Free games like DEFCON
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to DEFCON, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with DEFCON.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with DEFCON.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with DEFCON.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with DEFCON.
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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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with DEFCON.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEFCON.
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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to DEFCON — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with DEFCON.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!