Free games like Dark Matter
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dark Matter, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Dark Matter.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
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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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Matter.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Matter.
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 Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Matter — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Matter.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories