Free games like Planet Miners
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Planet Miners, 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 Lab
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — 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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Miners.
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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Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Miners.
《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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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Miners.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
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Warframe
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and RPG with Planet Miners.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Miners.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Path of Exile
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Miners.
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.
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Muck
Free-to-play alternative to Planet Miners — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Miners.
Muck is a survival-roguelike. Collect resources, find items & build a base to survive for as long as you can.