Free games like Gerda: A Flame in Winter
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Gerda: A Flame in Winter, 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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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
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The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
A short lesbian / yuri visual novel set in England. Our heroine, Toma Andrews, meets a ghost girl wearing an old-fashioned nightgown in a graveyard who calls herself Emmeline. Just who is she, and how did she die?
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Disturbed
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Gerda: A Flame in Winter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gerda: A Flame in Winter.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.