Free games like FILE 9
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to FILE 9, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with FILE 9.
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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
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 FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
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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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with FILE 9.
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).
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After Dark VR
Free-to-play alternative to FILE 9 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with FILE 9.
After Dark VR is a VR online co-op survival horror where you play as either a Hunter on the hunt to strike down your next victim or as Survivors working together to stay alive and escape.