Free games like VIVID
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to VIVID, 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
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with VIVID.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with VIVID.
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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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with VIVID.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — 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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An Arcade Full of Cats
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with VIVID.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to VIVID — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with VIVID.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.