Free games like Childhood Fears
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Childhood Fears, 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 Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Childhood Fears.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Childhood Fears.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Childhood Fears.
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 Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Childhood Fears.
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 Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Childhood Fears.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Childhood Fears.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Childhood Fears.
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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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Childhood Fears — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Childhood Fears.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.