Free games like The Manaworks
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Manaworks, 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 Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Manaworks.
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 Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Manaworks.
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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to The Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Manaworks.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to The Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Manaworks.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Manaworks.
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 Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Manaworks.
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 Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Manaworks.
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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to The Manaworks — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Manaworks.
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.