Free games like Gateworlds
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Gateworlds, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Gateworlds.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gateworlds.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gateworlds.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gateworlds.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gateworlds.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gateworlds.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Samsara Room
Free-to-play alternative to Gateworlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gateworlds.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.