Free games like Cave Runner
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cave Runner, 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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave Runner.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cave Runner.
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.
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Floating Point
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cave Runner.
Floating Point is a peaceful, free game about using a grappling hook to swing yourself gracefully through randomly generated spaces. The only objective is to collect points, and the only thing that increases your points is swinging swiftly, smoothly and elegantly without hitting anything.
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Tukoni: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cave Runner.
Tukoni: Prologue is a point-and-click puzzle adventure, based on a series of award-winning books by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula. Play as Tukoni, the forest spirits, as you meet unique characters, solve captivating puzzles, craft new items, and explore a magical world filled with kindness.
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Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave Runner.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
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Wheelchair Wizards
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cave Runner.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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Wires And Whiskers
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave Runner.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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DYO
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave Runner.
DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.
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Rolling Ball : Sphere Guider
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cave Runner.
A rolling ball game with unique and challenging levels.
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No Time For Caution
Free-to-play alternative to Cave Runner — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cave Runner.
New Parkour Role Playing Game. No Time For Caution is a parkour-role-playing game with a tertiary perspective. Manage your character, try various game modes and face monsters to complete the parkours. Parkour and be an unstoppable warrior with your strong character.