Games like Tidewatch
If Tidewatch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Doubtbound, Hibera, Requiem for the Forgotten and The Sunless Throne — 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 Tidewatch: In Tidewatch, a mystery RPG inspired by the Finnish summer, you are the Head of the Coast Guard searching for your missing friend. Navigate your crew’s relationships from rivalry to romance, as your bonds shift the weather, your skills, and tactical turn-based combat.
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Steam players who put hours into Tidewatch 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.
Doubtbound
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Top pick for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
A turn-based RPG of hidden betrayal. Battle through branching encounters, uncover the traitor within your party, and overthrow the Mad Monarch in multiplayer or solo investigation mode.
Hibera, Requiem for the Forgotten
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
War looms, and your allies need you. Fight your way through strife and turmoil on both sides of a conflict that threatens the continent of Hibera in this Strategy RPG, featuring a sweeping story, memorable characters, classic weapon triangle combat, and stakes with irreversible consequences.
The Sunless Throne
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Raise an expedition guild—not just one hero—in this top-down expedition roguelite. Rotate multiple parties, explore procedural dungeons, and command row-based turn-based battles as you descend through five sealed gates.
Ledgerbound
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Ranked #4 for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Deny an insurance claim, save the world. Ledgerbound is a hilarious, narrative-driven tactical RPG/dating sim filled with all your favorite epic fantasy activities: battling evil enemies, filling out paperwork, rescuing your company from financial ruin, pursuing HR-approved relationships, and more!
Warhounds
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Ranked #5 for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Ranked #6 for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
For The King II
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tidewatch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
For The King II
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares RPG with Tidewatch.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Frequently asked about Tidewatch
- What games are most similar to Tidewatch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tidewatch are Doubtbound, Hibera, Requiem for the Forgotten, The Sunless Throne.
- Who developed Tidewatch?
- Tidewatch was developed by Riftide.
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 Tidewatch.
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