Free games like Trip to the Core
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Trip to the Core, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.
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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Trip to the Core.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Trip to the Core.
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 Trip to the Core — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Trip to the Core.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.