Free games like Retro Wave
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Retro Wave, 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 Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Retro Wave.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Wave.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Retro Wave.
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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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Retro Wave.
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 Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Wave.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Retro Wave.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Retro Wave.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Wave.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Interstate Drifter 1999
Free-to-play alternative to Retro Wave — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Wave.
Drift between the states, collect bits, beat rivals and get a high score.