Free games like 1989 After the War
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to 1989 After the War, 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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with 1989 After the War.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1989 After the War.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with 1989 After the War.
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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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with 1989 After the War.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with 1989 After the War.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — 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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Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1989 After the War.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to 1989 After the War — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with 1989 After the War.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.