Free games like The Handbook

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Handbook, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Handbook.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Handbook.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
3
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Handbook.
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 The Handbook — no purchase or trial window.
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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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Handbook.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Handbook.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Handbook — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Handbook.
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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