Free games like Before I Forget
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Before I Forget, 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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9.03m
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Before I Forget.
The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. 9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami. To play, you must find the butterflies.
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Marie's Room
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
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The Plan
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Before I Forget.
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
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Port of Call
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Before I Forget.
Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2
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Tell Me Why
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Before I Forget.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
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the static speaks my name
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Before I Forget.
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
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A Raven Monologue
Free-to-play alternative to Before I Forget — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Before I Forget.
A Raven Monologue is a short experimental silent story about a raven that does not know how to croak and his relationship with the people in the town.