Free games like Tin Star
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Tin Star, 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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
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.
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!
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The Test: Secrets of the Soul 2
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Tin Star.
You will answer questions that will reveal things deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to once again unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Tin Star — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Tin Star.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.