Free games like BLACKSHARD
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to BLACKSHARD, 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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Moral Dilemma: The Interview
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
A fourth-wall-breaking narrative adventure. It’s interview day, and you really need this job—enough to ignore the talking printer, the anomaly corridor, and the ridiculous life-or-death trials your interviewer keeps putting you in. But deep down, you know... something here is very, very wrong.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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When the Darkness comes
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
When the Darkness comes is a walking simulator whose glitchy and dark tale tries to illustrate the hardships of depression and anxiety through a variety of imaginary digital landscapes.
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YIIK Nameless Psychosis
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
Experience a sneak peek of YIIK I.V! Step beyond Alex Eggleston's story and become the Nameless Child, a young girl pushed from a mysterious tower. Guide her through a surreal dimension where she must find a way to save both the Good Brother and the Bad Brother.
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Yume Nikki
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
This is a game in which you traverse the extremely dark world inside a dream.
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Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
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!
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Tell Me Why
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
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NaissanceE
Free-to-play alternative to BLACKSHARD — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.