Free games like Dreadful Hours
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dreadful Hours, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dreadful Hours.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Dreadful Hours.
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 Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.
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 Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dreadful Hours.
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 Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dreadful Hours.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreadful Hours.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dreadful Hours.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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The Horror Story: Rebirth
Free-to-play alternative to Dreadful Hours — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dreadful Hours.
Welcome to The Horror Story: Rebirth, a remake version from the original Horror Story powered by Unreal Engine 5. Like all horror games, it contains jumpscares, flashing lights, and loud noises.