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Games like The Tide Intro

Below are 29 hand-picked alternatives to The Tide Intro for fans of indie, adventure, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Tide Intro also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks, more from Dexter Studios. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

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2020IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Dexter Studios
The Tide Intro — Steam game cover

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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.

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    The Tide — Steam game cover

    The Tide

    Top pick for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    One day, strange fish began to appear! A new disaster thriller about the struggle between human vs. fish.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Duck Season — Steam game cover

    Duck Season

    Second-strongest match for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    theBlu — Steam game cover

    theBlu

    Third-strongest match for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Experience the wonder and majesty of the ocean through a series of habitats and come face to face with some of the most awe inspiring species on the planet.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
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    Accounting+ — Steam game cover

    Accounting+

    Ranked #4 for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Operation Warcade VR — Steam game cover

    Operation Warcade VR

    Ranked #5 for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Relive the experience of playing the classic war arcade in a totally amazing way, thanks to virtual reality and the innovative immersion system that will make it possible for you to travel inside the video game.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Aeon — Steam game cover

    Aeon

    Ranked #6 for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    A primitive god in ancient Greek mythology who controls time, is resurrected in the virtual world, Inspired by "The Matrix" and "Deadpool" (remember,the slower you move the slow time goes)

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    RollerCoaster VR Universe — Steam game cover

    RollerCoaster VR Universe

    Ranked #7 for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Virtual Reality Roller Coasters: Visit dinosaurs forest, medieval castle, space, underwater, horror, micro-world and city environment.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Nevrosa: Escape — Steam game cover

    Nevrosa: Escape

    Ranked #8 for The Tide Intro fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Nevrosa is an escape room game with horror and action elements, where you are trying to find your way out of laboratory through solving puzzles while being locked in with a strange creature. Mystical machines, old family curse and various endings depending on your ways of play.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Tide Intro at current Steam store prices.

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    UBERMOSH — Steam game cover

    UBERMOSH

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Tide Intro.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Miss Neko — Steam game cover

    Miss Neko

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Casual with The Tide Intro.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    QUICKERFLAK — Steam game cover

    QUICKERFLAK

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Save Jesus — Steam game cover

    Save Jesus

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Barro — Steam game cover

    Barro

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Gachi Heroes — Steam game cover

    Gachi Heroes

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Trip to Vinelands — Steam game cover

    Trip to Vinelands

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Tide Intro.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    TTV2 — Steam game cover

    TTV2

    Priced ~51% under The Tide Intro on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Tide Intro.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

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    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Tide Intro.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Tide Intro.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Dexter Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Dexter Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

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    VR TOON Help Me (살려주세요) — Steam game cover

    VR TOON Help Me (살려주세요)

    Another title from Dexter Studios, the studio behind The Tide Intro. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    "Why didn't you open the door back then?" Originated by ‘DEY-Horror Channel”, which is one of the most popular Naver web-comic in Korea. ‘VR TOON HELP ME” is the unique horror VR web-comic, you can feel like you are in the web-comic’s 3D space.

    2018IndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
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    From The Earth (프롬 더 어스) — Steam game cover

    From The Earth (프롬 더 어스)

    Another title from Dexter Studios, the studio behind The Tide Intro. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    "A Journey to the space to find the heartwarming love between father and daughter" - An astronaut father spends his time with his lovely daughter, 'Hae-mi' before he embarks on journey to the universe. One day, he wakes up in the space and unexpectedly comes across aliens. But the truth is, whom aliens actually met is his soul.

    2019IndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Follow the White Rabbit VR (화이트래빗) — Steam game cover

    Follow the White Rabbit VR (화이트래빗)

    Another title from Dexter Studios, the studio behind The Tide Intro. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    "Experience the world of colorful, tumbling down the rabbit hole with Alice" - Inspired by the 1865's classical English novel, 'Alice in Wonderland' , an ordinary high school girl from Korea takes a journey to a strange land with a white rabbit, in search for long lost key from her childhood.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
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    The Tide — Steam game cover

    The Tide

    Another title from Dexter Studios, the studio behind The Tide Intro. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tide Intro.

    One day, strange fish began to appear! A new disaster thriller about the struggle between human vs. fish.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual29.99 USDSteam ↗
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    The Choice VR (선택VR) — Steam game cover

    The Choice VR (선택VR)

    Another title from Dexter Studios, the studio behind The Tide Intro. Shares Indie and Casual with The Tide Intro.

    DEXTER STUDIOS' 3RD VR WEBTOON! A CONJOINED TWINS, HA-EUN AND YE-EUN, BORN WITH A SHARED HEART! WHO WILL … WIN THE HEART?

    2021IndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Tide Intro

How much does The Tide Intro cost?
The Tide Intro is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Tide Intro?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Tide Intro are The Tide, Duck Season, theBlu.
Who developed The Tide Intro?
The Tide Intro was developed by Dexter Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on The Tide Intro.

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