Free games like Runic Legends
Below are 13 free-to-play Steam games similar to Runic Legends, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Runic Legends.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Runic Legends.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Runic Legends.
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 Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Runic Legends.
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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Runic Legends.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Runic Legends.
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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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Runic Legends.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Runic Legends.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Prime World Legends
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Runic Legends.
Prime World Legends is a free online game in RPG / MOBA genre with a unique universe where tactical session battles, castle management, and hero development are mixed together. Gather your collection of talents, build an army of invincible heroes and become the champion!
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FreestyleFootball R
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Sports with Runic Legends.
《FreestyleFootball》 is a street hip-hop animation style soccer ACG game created by JCE and published by HOGA. In the game, you will collect and play as different characters in PVP team Competition. The game mode includes 4v4 team competition and club league.
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G9:League of Aces
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Sports with Runic Legends.
In G9: League of Aces, heroes have personalized skills, allowing players to choose combinations based on preference. Three modes offer diverse gameplay: 5 vs 5, A.R.A.M., and the original Crazy Carnival Battle Park. From high-tech enhanced heroes to superhumans and aliens, all compete for glory!
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SMITE 2
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Runic Legends.
Become a god and wage war in SMITE 2, the free-to-play Unreal Engine 5-powered sequel to the legendary third-person action MOBA. If you love challenging competition, intense action, ability-driven combat, rewarding teamwork, or godly mythology, you’ll see why 40+ million players love SMITE.
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Warborne Above Ashes
Free-to-play alternative to Runic Legends — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Runic Legends.
Warborne is a top-down PvP loot-and-extract MMO. Every choice in the Abyss is a high-stakes gamble. Pick your gear wisely, employ cunning tactics, and plunder every treasure you can from a battlefield teeming with deception. And pray you make it out alive. Trade your spoils to grow your might.