Free games like The Return

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Return, 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 The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Return.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
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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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Return.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
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.
2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to The Return — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Return.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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