Free games like the Shadow of Swallow
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to the Shadow of Swallow, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with the Shadow of Swallow.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with the Shadow of Swallow.
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 the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with the Shadow of Swallow.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with the Shadow of Swallow.
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 the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with the Shadow of Swallow.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with the Shadow of Swallow.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with the Shadow of Swallow.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to the Shadow of Swallow — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!