Free games like Ephemeral Tale
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Ephemeral Tale, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Ephemeral Tale.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Ephemeral Tale.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ephemeral Tale.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ephemeral Tale.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ephemeral Tale.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ephemeral Tale.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ephemeral Tale.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Ephemeral Tale.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Collision
Free-to-play alternative to Ephemeral Tale — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ephemeral Tale.
Daniel has grown up in the Thick Oak Forest for years, living with his mother and father. His father, Oliver, was drafted into war four years before the events of Collision. His father disappears just a few hours before coming home. Solve his murder in a beginner friendly, turn based RPG.