Free games like Onward
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Onward, 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 Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Onward.
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.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Onward.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Onward.
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 Onward — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Onward.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG