Free games like The Place
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Place, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Place.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Place.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Place.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to The Place — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Place.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.