Free games like Paul's World
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Paul's World, 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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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paul's World.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paul's World.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paul's World.
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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Trick & Treat
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paul's World.
Trick or treating in a vampire's house.Trick & Treat is a light-hearted Halloween adventure. It's about exploring and solving puzzles in a spooky atmosphere. There will be some horror elements, romance, many bad ends and a happy ending of true love.
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Sprout
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paul's World.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paul's World.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Paul's World.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
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Clicker Heroes
Free-to-play alternative to Paul's World — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paul's World.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.