Free games like Magic Research
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Magic Research, 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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Your Chronicle
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window.
"Let's begin your own story." This is a text-based idle RPG game. There are already more than 3,000 unique story actions and it's still growing.
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Idle Research
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Magic Research.
Idle Research is an addictive, resource management, incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft colorful Flasks and Tubes to earn as much Energy as possible! Big numbers guaranteed.
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Unnamed Space Idle
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation and Casual with Magic Research.
Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.
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Revolution Idle
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation and Casual with Magic Research.
Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity?
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Upload Labs
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Magic Research.
A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect
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AdVenture Capitalist
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window. Shares Casual with Magic Research.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
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Bitburner
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window.
Bitburner is a programming-based incremental game. Write scripts in JavaScript to automate gameplay, learn skills, play minigames, solve puzzles, and more in this cyberpunk text-based incremental RPG.
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Idling to Rule the Gods
Free-to-play alternative to Magic Research — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Magic Research.
Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!