Free games like Syndrome VR
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Syndrome VR, 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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Nevrosa: Prelude
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Syndrome VR.
You wake up in a strange, but yet familiar place. You feel like you are supposed to be here for something.VR roomscale puzzle-horror game with redirect walking locomotion.
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Protonwar
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Syndrome VR.
VR, Multiplayer focused, Fast paced FPS with an emphasis on quick and flowing movement. Featuring DM, TDM , CTF, Domination, Bots to practice against, and a Horde mode for single player or co-op. Room Scale VR with HTC Vive and Oculus Touch. Also included, Non-VR and Seated VR!
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Necro Mutex
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Syndrome VR.
10,000 levels of chaotic sci-fi horror. Choose which maps you play, from super easy to practically impossible. Find the escape pods or just see how far you can get. Playable as a desktop first person shooter, or in VR on the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and WMR.
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Return to Northbury Grove
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Syndrome VR.
Return to Northbury Grove is a thrilling VR experience and love letter to the slasher horror genre. Centered around immersive escape room gameplay, players are tasked with evading the terrifying Slasher of Specter Forest. Can you survive a horror movie?
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VR Hero Sentry
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Syndrome VR.
This VR ARPG makes you take up arms and choose your hero, class and your own build as you fight off hordes and titanic bosses and offers you infinite gameplay and endless customization. Upgrade your spells, buy armor and weapons, build your army and increase your hero stats to stop the underworld.
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ChilloutVR
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Syndrome VR.
ChilloutVR is a social sandbox game enabling players and content creators to create, share and explore content in a massive multiplayer metaverse alone, with friends or anyone around the world. Meet new people and explore virtual worlds together. Playable with and without a VR-Headset.
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The Ranger: Lost Tribe
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Syndrome VR.
The story happens on the mainland of Roland. As a ranger, you have witnessed a series of anomalies recently: the blood moon, mad animals... Now the elder chief of NaBaer expects you to suppress the mobs who plundered their tribe. Perhaps you can find some clues in the tribe seized by the mobs.
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Idol Quest VR
Free-to-play alternative to Syndrome VR — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Syndrome VR.
Run, jump, swim, climb, and shoot in VR while evading dangerous animals and other perils in your quest for the lost idol!