Free games like While We Wait Here
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to While We Wait Here, 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 2
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with While We Wait Here.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Simulation with While We Wait Here.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Casual with While We Wait Here.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Casual with While We Wait Here.
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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Tell Me Why
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with While We Wait Here.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
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Trapped with Jester
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with While We Wait Here.
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Simulation with While We Wait Here.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
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A Date in the Park
Free-to-play alternative to While We Wait Here — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with While We Wait Here.
A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.