Free games like Pier Solar and the Great Architects
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Pier Solar and the Great Architects, 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Saihate Station
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Moonring
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
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Meteor 60 Seconds!
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4
Free-to-play alternative to Pier Solar and the Great Architects — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Pier Solar and the Great Architects.
Penny Arcade’s “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4” concludes the saga of Tycho Brahe, Scion of The Long Project, and his almost certainly human partner Jonathan Gabriel. The world has been destroyed, but existence extends beyond this mortal plane in the gruesome Underhell!