Free games like Defense of the Earth
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Defense of the 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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Defense of the Earth.
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.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of the Earth.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Defense of the Earth.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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South Scrimshaw, Part One
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Defense of the 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 Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of the Earth.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
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Waves
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Defense of the Earth.
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!
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of the Earth.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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FIND KITTENS: The last of cats
Free-to-play alternative to Defense of the Earth — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Defense of the Earth.
Explore this mysterious post-apocalyptic world by finding cute cats and this black and white world will be colore.