Black Tides: Draga’s Wake is an action horror video game developed and published by Strange Creature Factory.

About

Stranded on a nightmare colossal steamship in an alternate 1900s, unleash visceral brawler combat against twisted horrors below deck. Regroup your scattered crew and uncover what’s awakening inside the hull. Confront-Absorb-Survive

Dead Men Tell No Tales. The Living Only Scream.

A new era of action horror arrives with Black Tides: Draga’s Wake. Step into the boots of Draga, a hardened smuggler and pirate first mate whose final heist has gone catastrophically wrong. Trapped aboard the Ormora a decaying 1900s steamship icelocked in unpredictable waters you must navigate the labyrinth inside to find your missing crew while fighting a losing battle against the ritualistic, cosmic horrors that have breached our reality whilst losing control of yourself.

Nightmare of Flesh and Steel

Step into an oppressive landscape dominated by riveted steel, hiss-venting steam pipes, and failing turn-of-the-century machinery. The Ormora is a character in itself, built to disorient you and harbor ritualistic, cosmic horrors that have manifested within the ship’s flooded lower decks. From tight spaces to multi leveled open sections that push the verticality of combat and tension itself. As you progress the ship becomes more alive, ever changing.

Draga Bolivar

Draga is a hardened sailor with a dark past who found a sense of order in the pirate life under his captain Caleb. For years, he followed Caleb without question, finding purpose in the crew and the life they built together. When what seems like there final heist goes sideways and they get stuck aboard the Ormora, it forces him to question everything. To make matters worse an ancient god takes root in his body along with the rest of his crew. Draga is forced to reckon with the man he was and the terrifying entity he is becoming..

Visceral, High-stakes Brawler Combat

Survival isn’t just about running away; it’s about fighting back with everything you have. Engage in brutal, close-quarters combat against twisted, mutated entities. Every strike has weight, every impact is visceral, and every mistake is costly.

Key Features

• Master the Melee and Dodge – Rely on your reflexes and wits. Perfect your timing to dodge devastating enemy attacks and unleash heavy brawler-style combos to tear through flesh and bone.
• The Vessel State Draga can choose to lean into what’s growing inside him, mutating into a terrifying “Vessel State” that changes how he fights, moves, and sees the world.
• Progression is Driven by Consumption – By choosing who to absorb from the crew and survivors you encounter, you shape your skill tree, your physical mutations, and the outcome of those you once called crewmates. Power has a cost, and you have to decide how much of your humanity you are willing to trade for it.
• Quick-Fire Under Pressure – Seamlessly weave ranged quick-fire attacks into your melee flow to keep aggressive monstrosities at bay or exploit sudden openings in their defenses.
• Ruthless Resource Management – Ammo, health, and power are scarce. Every encounter requires you to calculate the cost of engagement. Will you burn your precious resources to guarantee a kill, or risk getting up close and personal to save them?
• An Unforgiving Body Horror Nightmare – Navigate a grim, custom-built world steeped in atmospheric dread, graphic gore, and grotesque anatomical terrors where danger lurks in every shadow and victory is bought in blood.