Free games like Outbreak: Shades of Horror

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Outbreak: Shades of Horror, 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 Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
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 Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
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.).
2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and RPG with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
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 Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
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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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Outbreak: Shades of Horror — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and RPG with Outbreak: Shades of Horror.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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