Free games like Steam and Metal
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Steam and Metal, 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
- 1
Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Steam and Metal.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
- 2
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Steam and Metal.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
- 3
Jigoku Kisetsukan: Sense of the Seasons
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Steam and Metal.
Jigoku Kisetsukan is a bullet hell shootergame with anime-style drawings and chip music.
- 4
WOWOWOW KORONE BOX
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window.
A hololive fangame featuring Inugami Korone of hololive GAMERS! Collect as many Korone Boxes as possible while contending with an endless onslaught of enemies and bosses using whatever weapons you happen to pick up!
- 5
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window.
Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy Prologue is a fanmade indie game developed by GAMEPULSE.To save the Princess of Misty Lake "Daiyousei", from the evil who took her captive. You must play as the brave Hero of Ice Fairy "Cirno" and face "Remilia Scarlet" of the Kouma Castle
- 6
Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Steam and Metal.
This is a fan-made Touhou shmup with one single stage, similar to the extra stage of official Touhou games. This game has an auto dodging system, which gives you a choice to ignore all the danmaku and only focus on the story.
- 7
Action Agents
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window.
Retrowave Skill-Based Action Roguelike about tough cops fighting crime and keeping peace the old-fashioned way. Choose your cop and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses using a huge arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle. The law will make crime bleed.
- 8
東方催狐譚 ～ Servants of Harvest Wish
Free-to-play alternative to Steam and Metal — no purchase or trial window.
Set off on a journey to an autumnal paradise in this bountiful Touhou vertical Bullethell Shmup fan game made by overseas fans!