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