Free games like The Passenger
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Passenger, 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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Passenger.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Passenger.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Trapped with Jester
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Passenger.
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Passenger.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Passenger.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Passenger.
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Passenger.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to The Passenger — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Passenger.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.