Free games like Hunt for the Lost Folktales
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Hunt for the Lost Folktales, 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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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An Arcade Full of Cats
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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100 Asian Cats
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Hunt for the Lost Folktales — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hunt for the Lost Folktales.
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.