Free games like Pale Tide
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Pale 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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Pale Tide.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Tide.
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.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Pale Tide.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Pale Tide.
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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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Pale Tide.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Pale Tide.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Pale Tide — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Pale Tide.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.