Free games like Shroom and Gloom
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Shroom and Gloom, 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 Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shroom and Gloom.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
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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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Shroom and Gloom — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shroom and Gloom.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.