Free games like Arkem
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Arkem, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arkem.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arkem.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Arkem.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arkem.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arkem.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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93, Kuindzhi
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arkem.
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.
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Arkem — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arkem.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.