Free games like GUARDS!

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to GUARDS!, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with GUARDS!.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GUARDS!.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with GUARDS!.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GUARDS!.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with GUARDS!.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with GUARDS!.
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.).
2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GUARDS!.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to GUARDS! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with GUARDS!.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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