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Free games like Cradle-18

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cradle-18, 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! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cradle-18.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cradle-18.

    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 — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle-18.

    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 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle-18.

    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 — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cradle-18.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It — Steam game cover

    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle-18.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    93, Kuindzhi — Steam game cover

    93, Kuindzhi

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle-18.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Astrometica: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Astrometica: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Cradle-18 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cradle-18.

    Astrometica: Prologue is the free game about surviving in space. You need to use your skills and tools to stay alive. There are many challenges to face, and you need to fight to survive. You also need to build a new base in space.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →