Free games like Up to the Unknown
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Up to the Unknown, 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 Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Up to the Unknown.
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 Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Up to the Unknown.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Up to the Unknown.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Up to the Unknown.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Up to the Unknown.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Up to the Unknown.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Up to the Unknown.
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 Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Up to the Unknown.
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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避雨2🌧
Free-to-play alternative to Up to the Unknown — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Up to the Unknown.
This is an agile parkour game. You can dodge quickly to avoid raindrops falling from the sky and go to the designated place.