Free games like The Gardens Between
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Gardens Between, 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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Marie's Room
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Marie's Room is a short story exploration game about an unconventional friendship between two classmates. You play as Kelsey, remembering Marie's room as it was twenty years ago. But something’s off. What happened to Marie?
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The Flood
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
The Flood is a peaceful 5 minute narrative experience in which you pilot a little boat down a river. It's a gentle reminder that sometimes we should stop worrying about our destination and just enjoy the journey.
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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Gardens Between.
Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2
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NaissanceE
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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Off-Peak
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
You're stranded at a cathedral-like train station in the near future, searching for a ticket out of town. Explore the secret passageways, interact with strangers, dig for records, and get hypnotized by the soundtrack – a batch of original music courtesy of the band, Archie Pelago.
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the static speaks my name
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
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The Old Tree
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.
The Old Tree is a short free-to-play cinematic puzzle game about a newborn alien baby. Witness this microscopic entity's first moments of life and help it emerge from its underground lair and ascend towards an unknown destination.
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9.03m
Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Gardens Between.
The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. 9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami. To play, you must find the butterflies.