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Free games like MysteryJars

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to MysteryJars, 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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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with MysteryJars.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive — Steam game cover

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with MysteryJars.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    DORONKO WANKO — Steam game cover

    DORONKO WANKO

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with MysteryJars.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Electoral Carnage — Steam game cover

    Electoral Carnage

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with MysteryJars.

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with MysteryJars.

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Outpath: First Journey — Steam game cover

    Outpath: First Journey

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with MysteryJars.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Soul Scroll — Steam game cover

    Soul Scroll

    Free-to-play alternative to MysteryJars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with MysteryJars.

    Soulscroll is a fantasy action roguelite where every run begins with gathering, building, fighting and surviving. Collect scroll currency during your runs, open chests in the main menu, and choose whether to use your rewards in future runs or offer them on the Steam Market.

    2026StrategySimulationRPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →