Free games like Argot's Laboratory
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Argot's Laboratory, 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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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Argot's Laboratory.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Argot's Laboratory.
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 Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Argot's Laboratory.
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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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Argot's Laboratory.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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The Children of Clay
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Argot's Laboratory.
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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Tukoni: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Argot's Laboratory.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
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Samorost 1
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Argot's Laboratory.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
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Cats and Seek: Osaka
Free-to-play alternative to Argot's Laboratory — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Argot's Laboratory.
Hey, do you have 5 minutes to spare? Let's play hide and seek with 100 cats in Osaka! 😻 Can you find them all?