Free games like From Ruins – A Detective Adventure
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to From Ruins – A Detective 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with From Ruins – A Detective Adventure.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with From Ruins – A Detective Adventure.
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 From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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A Date with Death
Free-to-play alternative to From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window.
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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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to From Ruins – A Detective 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 From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with From Ruins – A Detective 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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to From Ruins – A Detective Adventure — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with From Ruins – A Detective Adventure.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.