Free games like Aria: Dragon Eater
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Aria: Dragon Eater, 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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Yet Another Zombie Defense
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
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CS2D
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.
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Of Guards And Thieves
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
Of Guards and Thieves is a multiplayer stealth game in which high-powered guards face off against fast and elusive thieves in a contest of wits. Outsmarting the enemy and shooting your way through to the goal are equally valid strategies. Simple rules, emergent gameplay and high replayability.
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Skillshot City
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
Loot, shoot, cast and drive in this chaotic PvP Roguelite. Level up fast, draft wild skills, and create crazy combos on the fly. Explore a GTA-style battle royale with no queues or downtime as you prepare to win the final fight. Climb the ranks solo or with friends in 3-man squads!
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Zombie Defense
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
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SYNTHETIK: Arena
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
Face the varied challenges of the Machine God Zir in ARENA, a standalone expansion for Synthetik: Legion Rising! Leverage the next level in gun-play and experiment with powerful tech in varied action packed Arenas!
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WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Aria: Dragon Eater.
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
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Gatekeeper: Eclipse
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
Fast-paced rogue-lite shooter. Gatekeeper: Eclipse is a prologue ver. of the game Gatekeeper. Go on a quest to find the stolen Heart of the Universe and shoot your way through the hordes of machine enemies!
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Sleeper Agent
Free-to-play alternative to Aria: Dragon Eater — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Aria: Dragon Eater.
Sleeper Agent is a top-down, couch co-op where you play as two mischievous aliens with unique abilities, JUMBO and SLIM, tethered together as they drag along the unconscious body of a secret agent! THRASH, STUMBLE, and SMASH your way through the levels! Oh! And be sure not to wake the agent..