Free games like Drone Swarm
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Drone Swarm, 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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Orbital Gear
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Drone Swarm.
Orbital Gear is a fast paced sidescroller shooter where you utilize the gravitation of celestial objects to give you momentum through space. Arm your Mech with two of the twelve different weapons and destroy your enemies.
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Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drone Swarm.
Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!
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Zero-K
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drone Swarm.
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
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War of Dots
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Strategy with Drone Swarm.
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
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Istrolid
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drone Swarm.
In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are free to create a fleet where each ship has its own balanced strengths and weaknesses, from basic fighters and bombers to hulking battleships and speedy destroyers.
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Star Realms
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Drone Swarm.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Bloons TD Battles 2
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Strategy with Drone Swarm.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
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Splitgate
Free-to-play alternative to Drone Swarm — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Drone Swarm.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.