Single-player games like Tide Up
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Tide Up, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Cat in the Box
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Cat in the Box is a horror adventure game. Help the poor girl explore the mansion and escape from unknown entities that are pursuing her. Use a variety of tools and your wits to overcome any challenges you face. At times, you'll even have to wake yourself from nightmares to survive.
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Coffin of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Delilah is an ordinary school girl who accidentally discovers an old mansion on a rainy night. As her exploration in the mansion continues, she finds many mysterious phenomena that can't be explained. In this mansion covered by ashes, what's the secret hidden deep underground?
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LUNA
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Play as a little girl named 'Luna', and survive from the dark being while discovering the secrets behind her. The more you traverse on her memory, the more you will discover dark truths that lie deep inside.
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The Sand Man
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
“I’ll tell you a scary story. It’s so scary you might not be able to take it. It’s the story of the Sand Man...” This is the second title in the Strange Man series, developed by Uri Games. Unable to sleep and exhausted, Sophie wanders into a town where everything sleeps. That is where the terror begins...
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The Crooked Man
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.
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Tales of the Black Forest
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
In a world filled with yōkai, a surging dark power has overshadowed a Japanese town. A group of 2 developers have produced a Japanese pixel adventure game to tell a tale that dates back to the Heisei era...In the name of dreams and passion.
- 7
Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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Re:Turn - One Way Trip
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Re:Turn - One Way Trip is a 2D side-scrolling puzzle-adventure horror game. Trapped in a ghostly train, Saki must search the past and present to find and save her friends. More importantly, Saki must use her wits if she is to survive against an unspeakable evil hellbent on avenging unrequited love.
- 9
Yume Nikki
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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OMORI
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tide Up.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
- 12
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tide Up.
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
- 13
Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tide Up.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
- 14
Mad Father
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Witness the tale of a most foolish family. A remake of the classic horror exploration game makes its way to Steam.
- 15
Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Join Brian Pasternack on his first working day at Sintracorp. Uncertain, unprepared, and massively unqualified, will Pasternack have what it takes to shine in Sintracorp’s hierarchy? It all depends on how he performs on his first assignment… and whether he survives it.
- 16
Ib
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
A 2D exploration adventure game set in a creepy, mysterious art gallery.
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Potato Survival
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Potato Survival is a short story game about a character who lives alone on the open sea. Collect potatoes and try to survive for 21 days with the knowledge you gain daily. Unlock new skills to create a more meaningful day to day life!
- 18
Void Memory
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
- 19
Dusk of the Cage
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
더스크 오브 더 케이지는 좀비들만 남은 세계 속에 살고 있는 자매가 기차를 타고 지역을 돌아가며 방송국들을 고치는 내용의 짧은 단편 게임입니다.
- 20
Death of Marionette
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Strange things start to happen at a ruined factory where Sawyer and her friends arrive to prepare an event. Can they leave the place safely?
- 21
Stray Savior
Single-player alternative to Tide Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tide Up.
Stray Savior is a 2D action platformer packed full of lethal traps, precise jumps, and powerful bosses. Venture through the dystopian world with weapons and skills, to prove yourself and forge your own path.