Free games like The Banished Vault
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Banished Vault, 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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
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.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
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Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
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Kingdom: Classic
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
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Endless Sky
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Banished Vault.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
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Realm Grinder
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The Banished Vault.
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
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Antimatter Dimensions
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Earn antimatter through dimensions! Gain Infinite antimatter to collapse the universe!
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The Last Spell: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The Banished Vault — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Banished Vault.
Experience the first five days of The Last Spell. Lead a team of hardened heroes to defend the last bastion of humanity against hordes of monsters in this turn-based tactical RPG immersed in roguelite mechanics.