Free games like Curse of the Shadow Samurai
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Curse of the Shadow Samurai, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
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.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
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.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Shadowlings
Free-to-play alternative to Curse of the Shadow Samurai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Curse of the Shadow Samurai.
Shadowlings - is a slaughter to heavy metal in decorations of Medieval Japan.Hardcore battles, in which everything depends on your skill, ancient ninja's martial arts, sharp swords, strong spears and mysterious Shadow Magic.