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Games like Tide Terminal

If Tide Terminal is your kind of game, the closest matches are Idle Dimension Breaker, Click to Obsolete and Facrobry — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Tide Terminal: In 2030, the Red Tide virus turned every robot rogue overnight. You found the Tide Terminal — a device that commands them. Build your base, awaken 18 machines with stories of their own, and take back the world, one city at a time. An idle strategy sim with branching stories and 12 endings.

2026StrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPGCasualWindowsby GemsFang
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Players who liked Tide Terminal also play

Steam players who put hours into Tide Terminal also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Idle Dimension Breaker

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Tide Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide Terminal.

    Idle Dimension Breaker is an idle incremental game about building permanent power through repeated runs. Allocate echoes, rewind for lasting growth, unlock new systems, and push deeper into layered dimensions.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG4.49 USDSteam ↗
  2. Click to Obsolete

    WHY THIS

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

    A satirical incremental clicker game. Play as a corporate tech CEO automating all human labor. Build server infrastructure, allocate compute to AI, manufacture robot armies, and lobby politicians to reduce global employment from 8 billion to zero.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  3. Facrobry

    WHY THIS

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

    Facrobry is a strategy-simulator in which you will manage an automated robot production station. Research upgrades, assemble robots, and send them into battle!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Bottle Flip Inc

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Tide Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide Terminal.

    An incremental game about flipping bottles, unlocking and upgrading unique abilities, and turning simple bottle flips into increasingly satisfying moments.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Node Factory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Tide Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide Terminal.

    Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Pibcremental

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Tide Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide Terminal.

    A cozy, chaotic idle-incremental clicker about growing a civilisation of tiny creatures called Pibbles in a giant tree, set in a post-human world.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  7. Desk Top Racer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Tide Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide Terminal.

    Turn your desktop into a living racetrack with this idle racing management game. Acquire cars, equip parts, and compete online against other players. Win championships and expand your garage through Mastery, Collections, and new rewards.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  8. Miseria

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Tide Terminal fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tide Terminal.

    Miseria is a dark fantasy idle incremental game in which you lead a party of damned souls through the depths of the world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG7.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

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

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

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

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tide Terminal

What games are most similar to Tide Terminal?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tide Terminal are Idle Dimension Breaker, Click to Obsolete, Facrobry.
Who developed Tide Terminal?
Tide Terminal was developed by GemsFang.

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 Tide Terminal.

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