Free games like Tidewell
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Tidewell, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tidewell.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tidewell.
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?
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tidewell.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tidewell.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Tidewell.
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.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Tidewell.
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.
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Patchy
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tidewell.
Patchy is a little robot who lives on your desktop. He fishes, gardens, cooks, catches bugs, and mostly functions without you. He'll sit back, watch movies and react to your local weather. If he is angry he will grab your cursor and nudge your panels around until you give him some attention.
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Readerpet
Free-to-play alternative to Tidewell — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tidewell.
Grimalkin is a small pixel cat who believes you should be reading. Log your books, grow a garden where every plant is a story you finished, and let him keep you company — in the game, or docked at the bottom of your screen while you work. Free, cozy, and quietly judgmental.