Free games like The Tau Experiment
Below are 12 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Tau Experiment, 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 The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Tau Experiment.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tau Experiment.
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 The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Tau Experiment.
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 The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Tau Experiment.
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 The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Tau Experiment.
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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Tau Experiment.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tau Experiment.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Tau Experiment.
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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Throne and Liberty
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Tau Experiment.
Throne and Liberty captures the essence of classic MMORPGs while introducing new gameplay elements, depth and excitement at every turn. Gather your guild, prepare for battle, and set forth for throne... and liberty!
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Ilysia
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Tau Experiment.
Venture forth alone or with allies in a classic high fantasy VR MMORPG as you embark on quests, grow in power, hone your skills, learn new trades, and tackle dangerous challenges as you gain power in the ever-evolving online world of Ilysia!
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Champions Online
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with The Tau Experiment.
Grab your cape and defend Millennium City in this comic book-style action MMORPG! Design your hero and costume from thousands of costume pieces, face super-villains like Dr. Destroyer, and create your own unique nemesis.
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DC Universe™ Online
Free-to-play alternative to The Tau Experiment — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Tau Experiment.
DC Universe Online is a Free-to-Play, massive multiplayer online action game set in the popular DC Universe. Become one of a new breed of Heroes or Villains and wield incredible powers as you go to war with legendary characters such as Batman, Superman, Lex Luthor and The Joker.