Free games like Happy Bastards
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Happy Bastards, 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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Happy Bastards.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Moonring
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Happy Bastards.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Happy Bastards.
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 Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Happy Bastards.
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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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Happy Bastards.
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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Dota 2
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Happy Bastards.
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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THE FINALS
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window.
THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
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Path of Exile
Free-to-play alternative to Happy Bastards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Happy Bastards.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.