Free games like KOTA: The Survival
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to KOTA: The Survival, 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 KOTA: The Survival — 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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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.
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of the Devil
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.
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Aircar
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
A simple immersive flying game built for VR. Pilot an aircar through a futuristic cityscape.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
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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Liquidators
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
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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SCP – Containment Breach
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
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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Unturned
Free-to-play alternative to KOTA: The Survival — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with KOTA: The Survival.
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.