Free games like Across the Grooves

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Across the Grooves, 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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Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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one night, hot springs
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
2018IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Close Your Eyes [Old Version]
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
A redux version of a 2014 Ludum Dare RPG Maker Horror Game. A poor little marshmallow escapes death row into an underground subway system, where they're asked questions by a mysterious game show host. Updated in 2025 with new content.
2015IndieAdventureRPGFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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ERROR143
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.
2022IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Emily is Away
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
Emily is Away is an interactive story. Create a screenname and choose your path through the branching narrative.
2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft
Free-to-play alternative to Across the Grooves — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Across the Grooves.
Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.
2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →

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