Free games like Hidden Cats of Shanghai
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Hidden Cats of Shanghai, 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 Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window.
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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Hidden Cats of Shanghai.
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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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Hidden Cats of Shanghai.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Hidden Cats of Shanghai.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Hidden Cats of Shanghai.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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An Arcade Full of Cats
Free-to-play alternative to Hidden Cats of Shanghai — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Hidden Cats of Shanghai.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.