Free games like Tidewood
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Tidewood, 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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Tidewood.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tidewood.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tidewood.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Tidewood.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tidewood.
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Tidewood.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Muck
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Tidewood.
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.
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Poppy Playtime
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Tidewood.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
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Ylands
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewood — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Tidewood.
Adventure awaits you and your friends in the world of Ylands! Gather resources, craft tools, construct anything and everything, and explore the lands! Build a ship and set sail, encountering mythical animals, a wide variety of sea-life, enemies of all kinds and much more!