Free games like Shiftlings
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Shiftlings, 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 Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Shiftlings.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Wires And Whiskers
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Adventure with Shiftlings.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
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DYO
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window.
DYO is a mind-bending cooperative platformer for one or two players where you can hop between two halves of a split screen.
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Fistful of Frags
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Shiftlings.
Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.
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Moonbase Alpha
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Adventure with Shiftlings.
NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha.
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Transformice
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window.
Transformice is an MMO platformer about dozens of mice running to bring back the cheese! Will the almighty Shaman help you or just ruin everything? Millions of levels, hectic physics, skill trees, and more importantly... hats!
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Double Action: Boogaloo
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Shiftlings.
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
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Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
Free-to-play alternative to Shiftlings — no purchase or trial window.
A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description. -tina