has all the makings of a smash hit.
Of Peaks and Tides Is the Ultimate Open World Survival Game
Being developed and published by CyancookGames, Of Peaks and Tides is the first game from the fledgling studio. Set in a massive, beautiful open world, this title will see players use all their wits and resources to survive a harsh wilderness, and experience all the magic that the land’s more peaceful side has to offer.
“The ancient spark has not yet faded,” the official Steam description begins. “Whispers echo through the mountains and seas, stirring memories long buried in the earth.”
“Of Peaks and Tides is an Open-world Crafting Survival game developed by CyancookGames, weaving Eastern Mythology into a vast, living world. Powered by an intuitive physics system, the world responds to your every touch. Gather your friends, and shape your own legend in a land where creation knows no bounds.”
Elsewhere on the Steam page, the developers add, “Step onto this vast ancient land shaped by intuitive physics, and form a new world born of your imagination. Explore solo or team up online with friends. Reforge the mortal realm devastated by divine wrath. Feel the world shift with your every move. Your lands await. Will you answer?”
Of Peaks and Tides is bringing together the whimsy and ethereal fantasy that Studio Ghibli is known for, and an art style to match, with the sense of adventure that defines The Legend of Zelda, the open world of Breath of the Wild, and the survival mechanics of Valheim.
Based purely on what’s been confirmed so far, Valheim players may be the most satisfied by what Of Peaks and Tides is offering of all. They will be able to play and fight however they wish. Of Peaks and Tides gives gamers access to a wide variety of weapons, the ability to set fires and lay traps, and manipulate the terrain to their advantage, and farming, crafting, and land tending, animal taming, and home building mechanics are all pivotal to the experience.
Of Peaks and Tides does not have a confirmed price, and it has not been confirmed what platforms the title will be available on, besides Steam. Of Peaks and Tides also currently does not have a release window. A full trailer is available to watch on the game’s Steam page.
