Free games like battleMETAL
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to battleMETAL, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with battleMETAL.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with battleMETAL.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with battleMETAL.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with battleMETAL.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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93, Kuindzhi
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with battleMETAL.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with battleMETAL.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with battleMETAL.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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War Thunder
Free-to-play alternative to battleMETAL — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with battleMETAL.
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.