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Free games like Apprentice of Darkness

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Apprentice of Darkness, 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 — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Our Life: Beginnings & Always — Steam game cover

    Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    NGU IDLE — Steam game cover

    NGU IDLE

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Awaria — Steam game cover

    Awaria

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Apprentice of Darkness.

    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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    The Expendabros — Steam game cover

    The Expendabros

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Apprentice of Darkness.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    One More Try: Prologue — Steam game cover

    One More Try: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Apprentice of Darkness — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and RPG with Apprentice of Darkness.

    Fight your way through the lands of the magical kingdom in this turn-based, roguelike deck builder game. Fight your enemies by combining powerful poker combinations, enhance their effects, endow them with new properties, find magical relics and choose new classes for your hero.

    2026StrategyAdventureRPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →