Tide Up similar games & best alternatives

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Tide Up

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Tide Up is a rather dark and gloomy adventure game. Accompany the girl in a dreamlike world of wonder. Collect the pearls scattered around the world and help the girl escape!

What works

  • Deep, atmospheric psychological horror
  • Rich exploration with many secrets
  • Symbolic and emotional storytelling
  • Well-crafted sound and visual design
  • Accessible puzzles with some challenge

Things to keep in mind

  • Story can be confusing and fragmented
  • Lack of clear guidance for hidden content
  • Some frustrating boss fight mechanics
  • Short overall playtime
  • Requires multiple playthroughs for full experience

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • In Sound Mind

  • The Count Lucanor

  • The Sexy Brutale

  • The Walking Fish 2: Final Frontier

  • Venge

  • Fran Bow

Less violent

Games that feels like Tide Up but with less combat and destruction

  • Aporia: Beyond The Valley

  • Conarium

  • Silence of the Sleep

  • Stray Cat Crossing

  • Grunn

  • Soul Axiom

More intense

Games that feels like Tide Up but with a more intense feel

  • FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

  • Paper Dolls 2 纸人贰

  • Never Again

  • No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut

  • Caput Mortum

  • Viviette

Less survival-focused

Games that feels like Tide Up but with less survival pressure

  • The Signifier Director's Cut

  • Kairo

  • Lake Ridden

  • Insomnis

  • Cube Escape Collection

  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

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Tide Up: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Competition.

Last update: 22/08/2026