Free games like Legends of Aethereus
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Legends of Aethereus, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Legends of Aethereus.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Legends of Aethereus.
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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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Legends of Aethereus.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Legends of Aethereus.
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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Dota 2
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Legends of Aethereus.
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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Warframe
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and RPG with Legends of Aethereus.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Legends of Aethereus.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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THE FINALS
Free-to-play alternative to Legends of Aethereus — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Legends of Aethereus.
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!