Free games like The Planetologist
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Planetologist, 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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Planetologist.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Planetologist.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
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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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Planetologist.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Planetologist.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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ORE
Free-to-play alternative to The Planetologist — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with The Planetologist.
ORE is a couch-cooperative twin stick shooter where you and up to three friends must fight through a handful of levels and navigate the planet's varied, alien surface to collect as much ORE as possible before the planet implodes. Defeat the planet’s corrupted Core Wurm, save the planet, and get rich before time runs out!