Free games like Shallow Pond
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Shallow Pond, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Shallow Pond.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shallow Pond.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shallow Pond.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shallow Pond.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Shallow Pond.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shallow Pond.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shallow Pond.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Hymble Ventures
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
A quirky, nonsensical adventure where you relive the classic era of collectathon platformers with a modern polish and heartfelt narrative. Explore whimsical worlds and unlock wacky abilities as you progress through a diverse set of puzzles, obstacles and denizens.
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Pizzapocalypse
Free-to-play alternative to Shallow Pond — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
A game made by students in twelve weeks. As a chef, master your pizza moveset to traverse a corporation-ridden town in this cartoony 3D platformer!