Free games like The Hive
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Hive, 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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
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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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hive.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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DOGWALK
Free-to-play alternative to The Hive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Hive.
Explore a hand-crafted winter forest as a big adorable dog and a little kid in tow. A short, free, open source project brought to you by Blender Studio.