Free games like Darklands
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Darklands, 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and RPG with Darklands.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Darklands.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and RPG with Darklands.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Darklands.
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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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Darklands.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Moonring
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Darklands.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
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Lily's Well
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Darklands.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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Trick & Treat
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Darklands.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
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Crusader Kings II
Free-to-play alternative to Darklands — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Darklands.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.