Free games like Day Zero

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Day Zero, 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 Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Day Zero.
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.
2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Day Zero.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Day Zero.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Day Zero.
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.
2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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missed messages.
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Day Zero.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Day Zero.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Day Zero.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Day Zero — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Day Zero.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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