Free games like Dog in the Machine
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dog in the Machine, 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 Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dog in the Machine.
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 Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dog in the Machine.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dog in the Machine.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.
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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of the Devil
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dog in the Machine.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dog in the Machine.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Dog in the Machine — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dog in the Machine.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!