Games like Tidekeeper
If Tidekeeper is your kind of game, the closest matches are BAND MATES, Animal Rescue Network and AE: Archeological Expedition — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Tidekeeper: Ride the waves in Tidekeeper, a strategy adventure game where you guide Fin and Chumby to help the residents of the Hourglass Isles. Master the art of scheduling to maximize your impact as you assist islanders, complete time-sensitive tasks, and dive into a variety of fun and engaging minigames.
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BAND MATES
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Top pick for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual and Early Access with Tidekeeper.
Band Mates is Rock Band meets Garage Band. Create your band. Create your music. Grab your friends. Be awesome together.
Animal Rescue Network
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
Animal Rescue Network is a cozy sanctuary life simulation centered entirely around animal care, healing, and compassion. You arrive in the storm-torn town, where the beloved local sanctuary has collapsed, and the community is struggling to recover.
AE: Archeological Expedition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Tidekeeper.
Explore dig sites inspired by real locations, from Petra to Pompeii, and unearth artifacts spanning 10 historical eras. Brush away the centuries, discover the stories behind each find, and fill your journal one careful dig at a time
Salsa Virtual
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Ranked #4 for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
Learn to dance simple Salsa steps in this dance studio simulation. You will balance, step, pivot, mimic, learn, practice, salsa dance, and repeat. Virtual teachers break down real dance patterns within the salsa community. You hold hands with a virtual avatar and unlock new venues as you progress.
Ribeiras
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Ranked #5 for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
Ribeiras is a casual simulation game set on the banks of the Amazon River. Manage your family’s restaurant, gather local ingredients, and face the challenges that impact the village. Become part of a riverside community in this new indie game.
Travel Cuisine Collector's Edition
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Ranked #6 for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Tidekeeper.
Tammy and Matthew dream of owning their own restaurant! But how can you achieve your dreams without the much-needed experience and capital? The culinary tournament is the solution to all problems.
Yum Yum Cookstar
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Ranked #7 for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
Stir, fry, chop and bake your way through over 70 unique recipes in Yum Yum Cookstar. Impress the judges with dishes like Rainbow Waffels, Unicorn Smoothies or Sushi Burritos in an energetic cooking competition hosted by Chef Yum Yum.
Zoo Simulator
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Ranked #8 for Tidekeeper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Tidekeeper.
In Zoo Simulator, your main task is to run and manage your own zoo. Renew it and take care of all the animals' needs, ensuring them a peaceful life! Will you attract crowds of visitors? Create your own zoo!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tidekeeper at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tidekeeper.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tidekeeper.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Tidekeeper.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Tidekeeper.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Tidekeeper.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Tidekeeper on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Tidekeeper.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tidekeeper.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Tidekeeper.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tidekeeper.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Tidekeeper.
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.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Tidekeeper.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Tidekeeper.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Tidekeeper.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Frequently asked about Tidekeeper
- How much does Tidekeeper cost?
- Tidekeeper is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tidekeeper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tidekeeper are BAND MATES, Animal Rescue Network, AE: Archeological Expedition.
- Who developed Tidekeeper?
- Tidekeeper was developed by Simcoach Games.
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 Tidekeeper.
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