Free games like Scanner Sombre
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Scanner Sombre, 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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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
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the static speaks my name
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
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Port of Call
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Scanner Sombre.
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
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Off-Peak
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
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Mýrdalssandur, Iceland
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Experience a realistically inspired recreation of iceland's southern coast. Take photos and explore the world at your own pace, become immersed with some of the latest visual tech provided by Unreal Engine 4. *Please note DLC is required for VR!
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VR Flush
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
You are sitting on a toilet when you are abducted and beamed up to an alien spaceship, where you have to convince an A.I. that you really are an intelligent lifeform.
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Marie's Room
Free-to-play alternative to Scanner Sombre — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scanner Sombre.
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?