Free games like The First Explorers®
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The First Explorers®, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like The First Explorers® page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The First Explorers®.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
- 2
The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — 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!
- 3
DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The First Explorers®.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
- 4
Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The First Explorers®.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
- 5
SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The First Explorers®.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
- 6
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with The First Explorers®.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
- 7
Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
- 8
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to The First Explorers® — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with The First Explorers®.
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.