Free games like Emerald City Confidential™
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Emerald City Confidential™, 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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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Emerald City Confidential™.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Emerald City Confidential™.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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The Children of Clay
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Emerald City Confidential™.
The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.
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Children of Silentown: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Emerald City Confidential™.
Prologue to Children of Silentown, a dark adventure game that tells the story of Lucy, a young girl growing up in a village deep into a forest inhabited by monsters. People disappearing is nothing uncommon in the village, but this time, Lucy is old enough to investigate on her own. Or so she thinks.
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Sakura Clicker
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window.
The latest entry in the Sakura series is more action-packed than ever before! Sakura Clickers is a fast-paced, exciting adventure, full of content, in which you defeat your foes with the power of your mouse!
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Realm Grinder
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window.
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
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Soda Dungeon
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window.
Pop the top on some legendary action with Soda Dungeon, the fresh and fizzy hit mobile RPG adventure, now available on your desktop! Manage your team as you raid the local dungeons, upgrade your tavern, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.
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Unsolved Case
Free-to-play alternative to Emerald City Confidential™ — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Emerald City Confidential™.
A new lead turns up old doubts about an 'Unsolved Case'. A trap, or a copycat killer? In this co-op puzzle game prequel to the award-winning Cryptic Killer series, put on your detective badges as you collaborate and communicate to crack the codes, solve the riddles, and catch the Cryptic Killer.