In a continuous effort to expose their under-appreciated and surprisingly deep casual puzzler Tidalis, Arcen Games has released a free, slightly scaled-down browser version through the Unity Web Player plug-in.

Serving as a fast and easy way to drop in and play, Arcen head Chris Park explains they got the idea of ‘Tidalis Lite’ from the bite-sized lite versions of games on iPhone. He goes on to point out that while there’s a lot of overlap, much of what the browser version offers up differs from the full game’s demo.

‘Tidalis Lite’ is currently in beta and will officially release sometime early next week once the team confirms all the bugs have been swept clean. It weighs in at just under 7 MB and took just a short time to load on my crackerjack connection.

If you like what you see, the full version with all the bells and whistles can be purchased for $10 through the developer.

[Arcen Games]