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Free games like Dead Metal

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Dead Metal, 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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    Grimm's Hollow — Steam game cover

    Grimm's Hollow

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Dead Metal.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Moonring — Steam game cover

    Moonring

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Dead Metal.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Metal.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Metal.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Last Sovereign — Steam game cover

    The Last Sovereign

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Metal.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Warframe — Steam game cover

    Warframe

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Dead Metal.

    Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game

    2013ActionRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    THE FINALS — Steam game cover

    THE FINALS

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window.

    THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!

    2023ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

    Free-to-play alternative to Dead Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Dead Metal.

    STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.

    2020Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →