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Free games like The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom, 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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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    NGU IDLE — Steam game cover

    NGU IDLE

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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] — Steam game cover

    UNBEATABLE [white label]

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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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    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Infinite Dungeon Crawler — Steam game cover

    Infinite Dungeon Crawler

    Free-to-play alternative to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Fantasy turn-based RPG. Build and customize your party with 8 character classes and lots of weapons and armor options. Explore and fight through randomly generated worlds in search of loot with over 45 monster types to battle. Lots of skills, abilities, and magik spells provide ample re-playability.

    2021RPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →