Free games like BlackChain
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to BlackChain, 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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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BlackChain.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BlackChain.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BlackChain.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BlackChain.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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DOGWALK
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BlackChain.
Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BlackChain.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to BlackChain — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with BlackChain.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.