Free games like Checkmage!
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Checkmage!, 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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Checkmage!.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Checkmage!.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Checkmage!.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Checkmage!.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Checkmage!.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Checkmage!.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Checkmage!.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Checkmage!.
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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远征契约
Free-to-play alternative to Checkmage! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and RPG with Checkmage!.
《远征契约》是一款经典回合制战略冒险游戏，融合角色扮演、武装冲突和王国管理元素，驾驭古代魔法，厉兵秣马、拓土开疆，铸就游吟诗人可万世传颂的帝国伟业！