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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    DORONKO WANKO — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Lily's Well — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    erdetspill — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Liquidators — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Wires And Whiskers — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    SCP – Containment Breach — Steam game cover

    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?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →