Free games like The Graveyard
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Graveyard, 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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When the Darkness comes
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
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Port of Call
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
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Yume Nikki
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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The Backrooms Game FREE Edition
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Graveyard.
Nothing but the stink of old, moist carpets, the madness of mono-yellow, and the blinding light of fluorescent bulbs at maximum hum-buzz. Over 600 million sq. miles of randomly segmented rooms. God save you if you hear something wandering nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you.
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Awkward Dimensions Redux
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...
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9.03m
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. 9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami. To play, you must find the butterflies.
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Marie's Room
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
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Off-Peak
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
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the static speaks my name
Free-to-play alternative to The Graveyard — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Graveyard.
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.