Free games like Sinking Island
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Sinking Island, 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 Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
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 Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
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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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
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.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
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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The Supper
Free-to-play alternative to Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
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Samsara Room
Free-to-play alternative to Sinking Island — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Sinking Island.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.