Free games like PLATE
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to PLATE, 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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with PLATE.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with PLATE.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with PLATE.
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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Disfigure
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with PLATE.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with PLATE.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with PLATE.
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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The Test: Secrets of the Soul
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with PLATE.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."
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Dust N' Death
Free-to-play alternative to PLATE — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with PLATE.
Dust N' Death is a classic roguelike with a spooky twist, blending Wild West aesthetics with Halloween. The player takes on the role of Vindicator Vlad, a monster hunter and seasoned gunslinger tasked with saving the haunted prairie town of Frontier Frights from a wave of the undead.