Free games like Here Comes The Swarm
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Here Comes The Swarm, 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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Here Comes The Swarm.
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 Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Here Comes The Swarm.
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 Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Here Comes The Swarm.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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The Last Sovereign
Free-to-play alternative to Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Here Comes The Swarm.
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 Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Here Comes The Swarm.
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 Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Here Comes The Swarm.
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
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Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Here Comes The Swarm.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
Free-to-play alternative to Here Comes The Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Here Comes The Swarm.
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!