Free games like Desert attack
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Desert attack, 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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Desert attack.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Desert attack.
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 Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
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 Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Desert attack.
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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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
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BROKE PROTOCOL
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
A fully moddable city sandbox with jobs, NPCs, apartments, garages, gangs, and more. Broke Protocol is an open-world action game focused on roleplaying and custom content. Define your goals and identity in a persistent, reactive world where you write your own story.
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Infestation: The New Z
Free-to-play alternative to Desert attack — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Desert attack.
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.