Free games like Idlemancer
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Idlemancer, 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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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idlemancer.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlemancer.
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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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Idlemancer.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idlemancer.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Idlemancer.
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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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idlemancer.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlemancer.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Idlemancer.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Slot Heroes
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Idlemancer.
A casual idle defense game with a desktop overlay, designed to bring a little fun to your everyday life as you fend off endless waves of monsters and bosses. Recruit and upgrade your heroes to defend against the endless hordes.
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Deck Beasts
Free-to-play alternative to Idlemancer — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idlemancer.
Build a squad of pixel-art beasts and battle your way through the warp in this deck-building auto-battler roguelike. Draft beasts, equip abilities and items, collect relics, and destroy other players with broken builds.