Free games like Varney Lake
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Varney Lake, 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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Tell Me Why
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Varney Lake.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varney Lake.
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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Varney Lake.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Trapped with Jester
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varney Lake.
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varney Lake.
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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Varney Lake.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varney Lake.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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Disturbed
Free-to-play alternative to Varney Lake — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Varney Lake.
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.