Free games like Botanica
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Botanica, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Botanica.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Botanica.
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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanica.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Botanica.
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 Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Botanica.
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 Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Botanica.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Botanica.
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 Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Botanica.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Ocean Planet
Free-to-play alternative to Botanica — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Botanica.
Button and Drop Bear live rent-free above their friend's steam bun shop. When their friend goes missing, it's up to them to figure out what happened and bring them home.