Free games like ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream, 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 ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
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 ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
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 ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with ALAYA: Tale of the Gloomy Dream.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.