Free games like Urban War Defense
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Urban War Defense, 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 Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Urban War Defense.
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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93, Kuindzhi
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Urban War Defense.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Urban War Defense.
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!
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Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Urban War Defense.
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.
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Urban War Defense.
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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Shape of Dreams: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Urban War Defense.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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Wires And Whiskers
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Urban War Defense.
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.
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play alternative to Urban War Defense — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action with Urban War Defense.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.