Free games like Metal Thunder
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Metal Thunder, 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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Metal Thunder.
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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Metal Thunder.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Thunder.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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93, Kuindzhi
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Metal Thunder.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with Metal Thunder.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Metal Thunder — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Metal Thunder.
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!