Free games like The Buried Light
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Buried Light, 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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Light.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Light.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Light.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Light.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Buried Light.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Buried Light.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Buried Light.
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 The Buried Light — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Light.
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).