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Free games like The Sheltered

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Sheltered, 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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    Trick & Treat — Steam game cover

    Trick & Treat

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sheltered.

    Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.

    2016IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    ANONYMOUS || AGONY — Steam game cover

    ANONYMOUS || AGONY

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Sheltered.

    After Haze's sister is sexually assaulted by an online predator, he begins using her online handle to bait other predators to his home to murder. || Dr. James Samson struggles to help a young victim of an assault while fighting corrupt hospital politics and practices.

    2019ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    White Pearl — Steam game cover

    White Pearl

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Sheltered.

    White Pearl is a classic-like 2D RPG journey told over a large main cast with several villains. Replete with content, in-depth combat, unique equipment system, as well as a deep story to uncover. With their destinies already written, will calamity be prevented a fifth time?

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Erinye Demo — Steam game cover

    Erinye Demo

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Sheltered.

    Erin arrives the town of Azuliris, following the path of a mysterous witch, who is rumored, carries with her a very valuable treasure. But Erin's quest is interrumpted when she finds out the town has been taken by a group of bandits, the ShyGirls.

    2018IndieAdventureRPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Tale's Casino Escape — Steam game cover

    Tale's Casino Escape

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Sheltered.

    Tale's Casino Escape is a real time combat adventure RPG. All the qualities of a good RPG have been combined and applied at Tale's Casino Escape. Come play and feel the adrenaline in your veins!

    2019ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    BEKKOUAME — Steam game cover

    BEKKOUAME

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Sheltered.

    有一天,想成为制簪人的【光】无法忍耐每日修行的痛苦,逃出了家门。 路上,她遇到一位头上发簪十分合称的女性。 在女性的引导下,她来到一个稀奇古怪的城镇。

    2018ActionIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Super Dungeon Master Ace RPG — Steam game cover

    Super Dungeon Master Ace RPG

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Sheltered.

    Play the top-down RPG-Maker version of Dungeon Master and battle your way through over 30 levels and 20 hours of classic dungeon crawling. ZO KATH RA!

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Night Spasm — Steam game cover

    Night Spasm

    Free-to-play alternative to The Sheltered — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Sheltered.

    Night Spasm is a meta-narrative open-world adventure game that adapts to your real-life philosophies and worldviews. From the characters you befriend to the quests you take, the game tracks and remembers your every move to create an adventure-... you're NOT a part of??

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →