Free games like Caldera
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Caldera, 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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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Caldera.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Caldera.
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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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Caldera.
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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93, Kuindzhi
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Caldera.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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Saihate Station
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Caldera.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Caldera.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Caldera.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Caldera.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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Viking Frontiers: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Caldera — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Caldera.
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.