Free games like Scholar
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Scholar, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Scholar.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Samorost 1
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Scholar.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Tumble Type
Free-to-play alternative to Scholar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Scholar.
A frantic word puzzle where letter tiles rise, the board falls, and golden keys must be rescued. Spell fast, trigger orb powers, chase combos, and climb the leaderboards.