Free games like Death Waves
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Death Waves, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Death Waves.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Death Waves.
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 Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
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 Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Death Waves.
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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Death Waves.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Death Waves.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Ace Squared
Free-to-play alternative to Death Waves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Death Waves.
Ace Squared is a multiplayer arena first-person shooter. You can build huge structures and dig tunnels behind enemy lines. Imagination is the only limit. Featuring 32-player servers, different classes and gamemodes.