Free games like The Great Wastes

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to The Great Wastes, 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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Ultimate Custom Night
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Great Wastes.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Great Wastes.
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?
2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Great Wastes.
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.
2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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NGU IDLE
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Great Wastes.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with The Great Wastes.
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.
2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Great Wastes.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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UNBEATABLE [white label]
Free-to-play alternative to The Great Wastes — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with The Great Wastes.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →

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