Free games like 1985
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to 1985, 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 1985 — no purchase or trial window.
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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to 1985 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 1985.
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 1985 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with 1985.
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 1985 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 1985.
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 1985 — no purchase or trial window.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to 1985 — no purchase or trial window.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to 1985 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 1985.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to 1985 — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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KING's RAID
Free-to-play alternative to 1985 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with 1985.
Experience real-time strategic battles in the RPG King's Raid. Combine hero skills and explore an immersive world unique to King's Raid. Join countless heroes on an endless adventure full of action and strategy.
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Only Fortress
Free-to-play alternative to 1985 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with 1985.
Become the hero of your own fortress! Defend, customize, and explore in this PvP & PvM strategy game. Unleash your skills, lead your troops, and dominate in the battles. Build, fight, and conquer on the open world cross-platform online game!