Free games like Explorers of Esmar
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Explorers of Esmar, 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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Explorers of Esmar.
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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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Explorers of Esmar.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Explorers of Esmar.
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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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Explorers of Esmar.
Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.
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DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Explorers of Esmar.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Explorers of Esmar.
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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Nazi Zombies
Free-to-play alternative to Explorers of Esmar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Early Access with Explorers of Esmar.
Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.