Free games like Throwback
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Throwback, 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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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Throwback.
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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — 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!
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Waves
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Throwback.
Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!
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Crab Game
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Throwback.
Crab Game is a First-Person Multiplayer game where you play through several different minigames based on children's games, until only one player stands victorious.
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Rec Room
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window.
Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all.
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Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Throwback.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
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Stumble Guys
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Throwback.
Ready for the chaos? Stumble Guys is a 32-player, fast-paced multiplayer party royale where players dash, jump, and fall across hilarious obstacle courses in a fun race to be the last one standing.
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Learn to Fly 3
Free-to-play alternative to Throwback — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Throwback.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!