AdventureFit check
Is Tide Up worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Adventure players who enjoy dark, dreamlike settings
- Explorers who want a large world with themed areas
- Puzzle-focused players who prefer progression through solving obstacles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a combat-centered adventure rather than exploration and puzzles
- Players who prefer tightly linear environments over a large world with multiple themed areas
Our take on Tide Up
The pitch gives prominence to the world’s size and atmosphere, but offers little detail about the puzzles, hardships, or hostile encounters. That makes the game’s moment-to-moment structure and challenge level difficult to judge from the store presentation alone.
What is Tide Up?
Tide Up is a dark adventure game set in a dreamlike world.
A girl wakes in a forest after walking through darkness and must find a way out of the strange realm. Exploration leads through a large world with areas built around different themes. Pearls are scattered throughout the environment for collection, while neutral and hostile characters appear along the way. The journey includes hardships and puzzles, with solving them revealing the route forward. The game was made with RPG Maker MV and focuses on guiding the girl through this unfamiliar world toward escape.
How Tide Up plays
- 01Pearl collection
- Scattered pearls provide collectibles to find while exploring the world.
- 02Themed areas
- The game includes multiple regions built around different themes.
- 03Puzzle progression
- Solving puzzles reveals how to continue through the strange world.
- 04Mixed encounters
- Exploration brings encounters with both neutral and hostile characters.
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Tide Up: platforms & release
Is Tide Up worth it?
It is worth it if: adventure players who enjoy dark, dreamlike settings. Skip it if: players seeking a combat-centered adventure rather than exploration and puzzles.
Where can I download Tide Up?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tide Up's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tide Up on?
Windows only.
