Free games like Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms, 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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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
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Poppy Playtime
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.
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Eronoctosis: Put Yourself Together
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
A 2-Player Networked Horror Co-Op game. Explore the deepest recesses of your mind to put yourself back together. Work together to defend yourself from its denizens.
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Yume Nikki
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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![Close Your Eyes [Old Version] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/377330/c8d8c555e37e28190ecd34dae23ca4b0d73ce5bc/header.jpg?t=1746732306)
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
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Pathologic 3: Quarantine
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
In this free prologue to a narrative-driven adventure, watch a mysterious plague break out in a small town. Learn what drove a celebrated academic to leave his acclaimed lab. Examine patients, uncover strange secrets, and make first steps towards immortality.
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Cry of Fear
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 1
Free-to-play alternative to Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms.
This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.