Free games like The Shadow Cosmos
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Shadow Cosmos, 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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Cosmos.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cosmos.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Shadow Cosmos.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Lily's Well
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Cosmos.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
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erdetspill
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cosmos.
Bestefar vil ha 2 is. Du må skaffe de. Det viser seg å være mer komplisert enn du trodde. Et absurd førstepersons-eventyrspill der du navigerer norsk byråkrati, snakker med rare folk og løser meningsløse oppdrag - i en liten norsk bygd.
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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadow Cosmos.
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.
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Wires And Whiskers
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cosmos.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to The Shadow Cosmos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Shadow Cosmos.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?