Free games like Hot Worlds
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Hot Worlds, 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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Hot Worlds.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Worlds.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hot Worlds.
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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Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Worlds.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Wires And Whiskers
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Hot Worlds.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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Dota 2
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Hot Worlds.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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THE FINALS
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Hot Worlds.
THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
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Paladins®
Free-to-play alternative to Hot Worlds — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Hot Worlds.
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!