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Free games like Dark City Trouble Nights

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dark City Trouble Nights, 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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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

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

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

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Our Life: Beginnings & Always — Steam game cover

    Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    A Date with Death — Steam game cover

    A Date with Death

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Dark City Trouble Nights.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Star Fetchers — Steam game cover

    Star Fetchers

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Eternal Senia — Steam game cover

    Eternal Senia

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Dark City Trouble Nights.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft — Steam game cover

    Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Blake: The Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    Blake: The Visual Novel

    Free-to-play alternative to Dark City Trouble Nights — no purchase or trial window.

    Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

    2021IndieCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →