Free games like Materia
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Materia, 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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Materia.
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.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Materia.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Materia.
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.).
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Materia.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Materia.
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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Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Materia.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Dota 2
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Materia.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Materia.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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九劫曲：诅咒之地 NINE TRIALS
Free-to-play alternative to Materia — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Materia.
There are immortals everywhere in Shenzhou. One day, A curse comes. The cursed people will have a mark on their body, known as "indescribable mark".Until the full moon night,the cursed person will be inhaled into the alien world. Players play one of the immortals and start their own journey to survive.