Free games like Protect the Earth
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Protect the Earth, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Protect the Earth.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Earth.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Protect the Earth.
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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Earth.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Earth.
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 Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Earth.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Protect the Earth.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Protect the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Protect the Earth.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.