Free games like Metal War
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Metal 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Metal War.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Metal War.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Metal War.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Metal War.
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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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Metal War.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Metal 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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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metal War.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
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Free-to-play alternative to Metal War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Metal War.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!