Free games like Cave of Mystery
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cave of Mystery, 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 Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Cave of Mystery.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Cave of Mystery.
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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave of Mystery.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Cave of Mystery.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Cave of Mystery.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave of Mystery.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
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If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.
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Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Cave of Mystery — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Cave of Mystery.
The free-to-play first episode of a horror-mystery game with dark humor and hand-drawn art by Black Tabby Games. Note — we are retiring this store page. While the build here is still up-to-date, please download the DEMO from the main Scarlet Hollow store page. Thank you and have fun!