Free games like hate.net
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to hate.net, 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 hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with hate.net.
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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ENA: Dream BBQ
Free-to-play alternative to hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with hate.net.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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STRAFTAT
Free-to-play alternative to hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with hate.net.
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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The Looker
Free-to-play alternative to hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with hate.net.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with hate.net.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with hate.net.
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 hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with hate.net.
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 hate.net — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with hate.net.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.