Free games like Roots of Insanity
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Roots of Insanity, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Roots of Insanity.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
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 Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Roots of Insanity.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Roots of Insanity.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Welcome to Hanwell
Free-to-play alternative to Roots of Insanity — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Roots of Insanity.
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.