Free games like The Long Way Down
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Long Way Down, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Long Way Down.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with The Long Way Down.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Way Down.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Down.
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 The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Long Way Down.
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 The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Long Way Down.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Long Way Down.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to The Long Way Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with The Long Way Down.
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.).