Free games like Waves of Steel
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Waves of Steel, 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 Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Waves of Steel.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — 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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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Waves of Steel.
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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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Waves of Steel.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
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DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Waves of Steel.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
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Waves
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Waves of Steel.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Evil Egg
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Waves of Steel.
Blast it all to hell.
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Nazi Zombies
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Waves of Steel.
Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.
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War Thunder
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with Waves of Steel.
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.
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World of Warships: Legends
Free-to-play alternative to Waves of Steel — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with Waves of Steel.
Join this free-to-play PvP online naval shooter with fast-paced combat, easy-to-learn gameplay, intuitive controls, and cross-platform play on Steam, console, and mobile. Choose from 600+ warships and 150+ Commanders, and master tactics on diverse maps. Play now and become a legend!