Free games like Project Dark
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Project Dark, 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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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
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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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
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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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
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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Press Any Button
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Project Dark.
This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.
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Trapped with Jester
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
An unusual horror-themed Visual Novel about waking up in a carriage with a stranger… Whatever could go wrong?
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Project Dark.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Project Dark — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.