Free games like Through the Nightmares
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Through the Nightmares, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Through the Nightmares.
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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Through the Nightmares.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Through the Nightmares.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Through the Nightmares.
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 Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Through the Nightmares.
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 Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Through the Nightmares.
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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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Through the Nightmares.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Through the Nightmares — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Through the Nightmares.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.