Free games like How We Die
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to How We Die, 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 How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with How We Die.
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 How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with How We Die.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with How We Die.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with How We Die.
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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with How We Die.
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 How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with How We Die.
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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OnlyCans: Thirst Date
Free-to-play alternative to How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with How We Die.
Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Free-to-play alternative to How We Die — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with How We Die.
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.