Free games like Maniac
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Maniac, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Maniac.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maniac.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Maniac.
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 Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Maniac.
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 Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Maniac.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maniac.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Maniac.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Maniac — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Maniac.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.