Free games like The Waiting Game
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Waiting Game, 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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Waiting Game.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Waiting Game.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Waiting Game.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Waiting Game.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Waiting Game.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Waiting Game.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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An Arcade Full of Cats
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Waiting Game.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Waiting Game.
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.
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Razor Trail Survivors
Free-to-play alternative to The Waiting Game — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Waiting Game.
A semi-idle survival strategy set in a persistent post-apocalyptic wasteland. Recruit survivors, gather resources and craft equipment, seize territory and build your base — and fight other players if you choose. One account across desktop, web, and mobile.