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Free games like This Merchant Life

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to This Merchant Life, 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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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with This Merchant Life.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    NGU IDLE — Steam game cover

    NGU IDLE

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with This Merchant Life.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with This Merchant Life.

    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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    Star Fetchers — Steam game cover

    Star Fetchers

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with This Merchant Life.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with This Merchant Life.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Eternal Senia — Steam game cover

    Eternal Senia

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with This Merchant Life.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree 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 This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with This Merchant Life.

    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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    Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with This Merchant Life.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to This Merchant Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Merchant Life.

    Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →