Free games like Protocol Aftertime
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Protocol Aftertime, 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 Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
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 Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
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 Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Protocol Aftertime.
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 Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Protocol Aftertime — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Protocol Aftertime.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories