Free games like Horde Arena
Below are 10 free-to-play Steam games similar to Horde Arena, 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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Life is Strange - Episode 1
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Horde Arena.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Arena.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Horde Arena.
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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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Arena.
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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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Horde Arena.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Horde Arena.
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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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Arena.
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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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Arena.
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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Mauled Horde
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Horde Arena.
Mauled Horde is a Free-To-Play indie Third-Person Shooter made by a solo developer. Play solo or in co-op, fight relentless hordes across varied maps, collect weapons, activate traps, buy upgrades, and survive rising difficulty round after round.
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Terminull Brigade™
Free-to-play alternative to Horde Arena — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Horde Arena.
Rise with Aion — ignite the rebellion, slay the foes, rally your allies, and unmask Terminull’s deepest, most dangerous secrets before they can rewrite our world.