Free games like Battlefield™ Hardline
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Battlefield™ Hardline, 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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PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
Wolfenstein®: Enemy Territory is a free-to-play, objective-based multiplayer World War 2 first-person shooter. Featuring up to 32 players, choose either the Axis or Allies, as you fight across six maps based on real-world battle locations.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
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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BRAIN / OUT
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
Brain / Out is a multiplayer shooter with a nostalgic post-Soviet feel. Experience dynamic battles and exterminate your enemies with a large arsenal of modern weaponry. Lock'n'load!
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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Soldat
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.
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Talvisota - Winter War
Free-to-play alternative to Battlefield™ Hardline — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Battlefield™ Hardline.
Talvisota for Rising Storm 2 brings players from the steaming jungles of Vietnam to the frozen forests of Finland, during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War of the late 1930s.