Free games like Pestis
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Pestis, 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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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Pestis.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pestis.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pestis.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pestis.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Saihate Station
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pestis.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pestis.
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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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Pestis — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pestis.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!