Free games like Yao-Guai Hunter
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Yao-Guai Hunter, 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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Yao-Guai Hunter.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Yao-Guai Hunter.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Yao-Guai Hunter.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Yao-Guai Hunter.
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.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Yao-Guai Hunter.
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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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Yao-Guai Hunter.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Yao-Guai Hunter.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Free-to-play alternative to Yao-Guai Hunter — no purchase or trial window.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.