Free games like When We Arrive
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to When We Arrive, 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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with When We Arrive.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — 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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Nomën Ipsa
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
Hardcore, retro-styled RPG focused on boss fights with interesting mechanics. Demanding. At times grind-y. There are leaderboards to climb! You can team up with your friends (so they can call you useless when you inevitably miss a mechanic), or go solo. Your call, play however you want.
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Paper Nomad
Free-to-play alternative to When We Arrive — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with When We Arrive.
Your token, character sheets, and maps are endlessly customizable so you can adapt games to fit your quests, or create your own rules from scratch. Spark adventure, foster creativity, forge friendships, and unite tabletop communities across the globe with games that are easy to play.