Free games like Guards
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Guards, 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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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Guards.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
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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Sprout
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Embark on a casual, botanical-puzzle-adventure. Make friends, learn new skills, solve puzzles, and become the mighty oak that you were always meant to be.
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SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Guards.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Guards.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
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Clicker Heroes
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
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Minion Masters
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
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Bloons TD Battles 2
Free-to-play alternative to Guards — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guards.
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!