Free games like Shadow Mysteries
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Shadow Mysteries, 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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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shadow Mysteries.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Moonring
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Shadow Mysteries.
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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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shadow Mysteries.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.
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!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.
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.
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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
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Wheelchair Wizards
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Shadow Mysteries.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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A Space For The Unbound - Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.
Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers
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Minotaur Maze
Free-to-play alternative to Shadow Mysteries — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadow Mysteries.
Minotaur Maze is a simple action puzzle game about navigating a maze and avoiding a monster. Somewhere out there lurking, The Minotaur is honing in on your location and hunting you down! With each new level, the difficulty increases because the maze gets larger and the Minotaur gets faster.