Free games like Evolution of War
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Evolution of War, 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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — 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 Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Evolution of War.
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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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Evolution of War.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Evolution of War.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Evolution of War.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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Wheelchair Wizards
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Evolution of War.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
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Wires And Whiskers
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Evolution of War.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to Evolution of War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Evolution of War.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.