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Free games like Cobalt Core

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cobalt Core, 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 Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.

    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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    Star Fetchers — Steam game cover

    Star Fetchers

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It — Steam game cover

    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Control, I'm Not Coming Back — Steam game cover

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cobalt Core.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Moonring — Steam game cover

    Moonring

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play alternative to Cobalt Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cobalt Core.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →