Free games like Kenshi
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Kenshi, 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 Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kenshi.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kenshi.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kenshi.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Kenshi.
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.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Kenshi.
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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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Kenshi.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Kenshi.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Kenshi — 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!