Free games like Tenants of the Shade
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Tenants of the Shade, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tenants of the Shade.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tenants of the Shade.
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.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tenants of the Shade.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tenants of the Shade.
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 Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Tenants of the Shade.
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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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tenants of the Shade.
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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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tenants of the Shade.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Tenants of the Shade — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tenants of the Shade.
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!