Free games like Industry Empire
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Industry Empire, 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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Animal Shelter: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
In Animal Shelter Prologue, your main target is to make your four-legged friends happy. Pet them, hand out treats, play with toys - and they will pay you back with great trust. Get to know the animals well enough to find them the best home! Don't wait any longer, open your animal shelter now!
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Urbek City Builder: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
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Let's School Homeroom
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Industry Empire.
Let's School: Homeroom is the prologue of Let's School. You can experience 2 weeks of in game time. If you like the experience, please go to Let's School Full Version's Store page and add to wishlist!
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Oxygen: First Breath
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
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Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
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Drill Deal: Borehole (Alpha)
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window.
Drill Deal is a unique simulator in a fun style that will draw you for hours. It's a building simulator like never before. Feel the thrill of a drill hitting underwater oil fields. Sell the precious substance and make your oil rig more efficient.
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Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
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Ship Graveyard Simulator: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Industry Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Industry Empire.
Visit the largest ship graveyard in the world. A dozen kilometers of beach filled with wrecks. Hundreds of ships wrecked on the coast. Thousands of tons of steel. Choose the most valuable ship for you and start the adventure. Play as one of the workers during the most dangerous work in the world!