Free games like Dark Journey to the West
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dark Journey to the West, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Journey to the West.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Journey to the West.
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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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Journey to the West.
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!
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Journey to the West.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Journey to the West.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Journey to the West.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Journey to the West.
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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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Journey to the West — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Journey to the West.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).