Free games like Z-Exemplar
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Z-Exemplar, 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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Sheepy: A Short Adventure
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Z-Exemplar.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
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Awaria
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Z-Exemplar.
Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Z-Exemplar.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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The Expendabros
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Z-Exemplar.
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 Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Z-Exemplar.
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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Star Fetchers
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Z-Exemplar.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Z-Exemplar.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Z-Exemplar.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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1982
Free-to-play alternative to Z-Exemplar — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Indie with Z-Exemplar.
1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.