Free games like Aground
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Aground, 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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
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.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Aground.
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.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Aground.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Aground.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Paper Lily - Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
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 Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
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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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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XERA: Survival
Free-to-play alternative to Aground — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…