Free games like Soldier in the darkness

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Soldier in the darkness, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Soldier in the darkness.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soldier in the darkness.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Soldier in the darkness.
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.
2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Soldier in the darkness.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
5
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Soldier in the darkness.
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.).
2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Soldier in the darkness.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Soldier in the darkness.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Soldier in the darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Soldier in the darkness.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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