Free games like Manabound Syndicate
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Manabound Syndicate, 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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
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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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Tukoni: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
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Samorost 1
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Manabound Syndicate — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Manabound Syndicate.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!