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Free games like Phobos Down

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Phobos Down, 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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    Awaria — Steam game cover

    Awaria

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Phobos Down.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Travellin Cats in Paris — Steam game cover

    Travellin Cats in Paris

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Phobos Down.

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Expendabros — Steam game cover

    The Expendabros

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Phobos Down.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Iron Snout — Steam game cover

    Iron Snout

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Phobos Down.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Disfigure — Steam game cover

    Disfigure

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Phobos Down.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Control, I'm Not Coming Back — Steam game cover

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Phobos Down.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt — Steam game cover

    Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    Free-to-play alternative to Phobos Down — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Phobos Down.

    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).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →