Free games like Permafrost
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Permafrost, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Permafrost page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
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.
- 2
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
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.
- 3
The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
- 4
The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
- 5
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
- 6
The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — 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!
- 7
93, Kuindzhi
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Permafrost.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
- 8
Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Permafrost.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
- 9
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Free-to-play alternative to Permafrost — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Permafrost.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.