Free games like Daylight
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Daylight, 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 Daylight page.
Ranked picks
- 1
SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Daylight.
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?
- 2
The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daylight.
Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.
- 3
Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daylight.
The Original Pre-Alpha 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.
- 4
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Daylight.
Can you survive 1000 rooms of cute terror? Or will you break once the cuteness starts to fade off and you're running for your life from the unspeakable hideous beings that shake and writhe in bowels of this house? They wait for you, they wait and hunger for meeting you.
- 5
Blameless
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daylight.
Blameless is a mysterious first-person adventure with primary focus on puzzle solving and short story. The player will appear in a role of an architect trying to investigate strange happenings, after discovering evidence of an act of violence.
- 6
Dead Seater
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Daylight.
Explore the halls and travel deeper into the Vincent estate, but beware what lurks there. Father is coming home.
- 7
the static speaks my name
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daylight.
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
- 8
Port of Call
Free-to-play alternative to Daylight — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Daylight.
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.