Free games like Imagine Earth
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Imagine Earth, 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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Imagine Earth.
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!
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Imagine Earth.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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Outpath: First Journey
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Imagine Earth.
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!
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Imagine Earth.
South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Imagine Earth.
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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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Imagine Earth.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Imagine Earth.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to Imagine Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Imagine Earth.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?