Free games like NETGHOST
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to NETGHOST, 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 Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with NETGHOST.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Saihate Station
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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of the Devil
Free-to-play alternative to NETGHOST — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with NETGHOST.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.