Free games like Battle Axe

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Battle Axe, 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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1
Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Axe.
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.
2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
2
ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Battle Axe.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
3
The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battle Axe.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
5
Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Battle Axe.
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.
2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Axe.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Axe.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Battle Axe — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Battle Axe.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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