Free games like apochess
Below are 12 free-to-play Steam games similar to apochess, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with apochess.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with apochess.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with apochess.
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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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with apochess.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with apochess.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with apochess.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with apochess.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with apochess.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Kron Wars
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with apochess.
A persistent space MMO that runs in your browser. No download. No installation. Open a tab and you are in the Frontier. Trade, mine and fight across 2 universes and 12,000 sectors, in an economy that players build. And one mechanic that no other MMO has: war rewrites the map.
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Uncharted Waters Origin
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with apochess.
Commemorating 30 years of the Uncharted Waters seriesSail through the vast oceans, massive worlds and contentsOpen world exploration RPG Uncharted Waters Origin
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Pirate101
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Massively Multiplayer with apochess.
Assemble your ragtag crew and prepare to plunder the skyways in search of the legendary map to El Dorado! Danger lurks around every corner as you outsmart clockwork soldiers, uncover hidden mysteries, and unleash powerful combos in this pirate turn-based tactics MMORPG.
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EVE Online
Free-to-play alternative to apochess — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with apochess.
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.