Free games like Golden Light
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Golden Light, 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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NaissanceE
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Light.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
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![Close Your Eyes [Old Version] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/377330/c8d8c555e37e28190ecd34dae23ca4b0d73ce5bc/header.jpg?t=1746732306)
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
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Off-Peak
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
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Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
The Original Pre-Alpha of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Himno
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
Himno is a peaceful, 2D platformer game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. Take a breath, and relax.
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 1
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Golden Light.
This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
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Golden Light of Rose
Free-to-play alternative to Golden Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Golden Light.
Eat weapons, be scared and question your own mind in this Survival-Horror FPS Prop Hunt Roguelike about meat. Golden Light of Rose is a story prequel to Golden Light which follows Rose during her first time in the gut.