Free games like Nephenthesys
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Nephenthesys, 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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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
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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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
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 Nephenthesys — 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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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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Waves
Free-to-play alternative to Nephenthesys — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Nephenthesys.
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!