Free games like Earth's Shadow
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Earth's Shadow, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.
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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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and RPG with Earth's Shadow.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Earth's Shadow.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — 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!
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Earth's Shadow.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Saihate Station
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Earth's Shadow.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Earth's Shadow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Earth's Shadow.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).