Free games like Essentia: A monster catching adventure
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Essentia: A monster catching adventure, 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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
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.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Essentia: A monster catching adventure.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to Essentia: A monster catching adventure — no purchase or trial window.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.