Free games like Dark Places
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dark Places, 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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Doki Doki Literature Club!
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Dark Places.
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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark Places.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Places.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Places.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Places.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dark Places.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Places.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Dark Places.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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PAPERHEAD EP.0
Free-to-play alternative to Dark Places — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Dark Places.
In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?