Free games like Awe of Despair
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Awe of Despair, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Trick & Treat
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
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Path of Exile
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Awe of Despair.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
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Rec Room
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Awe of Despair.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
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Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play alternative to Awe of Despair — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation and RPG with Awe of Despair.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.