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Free games like Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, 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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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Expendabros — Steam game cover

    The Expendabros

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Star Fetchers — Steam game cover

    Star Fetchers

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015 — Steam game cover

    There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It — Steam game cover

    Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi — Steam game cover

    Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    Free-to-play alternative to Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders.

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →