Free games like Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator, 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 Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
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.
2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
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.
2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
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!
2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Hank Shaw: Animal Investigator.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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