Free games like Kandidatos
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Kandidatos, 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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Toribash
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kandidatos.
Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!
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Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kandidatos.
Ultra Fight Kyanta 2 is a fighting game with a frantic pace and easy to learn controls. You can perform special attacks using single button presses! Fight in 2D battles across various modes using teams of hand-drawn characters.
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Killer Instinct
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Kandidatos.
The legendary fighting franchise is back with over-the-top action, a wild cast of combatants, rocking reactive music, and C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!!! Choose your ultimate combatants each with fluid animations, unique combat tactics, and enthralling special attacks.
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HYPERFIGHT
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kandidatos.
HYPERFIGHT is a fighting game where every hit is lethal, and every win counts. Lightning-fast 1-on-1 duels!
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POSTAL
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kandidatos.
Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kandidatos.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Idol Showdown
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kandidatos.
Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.
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Killer Chat! - Original Edition
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Kandidatos.
Killer Chat! is a satirical serial killer dating chatsim. Play as a (customisable!) writer as you pretend to be a serial killer, get inspiration for your book, fall in love and try not to call the cops through a whirlwind six months with your murderous beau of choice. What could possibly go wrong?
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Freedom Defender
Free-to-play alternative to Kandidatos — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Kandidatos.
Freedom Defender is a satirical tower defense game set in a fictional country obsessed in keeping it's borders free from foreigners.