Free games like The Chaos Gene
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Chaos Gene, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Chaos Gene.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Chaos Gene.
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 The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Chaos Gene.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Chaos Gene.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Chaos Gene.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Free-to-play alternative to The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Chaos Gene.
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 The Chaos Gene — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Chaos Gene.
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!