Free games like Absence of Light
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Absence of Light, 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 Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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 Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
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 Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absence of Light.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Absence of Light.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Absence of Light.
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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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Absence of Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Absence of Light.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories