Free games like Helios
Below are 12 free-to-play Steam games similar to Helios, 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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Ranked picks
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Helios.
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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Helios.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Helios.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Rec Room: A New Semester
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Party up with your friends and explore a world of endless fun. Hang out in official rooms, discover community-created rooms, or create unforgettable memories with players from around the world.
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Social Space
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Social Space is the ultimate sandbox for creating and playing together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore player-created spaces, or build something new and amazing to share with the community!
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Tesera
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Helios.
Tesera is a sci-fi sandbox game in a mysterious alien world. Explore an endless voxel world, defend yourself against aggressive creatures and drones, building your dream settlement alone or with friends.
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Rec Room
Free-to-play alternative to Helios — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Massively Multiplayer with Helios.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.