Free games like Route8
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Route8, 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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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Route8.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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When the Darkness comes
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Route8.
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Route8.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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![Close Your Eyes [Old Version] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/377330/c8d8c555e37e28190ecd34dae23ca4b0d73ce5bc/header.jpg?t=1746732306)
Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Route8.
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Route8.
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
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Moral Dilemma: The Interview
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Route8.
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
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Mitoza
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Route8.
It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Route8 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Route8.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!