Free games like What Lies Between
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to What Lies Between, 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 What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with What Lies Between.
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.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with What Lies Between.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with What Lies Between.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with What Lies Between.
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.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with What Lies Between.
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.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with What Lies Between.
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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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Zeitgeist
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with What Lies Between.
Equipped with your pot plant companion, travel through the roots of time delving into the past and present depths of an ancient submerged city. Exploring grand halls, navigating between walls, and taking advantage of ancient mechanisms on your mission to steal the heart of the city.
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EQI
Free-to-play alternative to What Lies Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with What Lies Between.
EQI is a trippy first-person arcade game with spatial puzzles, and a synthwave soul. You find yourself in a digital world that twists and changes around you, challenging your senses, focus, and reflexes. Interface with the great mystery and transcend.