Free games like CRAWLER
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to CRAWLER, 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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Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with CRAWLER.
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 CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with CRAWLER.
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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The Lab
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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DORONKO WANKO
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Simulation with CRAWLER.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with CRAWLER.
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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Control, I'm Not Coming Back
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with CRAWLER.
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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I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with CRAWLER.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with CRAWLER.
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.
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Granvir: Zero Front
Free-to-play alternative to CRAWLER — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with CRAWLER.
Granvir: Zero Front is a 3rd person action roguelite mech-builder with co-op multiplayer. Experience the prelude to Granvir as the resistance response to the Millennium Company invasion. Pilot your Granvir, manage your campaign between battles to find the best equipment, and stay in the fight.