Free games like Expect The Unexpected
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Expect The Unexpected, 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Expect The Unexpected.
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 Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Expect The Unexpected.
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 Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Expect The Unexpected.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Expect The Unexpected.
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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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Expect The Unexpected.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Expect The Unexpected.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Expect The Unexpected.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Dota 2
Free-to-play alternative to Expect The Unexpected — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Expect The Unexpected.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.