Free games like A True Story
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to A True Story, 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with A True Story.
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.
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with A True Story.
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.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with A True Story.
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!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with A True Story.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with A True Story.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with A True Story.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with A True Story.
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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Warframe
Free-to-play alternative to A True Story — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with A True Story.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game