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Free games like The Drylands

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Drylands, 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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    Eternal Senia — Steam game cover

    Eternal Senia

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Saihate Station — Steam game cover

    Saihate Station

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drylands.

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Lily's Well — Steam game cover

    Lily's Well

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drylands.

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Drylands.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 — Steam game cover

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drylands.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Drylands.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Trick & Treat — Steam game cover

    Trick & Treat

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drylands.

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo — Steam game cover

    Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo

    Free-to-play alternative to The Drylands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drylands.

    A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →