IMHO.

Free games like Surviving Deponia

Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Surviving Deponia, 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 Surviving Deponia page.

Ranked picks

  1. 1
    Doki Doki Literature Club! — Steam game cover

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Surviving Deponia.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  2. 2
    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Surviving Deponia.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surviving Deponia.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Surviving Deponia.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
  5. 5
    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Surviving Deponia.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  6. 6
    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Surviving Deponia.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
  7. 7
    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Surviving Deponia.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Surviving Deponia.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  9. 9
    Dawnlands — Steam game cover

    Dawnlands

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Surviving Deponia.

    Dawnlands is an Open-World Survival Crafting cross-platform game with a massive world and epic lore. A variety of biomes, relics, and puzzles dot the landscape... an ancient land, lain dormant for centuries, is waiting to be awoken. New stories are waiting to be written.

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Planet Explorers — Steam game cover

    Planet Explorers

    Free-to-play alternative to Surviving Deponia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Surviving Deponia.

    Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →