Free games like The Shadow Beneath
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Shadow Beneath, 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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Shadow Beneath.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Beneath — no purchase or trial window.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.