Free games like The Good Life
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Good Life, 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 The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Good Life.
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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SuchArt: Creative Space
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Good Life.
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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Supermarket Together
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Good Life.
The multiplayer supermarket has arrived to your neighbourhood for free! Stock your shop space, unlock perks and franchises, hire employees or chase those pesky shoplifters. The more players, the more action!
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Clicker Heroes
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Good Life.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
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The Plan
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with The Good Life.
A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
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Kingdom: Classic
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Good Life.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
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Learn to Fly 3
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Good Life.
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
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Mr.Mine
Free-to-play alternative to The Good Life — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Good Life.
Explore the depths of the earth and uncover hidden treasures in this addictive idle mining game. Unlock the power of your drill with hundreds of upgrades, discover mysterious relics, and unearth priceless gems. Can you master the mines and reveal their deepest secrets? Dive in and dig deep!