Free games like What Was Promised
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to What Was Promised, 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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
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 What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
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 What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
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.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with What Was Promised.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to What Was Promised — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with What Was Promised.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.