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Free games like Overwork Empire

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Overwork Empire, 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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    ENA: Dream BBQ — Steam game cover

    ENA: Dream BBQ

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Overwork Empire.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Landfall Archives — Steam game cover

    Landfall Archives

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overwork Empire.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Overwork Empire.

    When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.

    2024ActionSimulationFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Outpath: First Journey — Steam game cover

    Outpath: First Journey

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Overwork Empire.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon: Origins — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overwork Empire.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overwork Empire.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams — Steam game cover

    Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Overwork Empire.

    Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!

    2021IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Wires And Whiskers — Steam game cover

    Wires And Whiskers

    Free-to-play alternative to Overwork Empire — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Overwork Empire.

    Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

    2025ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →