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Free games like Appointment with FEAR (Standalone)

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone), 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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    Our Life: Beginnings & Always — Steam game cover

    Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    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.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft — Steam game cover

    Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Control, I'm Not Coming Back — Steam game cover

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2 — Steam game cover

    The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    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!

    2020IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Emily is Away — Steam game cover

    Emily is Away

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Disturbed — Steam game cover

    Disturbed

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    Play as a farmer who struggles to manage a failing farm. You come to a point where there is no more hope, and you must do something.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Voices from the Sea — Steam game cover

    Voices from the Sea

    Free-to-play alternative to Appointment with FEAR (Standalone) — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Appointment with FEAR (Standalone).

    Follow the story of a young boy, Cantus as he meets Maris, the mysterious girl by the sea - an experience that will change his life forever.

    2015IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →