Free games like Murder&Spies
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Murder&Spies, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Murder&Spies.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Murder&Spies.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Murder&Spies.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Murder&Spies.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Murder&Spies.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
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Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Murder&Spies.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Murder&Spies.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Hunt: The Unknown Quarry
Free-to-play alternative to Murder&Spies — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Murder&Spies.
Hunt: The Unknown Quarry is a deductive combat game for 3 to 6 players. One is secretly the monster and is trying to cripple the other players in order to escape the mansion. Shared Play: One purchase allows a whole group to play together. Based on the original board game from Victory Point Games.