Free games like Rotten Tide
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Rotten Tide, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Rotten Tide.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Rotten Tide.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rotten Tide.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Rotten Tide.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Rotten Tide.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Rotten Tide.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Rotten Tide.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rotten Tide.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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The Wall
Free-to-play alternative to Rotten Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Rotten Tide.
[Servers Temporarily Shut Down!] Build. Gather. Breach. The Wall is a never-before seen mix of genres, where dynamic maps, slick combat, base building, and economy management all come together.