Free games like Variant 22
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Variant 22, 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 Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Variant 22.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Variant 22.
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 Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Variant 22.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Variant 22.
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 Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Variant 22.
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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Variant 22 — 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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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Variant 22.
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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Samsara Room
Free-to-play alternative to Variant 22 — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Variant 22.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.