Free games like Pattern
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Pattern, 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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NaissanceE
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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9.03m
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures. 9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami. To play, you must find the butterflies.
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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The Plan
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
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Awkward Dimensions Redux
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
They may be awkward dimensions, but they're my dreams...
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the static speaks my name
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
A dark/sad/weird/funny first person exploration game. You play a man on his last night alive as he obsesses over a mysterious painting. More of a story game in that it emphasizes mood and character over gameplay. Takes ten minutes to play and has "next-gen" features like a shrimp tank.
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina
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Port of Call
Free-to-play alternative to Pattern — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Pattern.
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.