Free games like 9 Lives
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to 9 Lives, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with 9 Lives.
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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
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 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Blake: The Visual Novel
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with 9 Lives.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
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of the Devil
Free-to-play alternative to 9 Lives — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9 Lives.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.