Free games like Hound Riders
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Hound Riders, 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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hound Riders.
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 Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hound Riders.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hound Riders.
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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Moonring
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
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Tukoni: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hound Riders.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
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Meteor 60 Seconds!
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hound Riders.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hound Riders.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hound Riders.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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Recall Rogue
Free-to-play alternative to Hound Riders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hound Riders.
The knowledge roguelite. Answer questions to hit harder, skip them to die faster. The deeper you go, the more the dungeon punishes ignorance. Bosses shrug off everything but proven knowledge. 98 decks, 7 languages, 67,000 real facts. Guilt-free gaming.