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Free games like The Gardens Between

Below are 10 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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Ranked picks

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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with The Gardens Between.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Indigo Park: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Gardens Between.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Sheepy: A Short Adventure — Steam game cover

    Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    missed messages. — Steam game cover

    missed messages.

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Gardens Between.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.

    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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    Virtual Cottage — Steam game cover

    Virtual Cottage

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Gardens Between.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The End of the Sun: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The End of the Sun: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.

    The End of the Sun: Prologue is a first-person, story-driven mystery adventure set in a Slavic fantasy world. As the ashter, a sage sorcerer gifted with the ability to travel in time, you come to a mysterious village where the line between myth and reality begins to fade perilously.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Uncle Otto's Mansion — Steam game cover

    Uncle Otto's Mansion

    Free-to-play alternative to The Gardens Between — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardens Between.

    You play as Audrey, who has just inherited a mansion from an uncle she never met. Step inside and explore the mansion to unveil the story of what happened to your uncle Otto, his butler, and this kinda creepy place. 😬

    IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →